Anthony M. Casaletta is a Senior Counsel with Conn Maciel Carey LLP. Working in the Detroit area, he provides the full range of workplace safety and health law services to employers in Michigan and around the country.
Tony counsels and defends employers across a diverse range of industries in a wide variety of workplace health and safety matters involving Federal OSHA and State OSH Plans, particularly the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“MIOSHA”). He supports clients in all aspects of enforcement actions involving OSHA agencies, from managing on-site inspections and investigations to litigating contested OSHA citations, and counseling on compliance with OSHA enforcement rules and standards.
Before entering private practice, Tony spent 18 years with Michigan OSHA in various roles, working his way up to Health Supervisor for the MIOSHA Construction Safety and Health Division. Through his tenure at MIOSHA, Tony specialized in industrial hygiene enforcement in both general industry and construction, managed the MIOSHA Asbestos Program, and oversaw the compliance activities of MIOSHA’s Construction field industrial hygienists throughout the state of Michigan. Tony’s duties also involved representing MIOSHA at Administrative Hearings of contested MIOSHA citations.
Tony has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene in addition to his Law degree, and was an adjunct professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, where he co-taught graduate-level courses on Occupational Safety and Health in General Industry and Construction.
Outside the Office
Tony lives in the Metro Detroit area with his wife and two children. He enjoys spending time with his family, attending his children’s various sporting events, golf, downhill skiing, all things Detroit sports, and traveling.
Tony regularly speaks to audiences about a broad range of workplace safety issues. Recent invitations have included the following organizations:
- Mid-Michigan American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
- Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA)
- The Construction Association of Michigan (CAM)
- Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Michigan
- American Trucking Association (ATA)
- Michigan Safety Conference (MSC)
- National Electrical Contractors Association Safety Professionals Conference (NSPC)
- Mechanical Contractors Association of Detroit (MCA)
- Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Macomb County Bar Association
- J.D., Wayne State University Law School, 2018
- Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety, Wayne State University, 2004
- Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene, Wayne State University, 2004
- B.S. in Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Management, The University of Findlay, B.A., 1998




