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Michael A. Barry is a Shareholder and Partner at Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, where since September 2008, litigation practice has focused on civil matters from pre-suit to trial, representing professionals in medicine, construction, and insurance. Prior experience includes serving as an Associate at the same firm from May 2007 to June 2008 and judicial externships with the Honorable Judge John W. Darrah in the Northern District of Illinois and Honorable Robert E. Gordon in the Illinois Appellate Court, First District. Michael A. Barry earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in 2008 and holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Human Services & Social Work from St. Joseph College, completed in 2005. High school education was obtained at St. Laurence High School, graduating in 2001.