Only five years after graduating from DePaul Law School, Jay Paul Deratany decided to start his own practice, thus forming the Law Offices of Jay Paul Deratany & Associates in 1992. His personal philosophy has always been to help people combat injustice and subjugation by big business, one of the main reasons he chose personal injury and medical malpractice as his concentration.

A series of large victories in the past dozen years has certainly illustrated Mr. Deratany's dedication to his professional calling. Mr. Deratany has the distinction of winning the largest judgment in Lake County, Illinois, and one of the largest verdicts in Cook County for the wrongful death of a baby. His appellate work has also helped establish new precedent in Nursing home negligence and Railroad liability cases. His devotion to helping people extends into his personal life with volunteer work as a past board member of the Perspectives Charter School. In addition, Deratany has worked with many causes, especially Community Support Services, Greenpeace and several human rights organizations. Pro-bono legal work for Community Support Services earned Mr. Deratany the organization's solo-recipient Ekroth Award for community service in helping children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.

A member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Deratany is also licensed with the Northern Illinois District of the Illinois Supreme Court, the United States District Court, the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals and the Trial Bar of the United of the United States District Court. Mr. Deratany is currently a member of the Board of Advocates for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, he was also specially invited to join the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His verdicts and his cases have been featured in Jett Magazine, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.

Mr. Deratany is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.