POWER Chief Legal Counsel – Harold J. Cassidy distinguished himself as a defender of the rights of pregnant mothers in a variety of matters over a period of more than twenty years. He secured the return of mothers’ children in situations where the mother’s rights were violated and her surrender of her constitutional rights were uninformed or involuntary. He was Chief Counsel in the famous Baby M case, the first case in the United States to strike down surrogate parenting contracts as illegal, unenforceable, against public policy and exploitative of women.

Most recently Harold J. Cassidy has devoted his practice to protecting the rights of pregnant mothers, particularly in matters involving abortions where abortion providers have violated the rights of the mothers and subjected them to procedures without obtaining informed and voluntary consent. He has established important precedent in this area of practice.