Michael Scola is a partner in the firm’s Geneva office. Mr. Scola’s practice focuses primarily on insurance subrogation and defense matters, specifically products liability, premises liability, and construction defect litigation. He has experience representing clients throughout all stages of the litigation process including: coordinating scene inspections and artifact examinations, working with experts and clients to develop sound causes of action, collecting crucial evidence through discovery, and using that evidence to achieve favorable results.
Mr. Scola’s products liability focus has involved working on large-scale and complex civil litigation against product manufacturers, including representing insurance company clients nationwide against home product manufacturers. He has also been successful in representing his clients utilizing alternative dispute resolution methods in both Illinois and Wisconsin, resolving cases through both mediation and arbitration.
Mr. Scola attended Loyola University Chicago as the John F. Cuneo Scholar, a four-year full tuition scholarship, and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2007. He earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 2010. While in law school, Mr. Scola was a frequent member of the Dean’s List and recipient of multiple CALI awards. Prior to his admission to the Illinois Bar, Mr. Scola clerked for Judge Timothy M. Witkowiak in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Law Division, and for the Honorable Chief Justice Paitence D. Roggensack of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Mr. Scola is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and Illinois. He has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2019.
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Michael Scola is a partner in the firm’s Geneva office. Mr. Scola’s practice focuses primarily on insurance subrogation and defense matters, specifically products liability, premises liability, and construction defect litigation.
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Grotefeld Hoffmann had the honor of hosting the 2024 Lloyd’s of London 30 Under 30 Tour in Miami, Florida. During this biennial event, up-and-coming members of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market study insurance-related businesses. Joel Radakovich and Meghan Rodda organized the event, which featured presentations and discussion with scientists from University of Miami Rosenstiel […]
Grotefeld Hoffmann proudly shares that Michael J. Scola was named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers Rating Service for 2023. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, and Super Lawyers’ attorney-led research staff identifies other outstanding lawyers who have been overlooked […]
Michael J. Scola was named a Rising Star by the Super Lawyers Rating Service for 2021.
