Eugene I. Pavalon, a founder of plaintiff’s firm Pavalon & Gifford, died May 26 at age 87.A native of Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, Pavalon started handling personal-injury matters in the 1960s. After earning his law degree at Northwestern University in 1956, he served for three years in the U.S. Air Force before returning to his hometown.Pavalon spent years with Asher Pavalon Gittler & Greenfield Ltd. until founding the firm most recently known as Pavalon & Gifford in 1989. That firm’s …