Honors and Awards:

• In 2011, Mr. Caffarelli was named an "Illinois Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine. Each year, only 5 percent of all Illinois attorneys are named.
• As of 2008, Mr. Caffarelli was rated “superb,” a perfect 10 out of 10 on a numerical scale, by Avvo.  Avvo is an online attorney rating service with an algorithm based upon an objective mathematical model. 
• Mr. Caffarelli has been awarded an “AV” rating by LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review based rating services for attorneys.  According to Martindale-Hubbell, the attainment of an “AV” rating is “a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.” 
• In 2010, Mr. Caffarelli was named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine. Each year, only 2.5 percent of all Illinois attorneys are named.

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Trial Advocacy Skills, 2005

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American Immigration Lawyers Association: 2000-Present
• Chicago Bar Association: 1997-Present
• Hispanic Lawyers' Association of Illinois: 1998-Present
• National Employment Lawyers’ Association: 2001-Present
• President of National Employment Lawyers’ Association (Illinois chapter): 2010-2012
• Admission: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Illinois Supreme Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• For the past several years, Mr. Caffarelli has provided pro bono services on behalf of indigent workers through the Workers’ Center at the Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues.  In 2001, he volunteered to provide legal assistance for the City of Chicago’s immigration workshops, sponsored by Mayor Richard M. Daley, and he subsequently graduated from the United Neighborhood Organization’s Metropolitan Leadership Institute (“MLI”), a workshop for Hispanic professionals.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Chicago Bar Association, Panel: The Undocumented in America, 2006
• Chicago Bar Association, Panel: Common Immigration Issues in Employment Law, 2006
• American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, Regional Conference:  Employment Enforcement Alert, 2007
• Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, YLS Seminar: The Interplay Between Employment Law and Immigration Law, 2008
• The Labor Employment Relations Association, Seminar: The American with Disabilities Act Amendments, 2008
• DePaul University College of Law, ICE Enforcement Conference: Employment Panel, 2009
• American Immigration Lawyers' Association, Regional Conference: Employment Enforcement Alert, 2009
• ABA Journal Podcast, Management Panel on Social Media: Good Employee Communication Tool or Liability, 2010
• Chicago Bar Association, Panel: Intersection of Employment/Immigration Law Issues, 2010
• Chicago Bar Association, Panel: The Intersection between the FMLA, the ADA, and Retaliatory Discharge, 2010
• American Bar Association, Panel Moderator: Hot Topics in the Supreme Court, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Hundreds of private employment settlements, which, because of standard confidentiality requirements, details cannot be provided.

Representative Clients:

• Mr. Caffarelli represents all types of employees from the highest-level executives at Fortune 500 companies to hourly-wage workers.

Video:

• About the Firm, 2008

Newsletters:

• Newsletters 2007-2010

Educational Background:

• Mr. Caffarelli received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with a double major of History and Spanish Literature, and was awarded a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as Note & Comment Editor of the Minnesota Law Review.  During that time, he authored an article on criminal asset forfeitures, which subsequently was accepted for publication.  In 1995, he served as an intern for the Honorable Judge Michael Davis of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Since graduation, Mr. Caffarelli has been admitted to practice law before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois.  In 2005, Mr. Caffarelli honed his trial skills by participating in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Midwest Regional Workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota.