William P. Cassidy, Jr. is a partner in the Litigation Department in Shutts & Bowen’s Tampa office, where he represents management clients in employment law, including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, ADEA, FLSA, representation of employers before the NLRB on matters involving concerted activity, restrictive covenants and noncompetition agreements, and both Florida and federal whistleblower laws. He also has extensive experience in other complex actions including litigating under Title III of the ADA, the Lanham Act and other intellectual property statutes, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Securities Exchange Act as well as general commercial disputes governed by federal and state law.
In addition to his experience in private practice, Mr. Cassidy was a law clerk for the Honorable James D. Whittemore, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Mr. Cassidy received his J.D. from The University of North Carolina School of Law where he served as Circulation Editor on the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation and authored “Universal Service in a Competitive Telecommunications Environment,” 25 N.C.J. Int’l. L. & Com. Reg. 108. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with distinction in 1996 earning a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in History.
Education
- University of North Carolina, J.D.
- University of North Carolina, B.A., with distinction, Political Science, 1996
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Affiliations
- The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Chairperson of the Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section's ABA Liaison Committee; 2008-2010
- National Co-chairperson for the ABA EEOC Regional Subcommittee; 2008-2010
