Mr. Cachán is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, which is granted by invitation only and limited to 500 active trial lawyers from the United States. Mr. Cachán has been honored by several leading industry outlets and organizations, including:
- Benchmark Litigation as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the United States, the 2024 Product Liability Litigator of the Year, and a National Practice Area Star
- The American Lawyer as Litigator of the Week and Litigator of the Week Runner-Up
- the Los Angeles Daily Journal, which listed one of his jury wins as a Top Defense Verdict of the year
- Forbes as one of America’s Top 200 Lawyers
Mr. Cachán has represented Fortune 500 companies before federal and state courts in jury trials across the nation. Some recent representations include:
- Monsanto Company in securing a unanimous defense verdict following a seven-week jury trial in Cook County, Illinois, against claims brought by four plaintiffs. The American Lawyer recognized Mr. Cachán for his victory as a Litigator of the Week Runner-Up
- Monsanto in state courts in Riverside, California, and St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri verdict was ranked second on the list of the Top 10 Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2022 by the online trial-viewing network Courtroom View Network (CVN). Mr. Cachán was recognized by The American Lawyer as a Litigator of the Week Runner-Up for both verdicts
Mr. Cachán is active in the legal community. He is a board member of Public Counsel, the largest provider of pro bono legal services in the United States. He is an honorary trustee of the Mexican-American Bar Foundation. Mr. Cachán previously served as a member of the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation of the State Bar of California. He is past president of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles. Mr. Cachán is the son of Cuban exiles and is fluent in Spanish.