Casey Novak

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Casey Novak
Title Assistant District Attorney
Affiliation Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Current status Disbarred
First Appearance SVU: "Serendipity"
Last Appearance SVU: "Cold"
Played by Diane Neal

Casey Novak was an Assistant District Attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Diane Neal from 2003 to 2008.

Casey revealed in "Influence," that she was once engaged to a schizophrenic man, but he refused to take medication, and she eventually left him. The last time she'd heard of him, he was homeless. The topic was mentioned again in "Blinded", when Olivia Benson accused Casey of letting her guilt over the experience cloud her judgment regarding schizophrenic sex offender Saul Picard. In this episode, Jack McCoy learns that Casey's fiancé, Charlie, attacked her when he was off his meds, and she used her job as an ADA to make sure no abuse charges were laid. She tells Olivia that six months before Charlie was killed in an accident, carrying her business card in his pocket. She expresses guilt, wondering if he'd still be alive if she'd stayed with him.

In the season 9 finale "Cold," her conduct during the trial of a police officer accused of raping two illegal immigrants leaves her facing a lengthy suspension. In the season ten episode "Confession", Novak's replacement ADA Kim Greylek mentioned that Casey Novak was disbarred for her actions.