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.

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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