Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP issued the following announcement on May 20.
The Firm is proud to welcome Kassie Lee Richbourg to our New Orleans office!
Kassie joins us as a third-year associate. Her previous experience includes handling both state and federal cases in a high-volume general civil litigation practice with a primary focus on matters of personal injury, construction law, and business/commercial disputes, as well as being involved in class actions concerning unfair trade practices and complex multi-district litigation matters related to products liability issues. While in law school, Kassie gained valuable experience as a judicial intern for the Honorable Milton C. Lee in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and as legal intern for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Kassie graduated from American University Washington College of Law, cum laude, where she was a Note and Comment Editor for the Administrative Law Review, a recipient of the JD Distinguished Fellowship, a Dean’s Fellow for the Legal Rhetoric: Research & Writing program, a Teaching Fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, and a member of the WCL Pro Bono Honors Pledge program. While in law school, Kassie also became a published author in the DePaul Journal of Sports Law & Contemporary Problems. Kassie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia, cum laude, with a major in Political Science and a minor in History.
Kassie is admitted to practice in Louisiana, Maryland, all Louisiana federal district courts, and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and she is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Louisiana Association for Justice.
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