Michael Bartolic

Attorney Michael Bartolic is the managing partner of Michael Bartolic, LLC, in Chicago, Illinois. Nationally recognized as a leader in ERISA and benefits law, Mr. Bartolic represents the rights and entitlements of clients across the country, particularly executives and other professionals, who are dealing with complex legal challenges involving any of the following:

• ERISA § 502(a) litigation involving claim denials and breaches of fiduciary duties
• Long-term and short-term disability matters
• Long-term care insurance
• Life and accidental death insurance
• Severance benefits and retirement plan benefits

Mr. Bartolic's effectiveness in his field is displayed by the fact that he has helped affect positive changes in the way administrators handle disability claims for their participants. He currently serves as lead counsel for a class action involving some 2,000 individuals in a major severance benefits dispute.

As further evidence of his success, Mr. Bartolic has received many awards and honors for his professionalism and service, including high ratings from *Martindale-Hubbell, perfect 10.0 ratings on Avvo and many five-star reviews from his past clients. In all cases, Mr. Bartolic provides the personalized assistance and support his clients need, and he finds great reward in being able to help so many obtain their rightful benefits.

An honors graduate of the University of Illinois, Mr. Bartolic attended John Marshall Law School, where he obtained his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2005. The Illinois State Bar Association admitted him to practice that same year, and he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

Active in his legal community, he is the current co-chair of the subcommittee on benefit claims for the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Bartolic is also vice chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation Employee Benefits Committee's subcommittee on litigation, and he has served as chair for the Illinois State Bar Association's Employee Benefits Section Council and the Chicago Bar Association's Employee Benefits Committee.

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