Beck, O'Scanlon & Casagrande

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande is the youngest member of New Jersey's 213th Legislature, and the youngest Assemblywoman ever elected in New Jersey. Assemblywoman Casagrande was born November 21, 1976, and has been a lifelong resident of Monmouth County. She graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School, Penn State University and Rutgers School of Law at Camden, before returning to Monmouth County to practice law.

Throughout her educational career, Assemblywoman Casagrande has been deeply involved in community activities. While at Penn State, Assemblywoman Casagrande was Student Body President. During her term, she worked to reduce the cost of student transportation around campus, improve student health care services, and protect students from dramatic tuition increases. While studying law, Assemblywoman Casagrande participated in the development of the new democratic constitution of South Africa, and performed pro bono legal services for bankruptcy filers in Camden, NJ. Today, she hopes to draw on these experiences as she serves the residents of New Jersey's 12th legislative district as their Assemblywoman.

Assemblywoman Casagrande's legal career began between semesters of law school, when she clerked at the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office in the appellate section, and at the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, Division of Law, focusing on insurance and banking, and corrections and state police. After her graduation from law school, Assemblywoman Casagrande clerked for the Honorable Robert O'Hagan of the New Jersey Superior Court, Civil Division in Freehold. Assemblywoman Casagrande is currently a partner in the firm of Menna, Supko and Casagrande in Shrewsbury where she has served as municipal attorney to Manalapan Township and special counsel to Fair Haven.

During Assemblywoman Casagrande's successful campaign for Assembly in 2007, she was endorsed by the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police, the Republican Leadership Council, the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association.

Assemblywoman Casagrande is a resident of Colts Neck, where she lives with her husband Stephen Chance, and her beagle.

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