Mr. Pavlik, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is admitted to practice in Illinois, Texas and Ohio.

Tom graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1989, and from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1992. In law school, he served as Senior Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

After graduation, he clerked for Chief Justice Benjamin K. Miller of the Illinois Supreme Court, and in 1993 began his private practice as an associate in the Dallas office of international law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He then practiced with Figari & Davenport, LLP, a cutting edge litigation boutique, where he concentrated on both plaintiff and defense sides of complex commercial litigation.

While in Dallas, Tom was involved in many major commercial cases. He was one of the attorneys against Lloyds of London in an environmental insurance case, resulting in a $75,000,000 verdict for his client. He also represented a helicopter manufacturer in fraud and product liability claims, one of the tobacco companies in individual smoking and health claims, and a major chemical corporation in successfully obtaining insurance coverage for the Love Canal clean-up expenses.

Tom joined his family firm, Delano Law Offices, LLC, in 1999. His practice is concentrated in the areas of general business law, real estate, employment matters and commercial litigation. In his corporate practice, Tom represents large and small companies and individuals in forming and expanding their businesses and in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions. Tom also represents local and national banks in both loan documentation and loan workouts. In his capacity as Special Assistant Attorney General, he represents the State of Illinois in eminent domain proceedings.

Tom is a regular legal affairs columnist for the Springfield Business Journal, is a frequent legal commentator for a local television channel, and is or has been a board member of numerous Springfield civic and religious organizations, including currently serving on the Boards of the Salvation Army and the Springfield YMCA. In 2001, Tom was also recognized as one of Springfield's "Forty Under Forty" business and community leaders.