MICHAEL BARTOLIC: NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. CHICAGO STRONG.

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Long Term Disability Attorney

Michael Bartolic represents executives, managers and other professionals in all aspects of ERISA § 502(a) litigation over denials of claims for benefits and breaches of fiduciary duty. He handles claims for long-term disability insurance, long-term care insurance, life and accidental death insurance, severance benefits, and retirement plan benefits. Disability cases he handled have altered the way administrators review claims for other participants, and he currently serves as lead counsel on a class action severance benefits dispute, representing an estimated 2,000 individuals. He is devoted to helping employees obtain and protect the compensation and benefits they earned.

Michael Bartolic

PHONE & FAX NUMBER

Phone: (312) 635-1600
Fax: (312) 635-1601

OFFICE LOCATION

180 W Washington Street
Suite 700
Chicago, Illinois 60602

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Managing Partner Of Bartolic Law

Michael is the managing partner of Bartolic Law. Prior to 2009, Michael worked at a large multinational law firm based in Chicago focusing on ERISA litigation regarding benefits disputes and fiduciary responsibilities. After years of representing large companies, Michael fulfilled his calling to help the individuals being exploited by insurers and employers in ERISA disputes.

Michael is actively involved in the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Employee Benefits Committee, where he co-chairs the subcommittee on benefit claims and serves as an editor of Employee Benefits Law, a joint publication by the ABA and BNA. Michael serves as Co-Chair of the subcommittee on litigation and legislation for the ABA Section of Taxation Employee Benefits Committee. He previously served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Section Council on Employee Benefits, and Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee. Michael has published several works in the ISBA’s Employee Benefits newsletter, The John Marshall Law School’s publication, TaxEB InBrief, and he has prepared materials on ERISA benefit claims for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and several of the American Bar Association committees. Michael frequently speaks for the American Bar Association on ERISA litigation issues. While Michael enjoys these academic pursuits that keep him abreast of the latest developments to help his clients, his true passion is working with individuals to secure their benefits.

Michael is a Super Lawyer

Michael has been named a Super Lawyer in the field of Employee Benefits every year since 2014, and was a “Rising Star” in 2012 and 2013.

“I have two favorite parts of my job. The first is when I meet with a client and learn about the struggles and plan a course of action on how we can help. The second is when I get to call my client to notify the insurer agreed to pay the claim.”

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SUCCESSES

Ferrin v

Ferrin v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 336 F. Supp. 3d 910 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 28, 2018) (holding insurance policy’s grant of discretionary authority is void under Texas law due to certificate being issued after effective date of regulation, and policy renewing after effective date, and holding Plaintiff was disabled from Any Reasonable Occupation where treating doctors certify she can sit at the occasional level, and insurer’s consultants opine Plaintiff can sit frequently, as weighing all evidence together would make capacity likely at low end of frequent range at best).
Sadowski v.

Sadowski v. Tuckpointers Local 52 Health & Welfare Trust, 281 F. Supp. 3d 710 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 20, 2017) (holding plan was arbitrary and capricious in denying medical benefits for removal of spinal cord stimulator following a fall down the stairs and infection where plan argued the expenses were caused by the same injury as the car accident necessitating implantation of the stimulator years earlier)
Tassone v.

Tassone v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., 264 F. Supp. 3d 867 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 30, 2017) (awarding client long term disability benefits denied by United of Omaha despite insurer’s doctor opining there was no objective evidence of functional impairment)
Suson v.

Suson v. PNC Fin. Servs. Grp., Inc., No. 15-CV-10817, 2017 WL 3234809 (N.D. Ill. July 31, 2017) (holding Liberty Mutual’s denial of client’s long term disability benefits was arbitrary and capricious where Liberty Mutual disregarded client’s carpal tunnel syndrome and relied on a vocational opinion to which client never had an opportunity to address before litigation)

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PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION

American Bar Association
Co-Chair, Section of Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits Committee, Subcommittee on Benefit Claims Past Co-Chair, Section of Taxation, Employee Benefits Committee, Subcommittee on Litigation & Legislation
Illinois State Bar Association
Past Chair, Employee Benefits Section Council
Chicago Bar Association
Past Chair, Employee Benefits Committee
Croatian American Bar Association

JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Illinois
California
United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, General
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

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“I have two favorite parts of my job. The first is when I meet with a client and learn about the struggles and plan a course of action on how we can help. The second is when I get to call my client to notify the insurer agreed to pay the claim.”

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