- Email: Michelle.Bracke@lewisbrisbois.com
- Phone: 312.463.3318
- Fax: 312.345.1778
Michelle Bracke is a partner in the Chicago office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Insurance Law, Bad Faith Litigation, Directors & Officers Coverage & Litigation, and Insurance Coverage Practices. Ms. Bracke has over 20 years of experience litigating coverage matters at both the trial and appellate levels, in a multitude of federal and state jurisdictions. Ms. Bracke has litigated matters involving all types of policies and coverages including professional liability, errors and omissions, general liability, construction defect, intellectual property, first party coverages, rescission, and policyholder fraud. For multiple years, Ms. Bracke has been elected by her peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in the area of Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance Law, a distinction earned by fewer than 5% of all lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois.
Prior to practicing law, Ms. Bracke was employed for a number of years in the insurance industry, as both an insurance company claim representative and broker, in the United States and at Lloyds of London, London, England.
In addition to her coverage practice, Ms. Bracke has also litigated matters involving fine art, products liability, class action, and policyholder bad faith.
Representative Published and Non-Published Decisions
- Edward T. Joyce & Assoc., P.C. v. Professionals Direct Ins. Co., no. 13cv2475, 2014 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 138908, N.D.Ill. Sept. 30, 2014
- Amer.Auto.Ins. Co. v. Smith, no. 5-12-cv-08183, 2013 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 91763, S.D.W.Va. July 1, 2013
- American Zurich Ins. Co. v. Wilcox & Christopoulos, L.L.C., 2013 Il.App. (1st) 120402, 984 N.E.2d 86, 2013
- Schwartz Manes Ruby & Slovin P.A. v. Carolina Casualty Ins. Co., no. 11-3989, 6th Cir. June 2012
- Ackerman v. Westport, no. 06-4142, D.N.J. Sept. 4, 2008
- Travelers Insur. Co. v. American Home, no. 4:060CV-824, E.D.Mo. Aug. 6, 2008
- Coregis Insur. Co. v. Caruso, no. 06-5180, 3rd Cir. June 18, 2008
- Central Nat’l v. Jewish Children’s Bureau, no. 01-02-0926, Ill.App. 1 Dist. Dec. 30, 2005
- Westport v. St. Paul, no. 02-cv-1779, D.Md. 2004
- Miller v. Steichen, 682 N.W.2d 702, Neb. 2004
- Westport Insur. v. Lusk, Drasites & Tolisano, no. 2:03-cv-76, M.D.Fla. 2004
- Vanderzee v. Admiral Insur. Co., 02-cv-1553, N.D.N.Y. 2003
- Westport v. Potts & Badaruddin, no. 03-11166, 11th Cir. 2003
- PNA L.L.C. v. Interstate Insurance, 2003 WL 21488120, E.D. La. 2003
- U.S. v. Miller v. Westport, no. 4:01-CV-0182HLM, N.D.Ga. October 17, 2002, aff’d, no. 4:01-CV-0182, 11th Cir. 2003
- Westport v. Vinet & Vinet, et al., no. 99-554-B-M1, M.D.La. Aug. 10, 2000
- Coregis v. Fellman, Moylan, Natvig & Kelly, et al., no. 8:99CV14, D.Neb. May 23, 2000
- Coregis v. Wallace & Tetreault, et al., no. CV499-50 (S.D.Ga., April 20, 2000), aff’d, 11th Cir. 2001
- Chicago v. Chimnee Cricket, et al., no. 99-60453 (E.D.Mich. 2000), aff’d, nos. 00-1314-15, 6th Cir. 2001
Admissions
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State Bar Admissions
- Illinois
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United States District Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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United States Courts of Appeals
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Admissions
State of Illinois
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the District Of Nebraska
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Education
Loyola University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1994
University of Detroit London Law Programme
1992-1993
Northwestern University
Bachelor of General Studies, 1991
