Michael J. Pacer
Of Counsel
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial/E-Commerce
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Arbitration Chair Person, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
- Certified Arbitration Chair Person, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1990
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1990
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Loyola University School of Law Leadership Award
- Honors: Loyola University School of Law Service Award
- Law Review: Loyola Law Review, Editor at Large, 1989 - 1990
- Law Review: Loyola Law Review, 1988 - 1990
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
- B.S. - 1987
- Honors: Dean's List
- Major: Biology
- University of Wales, Swansea, Wales
- Honors: Second Honors
Published Works
- Illinois Nursing Home Care Reform Act, DuPage County Bar Review, Vol. VII, Issue 7, 1995
- Needle Stick Safety and Prevention Act, Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society Exchange, Vol. II, Number 3, Spring, 2000
- The First District Revisits Apparent Authority, Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society Exchange, Vol. II, Number 2, Fall, 2000
Classes/Seminars
- Presentation: Statementizing a Witness, Gallagher Bassett Claims Adjusters, April 1, 1998
- Presentation: Alternative Dispute Resolution, State Farm Casualty Adjusters, January and March, 1998
- Presentation: Effect of the Demise of the Tort Reform Act, MetLife Property and Casualty Adjusters, January 1, 1998
- Presentation: Communicating Complex Medical Issues to a Jury, with Daniel K. Cray, Defense Research Institute, Annual Meeting, November 1, 1997
- Presentation: Disclosure of Substance Abuse Records, with Daniel K. Cray, Triangle Center Seminar, June 1, 1996
- Presentation: Legal Liabilities Associated with the Elderly Patient, Healthcare Risk Managers and Professionals Seminar, The Graying of Healthcare, Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society
- Managed Care Ethical Issues of Physician Assistants: First Do No Wrong (Without Pre-Authorization), American Association of Physicians Assistants 28th Annual Conference, May 1, 2000
Professional Associations and Memberships
- DuPage County Bar Association, Member, Civil Practice Committee
- Illinois Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Fenwick Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Gamma Delta
