Cassandra Rich

Biography

Cassandra primarily concentrates her practice on real estate, representing companies, lenders, individuals, and municipal clients in matters involving financing, restructuring, easements, sales, acquisitions, and leases.

Bar Associations

Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, Member and Former Board Member
Monroe County Bar Association, Board of Trustees, Immediate Past Chair
New York State Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

Barclay Damon Women’s Forum
Monroe County Bar Association President’s Commission on Anti-Racism, Member
Seventh Judicial District Grievance Committee, Member

Representative Experience

Represented both purchasers and sellers in acquisitions and sales, including the disposition of title issues and easement rights.
Extensive easement experience assisting landowners, municipalities, and land trusts.
Represented multiple lenders in commercial loan transactions involving various business and property types.
Assisted on a complex commercial foreclosure involving numerous title issues, a title claim, and the eventual sale of the property.

Prior Experience

Boylan Code, Partner

Selected Community Activities

National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, Board Member

Selected Honors

The Best Lawyers in America®: Real Estate Law, 2024
Rochester Business Journal, Forty Under 40, 2015; Power 50 Law, 2023
Daily Record, Excellence in Law: Up & Coming Attorney Award, 2010; Power 20 Real Estate Law List, 2023, 2024
Monroe County Bar Association, President’s Award for Professionalism, 2020
Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, President’s Award, 2010

Selected Speaking Engagements

Appraisal Institute – Upstate New York Chapter, “History and Ramifications of Redlining and Racial Covenants in Deeds”
Monroe County Bar Association, "The History and Ramifications of Redlining and Racial Covenants in Deeds and What We Can Do to Address Them" Webinar
Monroe County Bar Association, "Contracting: COVID-19 – Treating Your Clients’ Commercial Ills Through Contract, Insurance, and Lease Provisions" Webinar

Selected Media

Rochester Business Journal, "Cassandra Rich – Increasing Engagement, Mentorship for Young Attorneys Through MCBA"

Overview Experience Knowledge

Wake Forest University School of Law, JD, Cum Laude; Wake Forest Law Review, Member
Wake Forest University, BA, Summa Cum Laude

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"Whether completing transactions or solving problems, I enjoy using my technical skills to assist clients."

Biography

Bar Associations

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

Representative Experience

Prior Experience

Selected Community Activities

Selected Honors

Selected Speaking Engagements

Selected Media

Education

Practices & Industries

Admitted to Practice

Featured Media

Alerts

ERISA Forfeiture Lawsuits: Navigating the Emerging Legal Landscape

Alerts

EU Leads the Way on Artificial Intelligence Regulation

Alerts

End of An Era: SCOTUS Overturns Chevron After 40 Years of Deference to Administrative Agencies

Alerts

SCOTUS Rejects Proposed Release of Sackler Family From Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 Plan as Not Permitted by the Bankruptcy Code

Alerts

NYS Appellate Court Reverses and Holds Liability Insurer Owed Duty to Defend to Policyholder in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

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New York State's Secret Sauce: Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint