Roberto Cassinelli (born 10 December 1956) is an Italian

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and

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, Judge of the

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since 2025.

Studies and professional life

Cassinelli was born in

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, and attended the catholic college Vittorino da Feltre in the same city. Then he graduated in law at University of Milan.
He works as a lawyer, pleading at the Court of Cassation (Italy), Supreme Court of Cassation and he has been a member of the bar association at

court, court of justice. He is legal consultant and assistant of Italian and European leading banks, industrial and commercial groups, service companies and public authorities. He is, and has been, director, auditor, judicial and extraordinary commissary in several companies.

Political life

Cassinelli joined very young the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), of which his father, Giorgio Cassinelli, Giorgio, was National vice president. With PLI he was elected at the Genoa town council, in 1981, 1985 and 1990. As one of the founders of the political movement Forza Italia in Liguria, he was Regional Vice Secretary from 1994 to 2006, and Genoese Town Commissioner from 2005 and 2007. The 2007 Forza Italia congress elected him Genoese Town Secretary. At the 2008 2008 Italian general election, general elections he has been elected at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Chamber of Deputies with the new political movement People of Freedom (''Il Popolo della Libertà'', Pdl), in which Forza Italia and National Alliance (Italy), National Alliance (''Alleanza Nazionale'', AN) met under the leadership of Silvio Berlusconi. He is a member of the Commission of Justice at the Chamber of Deputies. His activity as a Member of Parliament principally focuses on Justice, It law and net neutrality, self-employment. He is one of the founders of the "Intergruppo Parlamentare 2.0" (''Parliamentary Group 2.0''), whose aim is to introduce the innovation themes into the Italian Parliament. He is the head of the National Department on commercial law, commercial and bankruptcy law for People of Freedom.

External links

Roberto Cassinelli's political websiteRoberto Cassinelli's page at Chamber of Deputies website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cassinelli, Roberto 1956 births Living people Politicians from Genoa Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia politicians Italian Liberal Party politicians University of Milan alumni