About
Patrick Derkacz grew up in Warren, Michigan in which he attended public college. He graduated from Warren Mott High school in 1984 in which he played soccer. He then went to Eastern Michigan University wherein he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry in 1988. After graduation he labored as an analytical chemist for the Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan for several years.
Mr. Derkacz went again to law school at the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University Law School) in 1990. He graduated from DCL with Honors in 1993. While in Law School he participated in the Moot Court Program and changed into a member of the group that attended the Benjamin J. Cardozo competition in New York City. Mr. Derkacz was decided on as the exceptional Oralist in both the preliminary and final rounds.
After graduating from DCL he worked in short for several firms doing coverage protection paintings on premises legal responsibility after which professional legal responsibility instances. He then well-known a position with a Plaintiff’s firm focusing completely on clinical malpractice instances. Mr. Derkacz spent the next five years supporting individuals who were injured as end result of substandard medical care.
In 2006 Mr. Derkacz joined with Partners Phil Serafini and Jeff Michalowski to shape Serafini, Michalowksi, Derkacz and Associates at the same time as devoting his practice to Disability Insurance claims and cases. He has spent the final 12+ years helping people combat to get their Disability Insurance Benefits paid. During this time He has handled loads of incapacity claims against nearly each disability coverage employer consisting of Cigna, Aetna, The Hartford, MetLife, UNUM, Lincoln Financial, Madison National and others.
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- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
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- English
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- Partner
Serafini, Michalowski, Derkacz & Associates, P.C.
2006
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Graduation year: 1993

Graduation year: 1988
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