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Barbara I.
Michaelides
Partner
E-mail:
bmichaelides@bcnlaw.com
Phone:
(312) 762-3291
Practice Areas:
Barbara I. Michaelides is a partner at Bates Carey Nicolaides LLP in the Appellate Practice Group. A seasoned appellate practitioner, Barb has briefed and orally argued appeals across the country in a variety of practice areas, including commercial, first-party property, liability insurance coverage and defense.
Her victories include obtaining judgment for a first-party property insurer in a large fire loss case involving a law and ordinance sub-limit issue in an appeal before the Fourth Circuit in First Centrum Corp. v. Landmark Am. Ins. Co., 237 Fed. Appx. 799 (4th Cir. 2007). Barb also obtained judgment for an insurer in Gateway Hotel Holdings v. Lexington Insurance Company, 275 S.W.2d 268 (Mo. App. 2008) where the court declared an athletic participant exclusion barred a claim by an injured boxer notwithstanding Missouri’s adoption of the concurrent cause rule. Most recently, she successfully defended a judgment for a CGL insurer, the Fifth Circuit declaring no coverage was owed for product defect claims in Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. v. American International Specialty Lines Ins. Co., 2010 WL 4272729 (5th Cir. Oct. 22, 2010). Barb also successfully defended judgments for a CGL and D&O insurer, the Third Circuit declaring no coverage was owed for the insured’s breach of contract in American Legacy Foundation, RP v. National Union, 2010 WL 3960579 (3d Cir. Oct. 12, 2010). She also successfully argued an indemnity provision in a construction contract violated Virginia’s anti-indemnity statute before the Virginia Supreme Court in Uniwest Const., Inc. v. Amtech Elevator Services, Inc., 699 S.E.2d 223 (Va. 2010), the first case to consider this statute.
In addition to her appellate work, Barb also acts as monitoring appellate counsel in high-exposure cases. Barb assists trial counsel with research and writing dispositive motions, ensures that error is preserved for appeal, thus helping to posture the case for a successful resolution.
She has received numerous awards including the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Environmental Law. More recently, Barb was invited to present arguments in Meridian v. Purkey before a special session of the Indiana Court of Appeals held at the University of Indiana Law School in front of the entire student body. During argument, the justices praised Barb’s oral advocacy skills and commented that Barb’s was the only case chosen for this special session based upon the quality of the briefs submitted in the case.
She received a J.D. cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1996; and a B.A. from S.U.NY at Stony Brook New York in 1984.
She is admitted to the Illinois Bar, and has been admitted by the following courts to practice: United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh and the District of Columbia Circuits and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is an active member in many professional associations, including the Appellate Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute – Appellate Advocacy Committee and Amicus Sub-Committee.
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