Harold J. Cassidy

Harold J. Cassidy is a distinguished constitutional and civil rights attorney with over 45 years of experience in private practice, having served as counsel in two of the 100 most important cases of the 20th Century in American jurisprudence—more than any other attorney. Based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Mr. Cassidy has engaged in a broad variety of trial and appellate litigation, earning national recognition as the leading defender of the rights of pregnant mothers against the excesses and abuses of an industry that violates women's constitutional protections. He gained historic prominence as Chief Counsel in the landmark Baby M case (In the Matter of Baby M, 109 N.J. 396 (1988)), the first case in the United States to strike down surrogate parenting contracts as illegal, unenforceable, exploitative of women, and against public policy.