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Cassie Marie Springer Ayeni
About Cassie
Biography
Caring for my clients comes naturally for me, and I take pleasure in developing new legal arguments to change the inequities of employee benefits law, resulting in a top reputation and amazing results for my clients. Making a difference in people’s lives and in the legal landscape is the reason I became a lawyer to begin with. I am proud of the work we do at Springer Ayeni, and proud to be a woman-owned firm in a field still dominated by men. I take pleasure in setting a new definition of what it means to be a successful woman litigator when I bring my baby to a conference or along with me for a meeting with a colleague. I aim to show that women can both practice in a rigorous field and be dedicated parents at the same time.
Outside of work, I relax by arranging flowers for non-profits such as the March of Dimes, playing the piano (I’m thrilled that my two oldest girls are loving their piano lessons as much as I did as a girl!), and enjoying time with my wonderful family. I have three beautiful daughters and it is truly joyous for me to spend time with them. Having lost one of my twin girls in 2008 due to consequences of prematurity, I am acutely aware of how precious kids are, and I am grateful for my daughters’ good health. Such a tragedy gave me the fortitude not just to survive, but to thrive and to better the lives of others, especially my clients
Practice Areas
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Practice Area
Employee Benefits
100%
24 years | 125 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in California for 23 years
State: California
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Location
Springer Ayeni, A Professional Law Corporation
4319 Piedmont Ave., 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA, 94611
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Cassie Marie Springer Ayeni's Lawyer Endorsements
"I have worked with Cassie on several employment law matters. She is a skilled and knowledgeable attorney."
"I endorse this lawyer. Familiar with her success in Court opinions and from conversations with her."
Sonya Smallets
Employment and labor lawyer
Aaron Minnis
Employment and labor lawyer
Ruth Silver-Taube
Employee benefits lawyer
Experience
Honors
2020
Top 100 Attorneys 2016-2020, SuperLawyers
2020
Top 50 Women Attorneys 2016-2020, SuperLawyers
2016
Top 100 Attorneys in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Top 50 Women Attorneys in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Lifetime Achievement, America's Top 100 Attorneys
2015
Top 100 Attorneys in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine
2015
Top 50 Women Attorneys in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
2014
Top 50 Women Lawyers in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
Top 20 Lawyers Under 40, Daily Journal
2012
50 Lawyers on the Fast Track, Recorder
2012
Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine
Work Experience
2016 - Present
President, Springer Ayeni, A Professional Law Corporation
2008 - 2016
Partner, Springer & Roberts LLP
2002 - 2008
Attorney, Lewis & Feinberg
Associations
2019 - Present
ABA/LEL Employee Benefits CommitteeCo-Chair
2018 - Present
ACCTLABoard Member, Officer
2014 - Present
American Bar FoundationFellow
2011 - Present
Women Lawyers of Alameda CountyMember
2011 - Present
California Women LawyersMember
2002 - Present
AIDS Legal Referral PanelInsurance Protection Project Advisory Council
2002 - Present
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law SectionMember
2013 - 2014
California Women Lawyers Board of GovernorsGovernor-at-Large
2011 - 2012
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law SectionCo-Chair, National Programs Comittee
2010 - 2011
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law SectionCo-chair, Law Student Outreach Task Force
2006 - 2014
Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (ABA)Co-chair, Benefit Claims and Individual Rights Subcommittee
Sample of Legal Cases
Hasten v. Prudential, 2020 WL 3786229 (N.D. Cal. July 6, 2020)
Settled
Shaikh v. Aetna, 2020 WL 1430496 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 24, 2020)
Win
Barboza v. Ca. Ass’n of Professional Firefighters, 2014 WL 6766687, 594 Fed.Appx 903 (9th Cir. 2014)
win and remand
Nolan v. Heald College, 745 F. Supp.2d 916, 2010 WL 1837805 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 27, 2010)
Plaintiff
Nolan v. Heald College, 551 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2009)
Plaintiff
Saffon v. Wells Fargo & Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 511 F.3d 1206 (9th Cir. 2008)
Plaintiff
Carstens v. U.S. Shoe Corporation’s Long-Term Benefits Disability Plan, 520 F. Supp. 2d 1165 (N.D. Cal. 2007)
Plaintiff
Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co., 458 F.3d 955 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc)
Plaintiff
Education
N/A
University of California - Berkeley
N/A
Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.
Speaking Engagements
2016
UC Hastings COL
Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors
2016
ERISA Litigation
ERISA Remedies
2016
Diversity Leadership Summit
Finding your personal brand in the face of stereotypes
2015
Midwinter Meeting of the Section of Labor & Employment Law Employee Benefits Committee
Benefit Claims Update
2014
Long-Term Disability Benefits Advanced Seminar
Filing Long-Term Disability Administrative Claims and Administrative Appeals of Long-Term Disability Claims
2014
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
SWEET (ERISA) MYSTERY OF LIFE (INSURANCE)
2012
Midwinter Meeting
Deposition of a Plan Administrator
2012
ERISA Litigation
Civil Litigation Practice Pointers
2012
California Women Lawyers Annual Meeting
The Business of You
2011
ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Annual CLE Conference
“What Every Reasonably Insecure Attorney Should Know About ERISA
Publications
2020
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Forum Maga
COVID-19 and long-term disability cases
2015
The Recorder
Let Your Personality Do the Marketing
2014
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) publication
ERISA Litigation; Insurance Benefits chapter
2014
ABA Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter
Once an ERISA Plan, Always an ERISA Plan?
2013
Daily Journal
NFL flying too high with its disability plan?
2008
ABA’s Section of Labor & Employment Law
Supreme Court Summary of LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc.
2006
California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
"Employee Benefit Plans Governed by ERISA
2006
TIPPS Employee Benefits Newsletter
Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Insurance: A Turnabout by the En Banc Ninth Circuit on the Standard of Review Results in a Win for ERISA Plaintiff
2005
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice
The Resurrection of 'Female Hysteria' in Present-Day ERISA Disability Law
2005
California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
California Domestic Partnerships; Employee Benefits chapter
2004
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) publication
Employee Benefits Law
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers