Mr Mark Casciari > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices
233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 8000
CHICAGO, IL 60606 - 6448
ILLINOIS
United States
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Mr Mark Casciari
Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; ERISA and Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group;
Position
Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP.
Career
Mark’s practice focuses on labor and employment law, and in particular ERISA and other employee benefits litigation. Mark has represented employers, as well as plans and plan fiduciaries. He has substantial experience with class actions and withdrawal liability arbitrations. He has practiced before federal and state courts and agencies, and arbitrators and mediators. He has tried cases before judges and juries alike, as well as administrative law judges, hearing officers and arbitrators. He has orally argued in six federal Courts of Appeal and two state Supreme Courts. He has authored three U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs. Mark has spoken and written on ERISA and employee benefits law, and on litigation topics generally.
Mark is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer for national ERISA Litigation Law in Chambers USA. Mark was an adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at Northwestern University School of Law for 14 years, and an adjunct Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona College of Law for four years.
Memberships
Federal Bar Association
Education
J.D., Boston College Law School, cum laude; B.A., University of Southern California, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Leisure
Biking, hiking, swimming, golfing, and family gatherings.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious