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John C. Cashen

John C. Cashen
Member,
Troy
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Tel: 248-743-6077 Fax: 248-743-6002
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". . . a seasoned professional. He is fantastic in the courtroom."

— a Bodman client quoted in Chambers USA

Mr. Cashen represents employers in all aspects of employment law and related litigation. He served as chairperson of the Firm’s Workplace Law Practice Group
for ten years.

Mr. Cashen assists clients facing charges of discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, Whistleblowers’ Act violations and similar claims in
federal and state courts, administrative proceedings and arbitration hearings. He has conducted numerous trials and arbitrations in Michigan, Ohio, Missouri
and Wisconsin. Realizing that a trial or arbitration on the merits is not always in an employer’s best interest, Mr. Cashen has had significant success
obtaining summary judgment for employers and with alternative dispute resolution.

Mr. Cashen advises clients on labor management relations, from union election issues and collective bargaining to representation before the National Labor
Relations Board.

Mr. Cashen has provided legal services in a variety of industries. For example, he has extensive experience in the health care field, counseling health
service providers on employment law issues, defending hospitals and physicians from discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuits, drafting employment
related documents and addressing and litigating non-compete issues. Similarly, he has served automotive industry clients in all aspects of employment law,
traditional labor and related litigation and arbitration.

Mr. Cashen has spoken to professional groups on a variety of employment topics including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reductions in force, the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act, sexual harassment, the Family and Medical Leave Act, workplace surveillance and privacy issues, non-compete agreements,
at will employment, contract employees and volunteer liability.

Mr. Cashen is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 under Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers
for Business 2007, 2008 and 2009 under Labor and Employment, and Michigan Super Lawyers 2011 under Employment & Labor.  He is listed as a 2012 Top Lawyer
by DBusiness magazine. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Representative Reported Cases
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• IAC Sheboygan LLC,
126 LA 1665
(Arb. 2009)
• In re B&K Corporation and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW),Local 455
124 Lab. Arb. Rep. (BNA) 1351
(2008)
• Service Employees International Union Local 3 v Knight Facilities Management, Inc.
2005 US Dist Lexis 8967
(2005)
• Schuch v Savair, Inc.
2004 US App Lexis 24304
(2004)
• Moore v Kuka Welding Systems
 171 F 3d 1073
(1999)
• Johnson v United Auto., Aero. & Agric. Implement Workers of Am., Local 174
1999 US App Lexis 32080
(1999)
• Owens v Lear Seating Corp.
1997 US Dist Lexis 12127
(1997)
• Spedowski v Lear Seigler Plastic Corp.
1996 US Dist Lexis 5817
(1996)
• Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v Warren
193 Mich App 348
(1992)
• Haque Travel Agency v Travel Agents International, Inc.
808 F Supp 569
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