Cassandra L. Horton is an associate in Baker Donelson’s Baltimore, Maryland, office, where she focuses her practice on management-side employment defense and traditional labor law. Her labor practice includes advising and representing employers in labor arbitrations, union organizing efforts, and corporate campaigns.
Before becoming an attorney, Cassandra worked as a paralegal for a Washington, D.C.-area trade association advocating for the retail industry through public policy and the judiciary.
This experience allowed her to work closely with general counsel and gain insight into the challenges facing employers, ultimately sparking her interest in management-side labor and employment law.
Cassandra attended law school in the evenings while working full-time. During law school, she served as senior articles editor of the Federal Communications Law Journal and as the evening student representative for the Black Law Students Association.
Following her third year, she participated in the Jackson Lewis Summer Clerk Program in the Washington, D.C., and Orange County offices.
Professional Associations and Activities
Cassandra is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and National Bar Association.
Education
Cassandra earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 2018.
She earned her M.A. in English, with a concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric, from George Mason University in 2012.
She earned her B.S. from Lincoln University of Missouri in 2009, graduating magna cum laude.
