Cassidy Viser

Associate Litigation

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Cassidy Viser

Overview

Cassidy Viser is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has represented clients in a broad array of matters in state and federal court, multidistrict litigations and arbitrations.

Trial counsel for Rice Drilling D, LLC in a jury trial in which plaintiffs sought over $60 million in damages for allegedly trespassing on and converting their oil and gas below the surface. Successfully defeated several claims prior to trial with dispositive motions and, after a two-week jury trial before the Chief Judge of the Southern District of Ohio, secured a unanimous jury verdict in the client’s favor.

Law ClerkChairwoman Senator Amy KlobucharUnited States Senate Committee on Rules & Administration2022

Law ClerkUnited States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section2021

Law ClerkSenator Sheldon WhitehouseUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary2020

Honors Enforcement InternUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission2020

InternUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia2019

Arnold & Itkin LLP

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “Ohio’s ‘Bad Faith’ Bar for Mineral Trespass Is an Industry Win,” Bloomberg Law, February 2026

Author, “The Economics of Injustice: Stratification in Medical Malpractice Claims by Poor and Vulnerable Patients,” 29 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 273, Winter 2022

Co-author, “No Choice: The Implications of Unmet Child Care Needs For Unemployment Assistance & Paid Leave Access During The COVID-19 Pandemic,” Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, February 2021

“State-by-State Implications of Unmet Child Care Needs for Unemployment Assistance & Paid Leave,” Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, November 2020

Recognition

“Litigator of the Week” runners-up by The American Lawyer Litigation Daily for securing a unanimous jury verdict in a federal trial where plaintiffs were seeking $100 million in mineral trespass claims in the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of client Rice Drilling D, LLC

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Texas
  • 2023Pennsylvania

Education

  • Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.with Honors2022
    Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy
  • Harvard UniversityM.Arch. II2019
  • Cornell UniversityB.Arch.with Honors2017