Cassandra Roth

Cassandra B. Roth is Counsel at Ropes & Gray. Cassandra is an accomplished trial attorney who regularly litigates all types of intellectual property cases—patent, false advertising, trade secret, copyright, and trademark as well as associated contract disputes—in federal courts across the United States and before administrative agencies including the ITC and PTAB. Cassandra also counsels clients seeking creative solutions for licensing, litigation strategy, and advertising practices in a wide array of industries, including consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, financial services, fashion, publishing, semiconductors, and academia.

Cassandra also maintains a robust pro bono practice, representing clients in a variety of state and federal proceedings, including recently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was awarded a Pro Bono Publico Award in 2015 by the Legal Aid Society for her service.

Prior to joining Ropes & Gray LLP, she clerked for the Honorable William H. Pauley III of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Before law school, Cassandra worked at a Boston-area start-up, where she developed disease-specific models of neuronal systems. Cassandra graduated from MIT with degrees from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. She has experience programming in MATLAB, Fortran, and Ada.