Casey is the Global Managing Partner of Reed Smith, overseeing a platform of 3,000 professionals, including 1,600 lawyers, across 34 offices worldwide. In this role, she leads the firm’s strategy, shapes its culture, and drives client-focused innovation and growth.
A Chambers-recognized labor and employment lawyer, Casey handles a wide range of workplace disputes, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and breach of contract matters. She is a seasoned trial lawyer who has secured defense verdicts in federal court jury trials and arbitrations. She regularly appears in federal and state courts throughout the United States, as well as before federal agencies and state human relations commissions.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Jain v. Carnegie Mellon University (3d Cir.) affirming summary judgment in favor of the University on disability discrimination claims lodged by a former student in connection with his dismissal from a graduate program
Gilliam v. Verizon Communications – Defense verdict in a federal court jury trial involving allegations of race discrimination and retaliation
Scott v. EDMC and Jones v. EDMC – Successful enforcement of employer’s alternative dispute resolution program
Jain v. Carnegie Mellon University (3d Cir.) affirming summary judgment in favor of the University on disability discrimination claims lodged by a former student in connection with his dismissal from a graduate program
Gilliam v. Verizon Communications – Defense verdict in a federal court jury trial involving allegations of race discrimination and retaliation
Scott v. EDMC and Jones v. EDMC – Successful enforcement of employer’s alternative dispute resolution program
Vogel v. AK Steel Corporation - Successfully defended steel manufacturer in federal court jury trial involving alleged discrimination
Moorer v. Verizon Telecommunications, Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in race, gender and age discrimination case, which was affirmed by the Third Circuit
Constant v. Mellon Financial Corporation – Obtained summary judgment in an ADA/FMLA action, which was affirmed by the Third Circuit
Javornick v. United Parcel Service, Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in a discrimination lawsuit
Harrold v. BMW – Obtained summary judgment in FMLA, ERISA and disability discrimination case
Kuzma v. MBNA Institutional Services, PA - Obtained summary judgment dismissal of discrimination claims under the ADEA and PHRA
Parker v. Verizon Pennsylvania Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in discrimination and FMLA case, which was affirmed by the Third Circuit
Donaldson v. Informatica Corporation – Obtained summary judgment in a wrongful discharge case brought under the WPCL
LaMarca v. Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in FMLA retaliation case
Morrow v. Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in FMLA retaliation case
Franceschelli v. Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. – Obtained summary judgment in ADA and FMLA discrimination case
Murray v. BMW – Obtained summary judgment in race-based failure to promote and retaliation case
Recognitions
- Received the 2025 Hortense Sparks Ward Courageous Leader Award from the Center for Women in Law of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in recognition of her efforts toward gender parity in positions of leadership, influence, and responsibility in the legal profession
- Recognized as a U.S. News - Best Lawyers®: Lawyer of the Year in Pittsburgh in the area of Employment Law – Management (2026); Lawyer of the Year in Pittsburgh in the area of Litigation – Labor and Employment (2018); and as Lawyer of the Year in Pittsburgh in the area of Employment Law (2017)
- Honored as a 2025 C-Suite Award winner by the Pittsburgh Business Times, presented to executives in the Pittsburgh region who demonstrate exceptional leadership and business savvy by contributing significantly to their organizations and the broader community
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Notre Dame Law School, 1996, J.D., Lead Articles Editor, Journal of Law Ethics and Public Policy
- University of Notre Dame, 1993, B.A., English, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Court admissions
Court admissions
- State Supreme Court - Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court - Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court - District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Wisconsin
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow
- Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Member
- Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Board Member
- University of Notre Dame Law School, Law Advisory Council, President
- Allegheny Health Network Cancer Advisory Board, Board Member
- PBA Federal Practice Committee, Member
- National Association of College and University Attorneys, Member
- Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania Awards of Distinction, Committee Member
- Duquesne Club, Board Member
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