|
Attorney Michael V. Favia served as
an Illinois Assistant Attorney General, and subsequently as the
Chief of Medical and Health Related Prosecutions
for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation - now known
as the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
(IDFPR) - for 8 years, from 1988-1996. He has extensive experience
in legal matters regarding Illinois Professional Regulation and
Licensure and was Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association's
Health Care Section Council.
For an overview of the Illinois
Department of Financial and Professional Regulations
Click here
During his tenure at the IDFPR,
Attorney Favia became greatly knowledgeable about the operations of
the Department and health law in general. Not only did he head the
Department's staff of legal counsel, but he also used the valuable
experience he gained at the Department to publish articles in legal
journals and give lectures to assist health professionals in
effectively dealing with the Department in matters of professional
regulation and licensure as well as medical malpractice. Some of
his publications include:
An Overview
of the Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation, co-authored with M.Siedlarz - Upcoming,
Illinois Bar Journal, Spring 2007
Illinois Supreme Court Decision Warrants Review of
Physican Business Arrangements, co-authored with
R. Hindmand, Ucoming, Illinois Bar Journal, Spring
2007
Reporting Requirements in Settlements, Michael V. Favia
and John M. Lagattuta, Illinois Institue for Continuing
Legal
Eduction, Medical Malpractice Volume, 2006.
A Pharmacists' Guide to the Illinois Department of
Professional
Regulation, Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol. VIII,
April 1995
A Common Guide to Controlled Substance Prescribing, 94
Chicago Medical Journal 24, 1994. |
 |
Michael Favia also presented
numerous lectures at the Illinois Bar Association on the following
topics:
Department of Professional Regulation Issues, Illinois
State Bar
Association Health Care Section seminar on Representing
Health
Care Providers in a Changing Environment, May 2003
Guest speaker at a seminar on Detecting and Treating the
Problem of Drug-Seeking Patients at a combined meeting of
the
Lake County Medical Society and the Northeast Illinois
Pharmacist's Association. Michael spoke on State Regulation
of
the Health Related Professional, 2002
The State Regulation of Physicians, Illinois State Bar
Association, 1996
Practice Before the Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation, Illinois State Bar Association, 1995
Interprofessional Relations and Cooperation, Illinois
State Bar
Association, 1992
Now, in private practice, Michael Favia uses this health related
expertise on behalf of his clients, who include:
physicians
pharmacists
psychologists
nurses
dentists
chiropractors
optometrists
podiatrists
osteopaths
veterinarians
physical therapists
health care professionals
hospitals
health care providers |
 |
He has retained his close ties to
the medical community and is currently counsel for:
Illinois Eye Institute Medical Malpractice Task Force, 2002 -
Present
Hispanic Service Cooperation of America, 2000 - Present
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, 1999-Present
Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry, 1998 - Present
Click on the following Illinois medical and health professional
links for more information:
Illinois
State Medical Society
Illinois
Pharmacists Association
Illinois
Nurses Association
Illinois
Chiropractic Society
Illinois
State Dental Society
Illinois
Psychological Association
-
Law Offices of Michael V. Favia &
Associates
5045 N. Harlem Avenue Chicago, IL 60656
Phone (773) 631-4580 -- Fax (773) 631-7776
Additional office locations in Chicago Loop, Northwest Side,
Northbrook and Hinsdale
E-mail: favia@lawyer.com
|
