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Michael A. Pope

McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Illinois
ArbitrationBet-the-Company LitigationClass Action Litigation
227 West Monroe Street

Michael A. Pope

McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Illinois
ArbitrationBet-the-Company LitigationClass Action Litigation
227 West Monroe Street
312-984-7780
mpope@mwe.com
www.mwe.com
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Bio

Michael A. Pope is a trial lawyer who provides legal counsel on matters related to product liability, consumer fraud and complex business litigation.

Michael has tried complex jury cases to verdict around the country for almost 40 years. He has recently represented numerous Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action in Chicago, and Syngenta Crop Protection in two class actions filed in Central Illinois. He has also represented McDonald's in a multi- district litigation (MDL) action involving the marketing of its French fries, as well as Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil and State Farm in commercial class actions in Illinois.

Michael is active in alternative dispute resolution and serves as a mediator and an arbitrator on major disputes involving complex business litigation and professional liability disputes. In 2012, he was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to its Commission on Access to Justice. Michael is also active in pro bono and community activities.

RESULTS

Obtained a complete dismissal of all Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) claims and defeated plaintiffs' motion to certify an ERISA class action on behalf of 11 health care plans in a putative nationwide class action alleging violations of RICO and ERISA in connection with the plans’ efforts to recover fees erroneously paid to providers for medical services rendered to subscribers

Secured a jury verdict in favor of Leprino Foods Company in Federal Court in Denver, Colorado, in an insurance coverage dispute with Factory Mutual Insurance Company over an All Risk property policy in which the insurer had denied Leprino’s claim after approximately eight million pounds of its cheese was damaged in storage; at trial, the jury found the loss to be covered under the insurance policy and awarded a verdict that, with interest, resulted in a return to Leprino of approximately $25 million—the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdict

Defended Syngenta Crop Protection, a herbicide manufacturer, in two purported class actions brought by community water systems in Illinois concerning the sale of Atrazine to farmers, and its presence in the groundwater used by the water systems; a favorable settlement was obtained on behalf of Syngenta

RECOGNITION
Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance, Commercial Litigation 2016 American College of Trial Lawyers, fellow
Chambers USA 2015 to 2016

The Best Lawyers in America 2006 to 2017, for 'Bet-the-Company Litigation', 'Commercial Litigation' and 'Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants'. In 2015 named Chicago’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions.

Illinois Super Lawyer, Top 100
International Academy of Trial Lawyers, fellow
International Association of Defense Counsel, past president International Society of Barristers, fellow
Lawdragon, 500 Leading Litigators
LMG Life Sciences 2013 to 2015, Life Science Star
Who's Who Legal: Litigation 2015
Northwestern University, 2012 Alumni Merit Award

COMMUNITY

American Bar Association
American Law Institute
Chicago Bar Association
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS), founder Defense Research Institute

Federal Bar Association, past member of board of directors, 2006 to 2012 Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF), founder and first president Illinois State Bar Association
Lawyers for Civil Justice, past president

Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, past president
National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, former chairman of the board of trustees Newberry Library, elected to the board of trustees
Seventh Circuit Bar Association, past president

CREDENTIALS
Education
Northwestern University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1969 Loyola University Chicago, BS, 1966

Admissions

Illinois New York

Courts / Agencies

US Supreme Court

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