Paul Cassell

Paul G. Cassell is an American law professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and a former U.S. District Court judge. Along with attorney Brad Edwards, Cassell filed the landmark Crime Victims' Rights Act lawsuit challenging the secret non-prosecution agreement given to Epstein in 2007. Their argument — that the government violated federal law by concealing the plea deal from victims — was upheld by Judge Kenneth Marra in February 2019. Cassell is a leading expert in crime victims' rights law. The CVRA ruling was widely seen as the legal catalyst that led to Epstein's rearrest in July 2019.

Former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Served as U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah from 2002 to 2007.

Cassell clerked for Supreme Court Justice Scalia. His CVRA lawsuit was the legal foundation that reopened the Epstein case.

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