Rhonda Hassan
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Rhonda Hassan

Associate

Email

rhonda.hassan@aoshearman.com

Offices

Houston

V-CARD
Rhonda’s practice focuses on representing clients in commercial disputes and securities litigation.
Rhonda has experience representing companies across a wide range of industries in complex civil litigation. During law school, Rhonda served as an Articles Editor for the UHLC Law Review.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Representation of multinational media and information services company in arbitration of complex contractual dispute.
  • Representation of publicly traded special purpose acquisition company in litigation challenging its contemplated merger with renewable energy developer.
  • Representation of major financial services and health organizations software provider in connection with contractual dispute.
  • Representation of publicly traded pharmaceutical company in internal assessment of prospective legal exposure in connection with valuation for proposed acquisition.
  • Counsel for Washington Legal Foundation in submission of amicus curiae briefs to the Ninth Circuit and Supreme Court of the United States on several significant securities litigation matters.

Pro bono

  • Representation of immigrants and nonprofits in class action alleging APA and constitutional rights violations in immigration enforcement.
  • Representation of asylum-seeker in removal proceedings.
  • Representation of individual in First Amendment Free Exercise and Establishment Clause dispute in partnership with the American Humanist Association.

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, State of Texas, 2025

Academic

JD, cum laude, University of Houston Law Center, 2025

BS, summa cum laude, Economics, University of Houston, 2021

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.