Background
Gellen, Pamela L. was born on December 14, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Gellen, Pamela L. was born on December 14, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Vassar College (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Albany Law School (Juris Doctor, 1976) and Michigan Law School.
Worked at Lowis & Gellen (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation, Automotive Franchises and Dealerships, Banking Litigation, Business Acquisitions, Business Litigation, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Chancery Practice, Civil Appeals, Civil Rights Defense, Class Action Defense, Commercial Collections, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, Commercial Real Estate Workouts, Construction Litigation, Contract Litigation, Corporate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Environmental Lender Liability, Environmental Lender Litigation, Federal Civil Litigation, Federal Civil Practice, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Litigation, Health Care Reimbursement, Health Maintenance Organizations, Hospital Liability Defense, Intellectual Property Litigation, Managed Care Contracts, Manufacturers Liability, Medical Malpractice Defense, Medical Products Defense and Personal Injury Defense, Municipal Civil Rights, Nonprofit Corporations, Partnership Formation, Real Estate Workouts, Tort Defense, Trademark Litigation, Uniform Commercial Code. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Michigan. 1978, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois including Trial Bar.
Loyola University School of Law, Institute for Health Law, Specialty Training in Mediation Mediating the Medical Malpractice Case. Healthcare Risk Management Society of Metropolitan Chicago, Panel Participant, Mediating the Medical Malpractice Case.
Faculty Member, Illinois Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 1994, 1996. Speeches: Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Trial Practice Course "Direct Examination, 1996;" Illinois State Medical Insurance Services, Incorporated.
"Civil Justice Reform Amendments of 1995 and Amendments to the Supreme Court Rules (panel participant);" Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine "Medical Legal Issues;" Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, "Preparation of Defendant for Deposition;" Defense Research Institute, "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Hospital Liability;" Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys "Issues in Institutional Negligence;" Loyola University School of Law Institute for Health Law Seminar Civil Procedure and Administrative Law "Pretrial Procedure and Negotiation;" Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston "Practice Parameters and Their Legal Implications;" Chicago Bar Association: "Evaluation of Settlement in Personal Injury Cases;" "Settling Personal Injury Cases: Different Methods of Determining the Value of the Case, the Defense Perspective;" "Sixty Days to Trial and Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case;" "Mediating the Medical Malpractice Case;" Children"s Memorial Hospital (participant) "Treat, Consent & Jehovah"s Witnesses;" DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, Fifth Annual Trial Advocacy Seminar "Voir Dire;" Children" s Memorial Hospital, Surgical Grand Rounds "The Good Samaritan." Member: Illinois State Bar Association.
Illinois Defense Counsel. Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys. American Academy of Hospital Attorneys.
Defense Research Institute.
Society of Trial Lawyers. Lowis & Gellen was founded in December 1994 by partners Jennifer Lowis, Pam Gellen and Robert Smith.
Jennifer Lowis and Robert Smith had been partners at Hinshaw & Culbertson for nine and six years respectively. Pam Gellen had been a partner at Johnson & Bell for more than 11 years and was a member of the executive committee of that firm.
Member, Illinois Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 1994, 1996. Speeches: Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Trial Practice Course "Direct Examination, 1996;" Illinois State Medical Insurance Services, Incorporated. "Civil Justice Reform Amendments of 1995 and Amendments to the Supreme Court Rules (panel participant);" Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine "Medical Legal Issues;" Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, "Preparation of Defendant for Deposition;" Defense Research Institute, "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Hospital Liability;" Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys "Issues in Institutional Negligence;" Loyola University School of Law Institute for Health Law Seminar Civil Procedure and Administrative Law "Pretrial Procedure and Negotiation;" Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston "Practice Parameters and Their Legal Implications;" Chicago Bar Association: "Evaluation of Settlement in Personal Injury Cases;" "Settling Personal Injury Cases: Different Methods of Determining the Value of the Case, the Defense Perspective;" "Sixty Days to Trial and Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case;" "Mediating the Medical Malpractice Case;" Children"s Memorial Hospital (participant) "Treat, Consent & Jehovah"s Witnesses;" DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, Fifth Annual Trial Advocacy Seminar "Voir Dire;" Children" s Memorial Hospital, Surgical Grand Rounds "The Good Samaritan." Member: Illinois State Bar Association.
Illinois Defense Counsel.
Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys. American Academy of Hospital Attorneys.
Defense Research Institute. Society of Trial Lawyers.