Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Labor and Employment Department; Employment Litigation and Counseling Practice Group; Complex Discrimination Litigation Practice Group; Health Law Practice Group (Co-Chair).

Joan Casciari is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Chicago office. Her practice is primarily devoted to employment law counseling with a particular specialty in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Joan spends the majority of her time counseling clients on employment related issues. While she works with all types of employers, many of her clients are health care providers. Her work includes drafting documents, policy creation and review, training on best practices (particularly those relating to managing absences), advising on actions affecting groups of employees (such as reductions-in-force), and brokering settlements in employment related matters with employees’ attorneys. She also handles matters before the EEOC, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and state and federal courts. Earlier in her career, she tried a number of cases, both in administrative forums such as the Human Rights Commission, and in the state and federal courts. Joan also acts as the firm’s employment counsel.

Joan has spent her entire career at Seyfarth Shaw, starting as a paralegal/docket clerk after college. She attended law school while working part-time at Seyfarth Shaw, and started as an attorney when she graduated from law school.

Member, American Bar Association; Member, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA); Member, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

JD, DePaul University College of Law, with honors; BA, Indiana University.

Sailing, gardening, golf, travel, reading, cooking.