The dedication to helping those in need has inspired Fred Caddell, a founding partner at Caddell Reynolds Law Firm, to represent clients qualifying for Social Security Disability benefits for over 31 years. Born and raised in Paris, Arkansas, he attended Arkansas Tech University before getting his law degree at the University of Arkansas. He then moved to Fort Smith, where he and partner, Bennett Nolan, decided to form Caddell Reynolds Law Firm in order to help injured and disabled citizens in Arkansas. While Fred previously practiced other areas of the law, including Personal Injury, criminal defense, business law, and Bankruptcy, eventually he decided to focus all of his talents on disability law. Fred is authorized to appear in all state and federal courts in Arkansas and Oklahoma. With his intensive knowledge of disability law and experience in all of these courts, he has had the privilege to help thousands of clients get the benefits they receive. When not practicing law, Fred likes to hunt, fish, scuba dive, and travel. He also enjoys volunteering with local youth organizations, such as the Boy Scouts, and helping the local Red Cross. He looks forward to continuing helping people in his community and citizens of his state as he has done for more than three decades.

For more than a decade, Chris Cadem has concentrated his practice on litigation matters in both criminal and civil cases in State and Federal Court. His experience includes more than 100 trials and roughly a dozen appeals, including multiple petitions to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He has successfully litigated cases spanning from simple speeding tickets to first degree murder and first degree criminal sexual conduct. His civil docket includes everything from contract disputes to complex multiparty, million-dollar financial matters. Chris has been widely recognized for his experience and professionalism.

Gina practices labor employment law counseling and litigation. Prior to owning her law firm, Ms. Cadogan primarily represented Fortune 500 Companies, municipalities, non-profits and hospital systems in employment and commercial litigation at large National and International firms. Presently, she represents individual employees and companies in all aspects of employment and labor claims, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, non-compete agreements, wrongful discharge, workers’ compensation retaliation, unpaid wage claims, overtime claims, negligent hiring/retention, and medical leave violations. Gina also provides advice about a full range of employment matters, including personnel practices and policies, investigation of discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, medical leave issues, as well as hiring and termination decisions. Gina frequently speaks on these topics both locally and nationally at legal conferences and to her corporate clients. Gina received her law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1999 and served on the Moot Court Board and was a recipient of the Order of the Advocates. She graduated from the University of Florida in 1996, with dual degrees and high honors (magna cum laude) and was inducted as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key Honor Societies. She is admitted to the Florida Bar, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Gina is active in the Federal Bar Association, Caribbean Bar Association and Broward County Bar Association.

Area of Practice: Civil Rights Law Michelle Caiola is a fierce and committed litigator, seeking justice for those experiencing sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and pregnancy discrimination. With her demonstrated success in court and deep knowledge of the law, Michelle can expertly handle any discrimination case from start to finish. Each year, she negotiates millions of dollars in settlements for her clients. Michelle never hesitates to take on powerful entities for her diverse range of clients including executives in finance, technology, media and pharmaceuticals, doctors, lawyers, and models. Michelle is also experienced in handling high profile sexual assault cases. She currently represents women that have been abused by Hip Hop Mogul Sean Combs, a billionaire businessman, and other public figures. Michelle began litigating employment discrimination lawsuits as an attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). While there, Michelle expertly handled class-action lawsuits pertaining to sexual harassment, race, national origin, age, and disability discrimination in the workplace. Among the many notable cases from her years at EEOC, she led a high-profile glass-ceiling sex discrimination lawsuit against Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley, which settled for $54 million. She also played a key role in litigating a large precedent-setting sexual harassment suit against Mitsubishi, a car manufacturing plant in Illinois, which settled for $34 million, and an important class-wide age discrimination suit against a major retailer, which settled for $3.5 million. Michelle was awarded EEOC’s highest honor, the EEOC Chair’s Organizational Award, three times. While overseeing legal departments at Legal Momentum and then Equal Rights Advocates, two women’s rights non-profit organizations, Michelle focused on winning pregnancy and sex discrimination lawsuits on behalf of women law professors and service workers, as well as women working in non-traditional jobs, such as police officers, firefighters, shipyard workers, and tradeswomen. Michelle has been a strong advocate for women receiving workplace pregnancy accommodations and job protections related to domestic violence. Michelle also has a wealth of experience litigating on behalf of people with disabilities. While serving as Managing Director of Disability Rights Advocates in New York City, she achieved numerous court victories and negotiated impactful settlements. In 2020, she was personally awarded the Law360 MVP based on highly significant legal rulings she obtained while litigating five separate class-action cases brought against the Metropolitan Transit Authority to achieve subway access for individuals that cannot use stairs due to a disability. As a long-standing workplace advocate, Michelle has testified at government hearings and presented at employment discrimination conferences. She has co-authored several employment discrimination Amicus Briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court: Women’s Rights Organizations in Support of Respondent, Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regarding a woman applicant for a coal mining position), November 2014; Law Professors and Women’s Rights Organizations in Support of Petitioner, Peggy Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (supporting pregnancy accommodations at work), May 2013. Michelle attended Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and received her Juris Doctor with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law. She completed her undergraduate degree at Kent State University in Ohio. Michelle is a member of the bar in New York and Missouri. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the Northern District of California, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association, the City Bar of New York, and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers.