The Principals
James M. Cassidy, President | e-mail
Field Experience
Plasterers Union, Local 5, 1958-1963
Education
St. Mary’s College, Winona, MN – B.A. English, 1963
Employment
1963–1965 Estimator, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL
1965-1967 Project Manager, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL
1967-1971 Vice President, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL
1971-1977 Executive Vice President, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL
1978-Present President and Owner, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL and Franklin Park, IL
Affiliations/Accomplishments
1971-1992 Trustee, Plasterer’s Health & Welfare Trust
1973-1974 President, Chicago Plastering Institute’s Builder Uppers Club
1975 Area Fund Leader, Construction Industry Salute to Boy Scouts of America
1976-1979 President, Chicagoland Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors
1976-Present Board or Directors, Construction Employers Association
1977 Chairman, Great Lakes Counties, International Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors
1978-1981 Board of Directors, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1982-1985 Chairman of the Labor Liaison Committee for the Laborer’s International Union of North America
1983 Chairman of the Chicagoland Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractor’s Carpenters Union Negotiating Team
1983-1993 Chairman, Committee for Labor-Management Relations, Construction Employers Association
1985-1988 Chairman of the Labor-Management Group for the Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries
1988-1989 Board of Directors, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1988-1992 Board of Directors, Chicagoland Safety Counsel
1989-1990 President-Elect, Construction Employers Association
1990 Financial Vice President, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1991 Second Vice President, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1991-1993 President, Construction Employers Association
1992 President-Elect, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1993 President, Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries International
1996-1997 Chairman, Joint Conference Board of Cook County, IL
1998-1999 Chairman, Joint Conference Board of Cook County, IL
1999-Present Trustee, Vice Chairman, Laborers District Counsel of Chicago and Vicinity Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund
2003-2004 Chairman, Joint Conference Board of Cook County, IL
Micaela M. Cassidy, Executive Vice President | e-mail
Education
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL Studies in Bio-Chemistry, 1984-1986
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL - B.S. Finance, 1989
IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL - J.D. 1992
Employment
1987-1989 Payroll and Administration, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Rosemont, IL
1990-1992 Law Clerk, Anesi, Ozmon & Lewin, Ltd., Chicago, IL
1992-1995 Attorney, Anesi, Ozmon & Lewin, Ltd., Chicago, IL
1995-1999 Attorney, Nyhan, Pfister, Bambrick & Kinzie, P.C., Chicago
1999-2000 Attorney, Young, Crowe & Associates, Ltd. (house counsel for Reliance Insurance Co.), Chicago, IL
2000-2001 Partner, Young & Crowe, LLC., Chicago, IL
2001 Partner, Spiegel, Cahill & Associates, Hinsdale, IL
2002-2004 Partner, Nyhan, Pfister, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, P.C., Chicago, IL
2004-Present Executive Vice President, Cassidy Brothers, Inc., Franklin Park, IL
Affiliations/Accomplishments
1992-2004 Member, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association
1992-2004 Chicago Bar Association
1995-1998 Speaker, Annual Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Illinois Self-Insurers Association
1999 Defense victory, Richard-Campbell-Peterson v. Illinois Industrial Commission and Eagle Country Markets, 97 MR 81, 2nd Appellate District, June 3rd, 1999
2002-2004 Speaker, Annual Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Illinois Self-Insurers Association
2005-Present Board of Directors, Gypsum Drywall Contractors of Northern Illinois/Chicagoland Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors
2005-Present Treasurer Mid-Res Com Trust with Residential Construction Employers Counsel
2007-Present Treasurer, Gypsum Drywall Contractors of Northern Illinois/Chicagoland Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors |
