A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Robert J. Pavich

Robert J. Pavich

Since 1975, 100% of Bob’s practice has been dedicated to litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. His tort law practice, including medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death cases, has grown over the past 10 years to include tort victims of human rights violations throughout the world- encompassing mass tort and class action litigation.

Bob’s international experience includes work as lead trial counsel at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal from 2001 through 2005. From 2007 through 2010, he was lead defense counsel in five federal deportation prosecutions in Florida and Illinois, all of which resulted in acquittals. During this time, he continued his active personal injury practice, advocating on behalf of those injured through the negligence of others.

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Bob has been designated in the Thomson Reuters list of Super Lawyers as an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2012 and 2013.

Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1975
Cum Laude

B.A., Harvard College, 1969
Cum Laude, Football, Baseball, Lacrosse, Boxing

Military Service

US Army Military Intelligence
Vietnam – Central Highlands
1970 –1972

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

  • Illinois, 1975
  • Indiana, 1999
  • United States Court of Appeals- 7th Circuit, 1987
  • United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2010
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1975
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1999
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1999
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2008

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Illinois State Bar Association
Member Since: 1975

American Bar Association
Member Since: 1975

Chicago Bar Association
Member Since: 1975

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member Since: 1985

American Association of Justice
Member Since: 1985

Indiana State Bar Association
Member Since: 1999

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
Member Since: 1999

Serbian Bar Association of America
Member Since: 1999

Representative Clients

Medical Malpractice:

  • children injured at birth
  • mothers injured during labor and delivery
  • neurosurgical and cardiovascular surgery
  • failure to diagnose cancer

Product Liability

  • Automobiles
  • Trucks
  • Industrial Machinery

Wrongful Death

  • Industrial Accidents
  • Construction Accidents
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents

International

  • Tort claims against foreign countries and international corporations
  • Contract claims against foreign countries

Mediation

  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Mass Torts
  • Class Action

Source: Pavich Law Group

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Mele "Mel" Vojvodich

Mele
Mele Vojvodich Jr. was born of Serbian ancestry on March 28, 1929 in Steubenville, Ohio. He went on to become Major-General in the USAF. For his bravery he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Looking back at the career, Vojvodich received his pilot wings in 1950 from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Six years later, he graduated from Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. During 1971, he completed his studies at National War College Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington DC.

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Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan

Bishop Atanasije (Yevtich) - Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan
by Bishop Athanasius (Yevtich)

In 2013 Christian world celebrates 1700 years since the day when the Providence of God spoke through the holy Emperor Constantine and freedom was given to the Christian faith. Commemorating the 1700 years since the Edict of Milan of 313, Sebastian Press of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church published a book by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, Holy Emperor Constantine and the Edict of Milan. The book has 72 pages and was translated by Popadija Aleksandra Petrovich. This excellent overview of the historical circumstances that lead to the conversion of the first Christian emperor and to the publication of a document that was called "Edict of Milan", was originally published in Serbian by the Brotherhood of St. Simeon the Myrrh-gusher, Vrnjci 2013. “The Edict of Milan” is calling on civil authorities everywhere to respect the right of believers to worship freely and to express their faith publicly.

The publication of this beautiful pocket-size, full-color, English-language book, has been compiled and designed by Bishop Athanasius Yevtich, a disciple of the great twentieth-century theologian Archimandrite Justin Popovich. Bishop Athanasius' thought combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant faith, knowledge of history, and a profound experience of Christ in the Church.

In the conclusion of the book, the author states:"The era of St. Constantine and his mother St. Helena, marks the beginning of what history refers to as Roman, Christian Empire, which was named Byzantium only in recent times in the West. In fact, this was the conception of a Christian Europe. Christian Byzantine culture had a critical effect on Europe; Europe was its heir, and then consciously forgot it. Europe inherited many Byzantine treasures, but unfortunately, also robbed and plundered many others for its own treasuries and museums – not only during the Crusades, but during colonial rule in the Byzantine lands as well. We, the Orthodox Slavs, received a great heritage of the Orthodox Christian East from Byzantium. Primarily, Christ’s Gospel, His faith and His Church, and then, among other things, the Cyrillic alphabet, too."

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