Specialties
Pursue Fair Compensation When You Need It Most.
Our mission is to help you afford your recovery. An injury can set you back, but it doesn't have to. Having the right amount of compensation to pay your medical bills and feed your family can keep you afloat. And when insurers don't want to work with you, we can step in. It doesn't matter how severe your injury is or how you got hurt; our goal is to keep your interests, needs and concerns front and center as you seek a payout for your recovery.
History
Established in 1992.
Founded to provide the skilled legal support you need to seek justice and compensation, our dedicated staff of expert lawyers, consultants, and paralegals is ready to fight for you after a serious injury.
Deratany & Kosner is headed by highly experienced attorneys with more than 100 years of combined legal experience. Our team has the expertise to navigate, consult, and mediate medical malpractice cases, negligence cases, social service abuse cases, child abuse lawsuits, and personal injury cases. Deratany and Kosner law firm has been voted among the top Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers for over 13 years while founding attorney Jay Paul Deratany has consistently been voted among top lawyers nationwide since 2007.
With over $500 million obtained in jury verdicts and settlement awards, you can put your trust in Deratany and Kosner.
Meet the Business Owner: Jay Paul D.
Attorney and founder, Jay Paul Deratany, began his practice, The Deratany Firm, in 1992, intending to help people combat injustice and subjugation by big businesses. Through his legal expertise in personal injury and medical malpractice, Mr. Deratany has recovered millions of dollars for clients involved in car wreck cases, wrongful death cases, and social service negligence cases.
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 States District Court.
His legal work and high-value settlements make the news regularly and have been featured on CNN, ESPN, and NBC5 as well as others. Jay Paul Deratany was also featured and listed as one of Chicago's "Best Lawyers in America®, 2021."