Cassie Nicholson is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as the Chief Parliamentary Counsel at the Parliamentary Counsel Office in New Zealand since May 2021. Prior to this role, Cassie held the position of Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Drafting) at the same office for over two decades, from November 1999 to May 2021. Cassie's legal career began at Chapman Tripp, where service was rendered as a Solicitor from 1995 to 1998. Academically, Cassie Nicholson holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Governance from The London School of Economics and Political Science, completed in 1999, and possesses an LLB (Hons) and BA in English Literature and Law from Victoria University of Wellington, earned in 1994.