He was also the city treasurer of Kingston in 1922, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York from 1922 to 1925.

He was counsel to the Federal Prohibition Administration from 1925 to 1926, returning to private practice in Kingston from 1926 to 1943.

[2] On August 17, 1955, Cashin received a recess appointment from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Samuel H. Kaufman.

Formally nominated to the same seat by President Eisenhower on January 12, 1956, Cashin was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission the next day.

Cashin served in that capacity until his death on October 21, 1970, in Kingston.