Perich joins Ice Miller
Ice Miller LLP welcomes Michael Perich, an attorney in the Firm's Environmental and Insurance Recovery Practices.
Perich joins Ice Miller after serving as vice president for a global legal finance firm where he helped lawyers and their clients develop creative financial arrangements that incentivized the efficient prosecution of affirmative litigation. He helped claimholders monetize claims at different stages of already-pending litigation. Additionally, Perich analyzed new legal theories and claim trends to determine areas best suited for legal finance.
"We are excited to welcome Michael to the Firm," said Steve Humke, chief managing partner of Ice Miller. "With his background in legal finance, commercial litigation and insurance coverage, he brings a unique perspective to both the Environmental and Insurance Recovery Practices and will be an asset to our clients."
Prior to working in legal finance, Perich's practice focused on complex commercial litigation and insurance coverage where he represented his clients in court and arbitrational proceedings. He has experience drafting dispositive motions for complex insurance coverage and other commercial disputes. He also has formulated comprehensive legal strategies over a variety of matters, which efficiently and favorably resolved his clients' disputes.
Perich earned his juris doctor from Washington University School of Law, cum laude.