About Jane Ellen
Jane Ellen Cassell built a law career that began in the courtroom corridors of Tennessee and moved into immigration practice soon after law school. She earned her J.D. from Belmont University College of Law in 2017 after completing an undergraduate degree in political science and government at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013. Her academic path combined classroom learning with practical internships that shaped her interest in public-service oriented legal work.
Cassell’s early practical experience came through a sequence of clerkships and internships. While still a student she interned at Legal Aid of East Tennessee and later at JFON. She spent parts of 2016 clerking for David Randolph Smith & Associates and the Rose Immigration Law Office, PLC. Those roles exposed her to client intake, case preparation and procedural work in both civil and immigration settings.
After law school she worked in private practice at Pohl & Berk, LLP and at Saenz & Maniatis PLLC in 2017. By 2019 she had founded The Cassell Firm and continued her practice there. Her career path reflects steady movement from support and clerk roles into courtroom and advocacy responsibilities.
Cassell is admitted to practice in Tennessee, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Her filings in federal and immigration courts are a regular part of her caseload. Memberships in professional organizations include the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, the Marion Griffin Chapter of LAW and the Belmont University American Inns of Court. Those affiliations indicate an ongoing engagement with the procedural and ethical dimensions of practice.
Colleagues describe her as an attorney who handles client matters with attention to procedure and deadlines. Her work involves preparing briefs for administrative hearings, managing removal defense matters, and representing petitioners in immigration-related federal filings. She has combined courtroom experience with administrative practice, which helps in cases that move between immigration courts and federal filings.
Outside the office she maintains links to legal education through local Inns of Court and bar association activities. Her background — a local undergraduate education followed by a Nashville law degree and a series of internships — has kept her practice rooted in Tennessee while allowing her to work on matters that reach into federal and immigration systems.
She currently practices at The Cassell Firm, handling immigration cases and federal filings.
