PaulYovanic
Associate
Commercial Litigation
pyovanic@seyfarth.com
Paul helps his clients navigate complex litigation matters and resolve their legal challenges through cost-effective and practical solutions.
More About Paul
Paul’s practice focuses on class actions, including data, privacy, and information security litigation. He has extensive class action experience and defends clients against data breach and various state law privacy claims, including the highly litigious Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), often litigating matters of first impression. He also counsels and performs risk assessments for clients using or considering biometric-capable technologies. Paul has defended dozens of BIPA class actions, both employment and consumer, including some of the most high-profile lawsuits in the country. His attention to detail and team-first mentality has made him a key member of various bet-the-company cases.
Paul is co-editor of Seyfarth’s Consumer Class Action Defense Blog. In addition, Paul regularly writes, presents, and comments on emerging issues affecting privacy class actions, and is an active member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability. He also represents clients in a variety of industries against commercial contracts, product liability, premises liability, employment discrimination, and bankruptcy litigation.
Paul was a summer associate at Seyfarth in 2016. During law school, he was an extern at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a CALI Award recipient for Appellate Advocacy and Writing. Paul was also the president of Loyola’s Labor & Employment Law Society and a member of the school’s ABA Negotiation Team. As a 711-licensed law student, Paul gained valuable experience representing pro se litigants through the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Settlement Assistance Program for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Paul is co-editor of Seyfarth’s Consumer Class Action Defense Blog. In addition, Paul regularly writes, presents, and comments on emerging issues affecting privacy class actions, and is an active member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability. He also represents clients in a variety of industries against commercial contracts, product liability, premises liability, employment discrimination, and bankruptcy litigation.
Paul was a summer associate at Seyfarth in 2016. During law school, he was an extern at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a CALI Award recipient for Appellate Advocacy and Writing. Paul was also the president of Loyola’s Labor & Employment Law Society and a member of the school’s ABA Negotiation Team. As a 711-licensed law student, Paul gained valuable experience representing pro se litigants through the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Settlement Assistance Program for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- JD, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Dean's list
Advocacy certificate
American Bar Association Negotiation Competition
CALI Excellence for the Future Award for appellate advocacy
Labor & Employment Law Society president
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission legal unit student externship
Obtained a 711 license for the Northern District of Illinois' Settlement Assistance program - BS, Loyola University Chicago
- Illinois
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
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Legal Update
Aug 9, 2024
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Media Mentions
08/05/2024
Paul Yovanic Discusses How New BIPA Protections Worry Employers in Law360
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Legal Update
May 17, 2024
Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor's Signature
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Legal Update
Apr 12, 2024
Illinois BIPA Legislative Update Regarding Damages
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- • The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability
- Co-Author, “Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 9, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor's Signature,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 17, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Illinois BIPA Legislative Update Regarding Damages,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 12, 2024)
- Author, "Should Plaintiffs Be Salivating Over the Recent White Castle Decision Addressing Claim Accrual Under BIPA?," Illinois State Bar Association’s Trial Briefs (April 2023)
- Co-Author, “Illinois Supreme Court Holds A BIPA Claim Accrues Upon Every Scan Or Transmission,”Employment Law Lookout Insights for Management Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 17, 2023)
- Co-Author, "What to Expect from Biometric Info Privacy Action in Illinois," Bloomberg Law (February 10, 2023)
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Co-Author, "Year-End BIPA Review: Key Consumer-Side Defense Decisions from 2022," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 6, 2023)
- Co-Author, "BIPA ALERT: Illinois Supreme Court Decides That 5-Year Statute of Limitation Applies To All Claims Under The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 2, 2023)
- "Commercial Litigation Outlook 2023: Consumer class actions and recent developments in the law related to privacy claims,” Webinar, MyLawCLE (March 24, 2023)
- "Commercial Litigation Outlook: Post-Pandemic Trends and Emerging Challenges in 2021," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 4, 2021)
Paul helps his clients navigate complex litigation matters and resolve their legal challenges through cost-effective and practical solutions.
