Biography

Mr. Casciari is a Partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Mr. Casciari’s practice focuses on ERISA litigation and other complex employee benefits and employment litigation, including class action litigation. Mr. Casciari represents employers, plan sponsors, plans, plan administrators fiduciaries, and independent fiduciaries. Mr. Casciari participates in the CLE activities of the Firm’s Employee Benefits, Litigation and Labor and Employment Departments, and is a member of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department.

Mr. Casciari has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, National Labor Relations Board, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has represented parties in state courts and agencies. He has tried cases before federal and state judges and juries, administrative law judges, hearing officers and arbitrators (50+). He has taken or defended hundreds of depositions. He has been lead counsel in numerous private mediations and settlement conferences.

Mr. Casciari is a frequent speaker on ERISA and employee benefits, and other employment law topics, and on civil procedure.

Education

J.D., Boston College Law School, cum laude

B.A., University of Southern California, magna cum laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits
• U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois (including its Trial Bar), Northern District of Indiana, Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan, District of Nebraska, Western District of Tennessee, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
• Federal district courts, pro hac vice, in Arkansas, California (3), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia
• Illinois Supreme Court
• Supreme or lower courts, pro hac vice, of Alaska, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin