Joseph Cacace elected to partnership at Todd & Weld LLP
Joseph M. Cacace has been elected to the partnership at Todd & Weld LLP effective Jan. 1, 2022.
A seasoned trial and appellate litigator, Mr. Cacace represents clients in complex civil disputes and appeals of all types, including business litigation, real estate litigation, class actions, civil rights cases, litigation against government agencies and employees, and defamation cases raising First Amendment issues.
Some of Mr. Cacace’s trial and appellate results include:
- Obtaining a preliminary injunction in a shareholder dispute ordering that a newly elected board of directors and new corporate officers remain in place at a medical cannabis dispensary and cultivation company
- Obtaining a $1.5 million federal court jury verdict on behalf of a law enforcement official for defamation and job discrimination
- Persuading the D.C. U.S. Circuit of Appeals to vacate the FDA’s ban of electrical stimulation devices to treat aggressive or self-injurious behavior because the ban regulated the practice of medicine in violation of federal law
- Persuading the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that appellate review of a remand order is not allowed under the America Invents Act
Mr. Cacace has been named a Massachusetts Rising Star for Business Litigation by Super Lawyers every year since 2015, and he was selected by Best Lawyers in America to its list of “Ones to Watch” for Commercial Litigation in 2022.
He regularly presents at seminars on a variety of litigation topics and frequently comments in the media on legal topics.
Mr. Cacace earned his law degree summa cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, and his undergraduate degree cum laude from Boston College. Mr. Cacace served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Cordy on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.