
After graduating from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Cassandra focused her legal education on the area of tax law by attending Georgetown University Law Center where she received a Masters of Laws in Taxation. She moved to Charlotte and began her legal career at the firm of Cansler Lockhart and Evans, PA, where she began to develop a general civil practice. Cassandra concentrated on tax, estate and business succession planning at the firms of Perry, Patrick, Farmer & Michaux, PA and Johnston, Allison & Hord, PA. Her passion for working with nonprofit organizations led her to Foundation For The Carolinas, where she worked with Charlotte’s arts, science and history organizations as Vice President for Planned Giving for the Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust (formerly known as the Foundation for the Arts Sciences) Continuing to broaden her experience in personal wealth and estate work, Cassandra entered the world of financial planning as a Financial Advisor with Rinehart Wealth Management. To develop balance between her professional and volunteer work and personal life, Cassandra moved from working in an office environment to maintaining a solo law practice from her home. Now that her children are older, Cassandra has opened an office where she will be able to expand her practice while maintaining the flexibility that her family needs.