Harold J. Cassidy

Harold Cassidy has engaged in a broad variety of litigation, both trial and appellate, in his 42 years in the private practice of law. Mr. Cassidy distinguished himself as a defender of the rights of pregnant mothers in a variety of matters. 

Harold Cassidy has engaged in a broad variety of litigation, both trial and appellate, in his 42 years in the private practice of law. Mr. Cassidy distinguished himself as a defender of the rights of pregnant mothers in a variety of matters. He secured the return of mothers’ children in situations where the mother’s rights were violated and the surrender of her constitutional rights was uninformed or involuntary. He was Chief Counsel in the famous Baby M case, the first case in the United States to strike down surrogate parenting contracts as illegal, unenforceable, against public policy and exploitive of women.