More About Paul
Paul’s practice focuses on class actions, including data, privacy, and information security litigation. He has extensive class action experience and defends clients against data breach and various state law privacy claims, including the highly litigious Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), often litigating matters of first impression. He also counsels and performs risk assessments for clients using or considering biometric-capable technologies. Paul has defended dozens of BIPA class actions, both employment and consumer, including some of the most high-profile lawsuits in the country. His attention to detail and team-first mentality has made him a key member of various bet-the-company cases.
Paul is co-editor of Seyfarth’s Consumer Class Action Defense Blog. In addition, Paul regularly writes, presents, and comments on emerging issues affecting privacy class actions, and is an active member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability. He also represents clients in a variety of industries against commercial contracts, product liability, premises liability, employment discrimination, and bankruptcy litigation.
Paul was a summer associate at Seyfarth in 2016. During law school, he was an extern at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a CALI Award recipient for Appellate Advocacy and Writing. Paul was also the president of Loyola’s Labor & Employment Law Society and a member of the school’s ABA Negotiation Team. As a 711-licensed law student, Paul gained valuable experience representing pro se litigants through the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Settlement Assistance Program for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Paul is co-editor of Seyfarth’s Consumer Class Action Defense Blog. In addition, Paul regularly writes, presents, and comments on emerging issues affecting privacy class actions, and is an active member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability. He also represents clients in a variety of industries against commercial contracts, product liability, premises liability, employment discrimination, and bankruptcy litigation.
Paul was a summer associate at Seyfarth in 2016. During law school, he was an extern at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a CALI Award recipient for Appellate Advocacy and Writing. Paul was also the president of Loyola’s Labor & Employment Law Society and a member of the school’s ABA Negotiation Team. As a 711-licensed law student, Paul gained valuable experience representing pro se litigants through the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Settlement Assistance Program for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- JD, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Dean's list
Advocacy certificate
American Bar Association Negotiation Competition
CALI Excellence for the Future Award for appellate advocacy
Labor & Employment Law Society president
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission legal unit student externship
Obtained a 711 license for the Northern District of Illinois' Settlement Assistance program - BS, Loyola University Chicago
- Illinois
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of Illinois
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
Related Services
Related Key Industries
Related News & Insights
-
Legal Update
Aug 9, 2024
Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery
-
Media Mentions
08/05/2024
Paul Yovanic Discusses How New BIPA Protections Worry Employers in Law360
-
Legal Update
May 17, 2024
Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor's Signature
-
Legal Update
Apr 12, 2024
Illinois BIPA Legislative Update Regarding Damages
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- • The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability
- Co-Author, “Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 9, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor's Signature,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 17, 2024)
- Co-Author, “Illinois BIPA Legislative Update Regarding Damages,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 12, 2024)
- Author, "Should Plaintiffs Be Salivating Over the Recent White Castle Decision Addressing Claim Accrual Under BIPA?," Illinois State Bar Association’s Trial Briefs (April 2023)
- Co-Author, “Illinois Supreme Court Holds A BIPA Claim Accrues Upon Every Scan Or Transmission,”Employment Law Lookout Insights for Management Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 17, 2023)
- Co-Author, "What to Expect from Biometric Info Privacy Action in Illinois," Bloomberg Law (February 10, 2023)
-
Co-Author, "Year-End BIPA Review: Key Consumer-Side Defense Decisions from 2022," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 6, 2023)
- Co-Author, "BIPA ALERT: Illinois Supreme Court Decides That 5-Year Statute of Limitation Applies To All Claims Under The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 2, 2023)
- "Commercial Litigation Outlook 2023: Consumer class actions and recent developments in the law related to privacy claims,” Webinar, MyLawCLE (March 24, 2023)
- "Commercial Litigation Outlook: Post-Pandemic Trends and Emerging Challenges in 2021," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 4, 2021)