Chicago, Illinois, United States
Michele is an accomplished litigation and litigation management attorney with a proven track record of winning results at trial, arbitration and administrative hearings. She is result oriented and has a reputation for achieving her client's goals. Prior to joining O’Connor & Battle, Michele had her own practice, Law Offices of Michele J. Braun, where she represented and counseled corporate, small business and individual clients in complex commercial litigation, real estate litigation, mortgage foreclosure, nursing home and general laibility matters. Her practice also included formulating and implementing risk management programs and internal policies and procedures for her clients. Before that, Michele was associated with both large and small firms in the Chicagoland area where she assumed first and second chair in federal and state court trials involving construction and real estate litigation, zoning and insurance coverage disputes, nursing home injuries, employer liability and false imprisonment. Michele has practiced before the Illinois Supreme Court and Appellate Courts and is published in the area of nursing home and construction litigation. She is certified as a FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator, Cook County and Lake County Arbitrator and has been a named speaker at several professional conferences and seminars. Michele is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, a former member of the SBAC Women in Business Committee, SHALVA Board Member and Mentor for John Marshall Law School students and recent graduates.m
Civil rights litigation, complex commercial litigation, real estate litigation, insurance defense (nursing home litigation, product liability, premise liability, construction, personal injury, insurance coverage)
A general practice concentrating in: • Business Litigation • Breach of Contract/Fraud • Mortgage Foreclosure • Real Estate Litigation/Condominium Disputes • Construction litigation • Product Liability/Breach of Warranty Claims • Long Term Care Insurance- Bad Faith Claims • Nursing Home/ Assisted Living Litigation • Risk Management
Represented and counseled business owners, individuals, lenders and borrowers in matters involving complex commercial litigation, mortgage foreclosure, adversary bankruptcy proceedings and supplementary proceedings. • Successfully resolved numerous adversary bankruptcy proceedings premised on fraud, preferential transfers and breach of contract claims. • Prosecuted, defended and mediated mortgage foreclosure actions on behalf of banks and individuals. • Handled all aspects of cases involving, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, consumer fraud, conversion and equitable relief. • Utilized creative strategies for collecting deficiency judgments on behalf of banks
Represented and counseled clients in real estate, commercial, construction, contract and insurance coverage disputes. • Assumed first and second chair in federal and state court trials involving real estate contracts, zoning and insurance coverage disputes. • Briefed and successfully argued numerous motions in federal and state court. • Granted summary judgment and attorney fees in breach of contract action brought on behalf of hydraulic parts distributor.
Represented and counseled corporate, commercial and individual clients in complex commercial, business and real estate matters, health care related litigation and administrative proceedings, adversary bankruptcy proceedings, mortgage and mechanic lien foreclosures and securities fraud cases.