In January 2011, Mr. Cassidy opened PEAC�s East Coast office (Massachusetts) to better position the clinic to participate in environmental litigation of national scope and importance. Prior to joining PEAC, Mr. Cassidy was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Environmental Crimes Section of the United States Department of Justice. In his eight years as an environmental crimes prosecutor, Mr. Cassidy was co-lead counsel for several significant prosecutions, including the 2007 trial of Southern Union Company in Rhode Island. He received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut and a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.