Nick Casper

Nick Casper is a Managing Partner at Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook, where he has worked since 2007. As a plaintiffs' attorney, Nick has been an active participant in the litigation of many of the firm’s largest cases. These cases involved wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability, child sexual abuse, civil rights violations and employment discrimination/harassment. Nick has been lead trial counsel in five civil jury trials in both state and federal court. Nick was named to the 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list and was on the Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list 2013-2016.

Memberships & Associations

In 2015, Nick was the Board President of the Contra Costa County Bar Association and served on the CCCBA Board of Directors from 2011-2016. Prior to that, Nick served as the Chair of the Contra Costa Barristers for two years. He has been on the Board of Governors of the Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers’ Association since 2010.

Education

In 2001, Nick graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Political Science. He went on to attend the University of San Francisco School of Law. During his time there, he received an award for Best Oral Argument in Moot Court as well as the CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Research & Writing. Previously, Nick also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Mark Simons of California’s First District Court of Appeal.

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Personal Injury
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Police Misconduct
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Products Liability
• Employment Discrimination/Harassment

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2008
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2007
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2007
• California, 2006