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Michael Koptik
Mike’s practice is concentrated on behavioral health care litigation and regulation. During his more than 20 year career he has represented most of the psychiatric hospitals in Cook County, Illinois as well as numerous residential facilities, CILA and group homes, and addiction recovery centers throughout the state. His clients have included dozens of individual practitioners including psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, social workers, counsellors and mental health technicians. He has also represented hospitals and practitioners in Nevada where he has been licensed since 2004.
“Like so many of us, I’ve had first-hand experience with the devastating effects of psychological illness. Sadly, it seems obvious that there is still a stigma attached to mental health and disability services that extends even to those who provide the services. It’s based on fear and it’s based on ignorance and it is my job to educate the judge and the jury about conditions that they’d rather not hear about and treatment modalities they don’t understand. I’ve been fortunate to experience the restorative effects of good mental health treatment, so it is really my honor to provide the dedicated and compassionate practitioners who serve the most fragile and vulnerable members of our society with the most vigorous and aggressive advocacy I can provide.”
In his life prior to litigation Mike was part of a comedy theater troupe that was only slightly more successful than the bluegrass band he played in for several years. “I’m not sure that my banjo skills have ever helped me in court, but I do think having a sense of humor has kept me out of contempt on more than a few occasions.”
Mike and his wife Susan have been celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year enjoying the things that have brought and ke[t them together including hiking, live music, Renaissance Faires and especially their two children.
Mike earned his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School where he graduated summa cum laude in 2001. He began his career with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office before entering private practice, eventually becoming a partner at a large national medical malpractice firm. He is licensed in both Illinois and Nevada and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.
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