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  • Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys

    Birth Injury

    Although most women give birth in a hospital surrounded by medical professionals, a birth injury can happen at almost any point during labor and delivery. These injuries are most often the result of medical negligence or error. A baby with a birth injury may recover fully and quickly, or may suffer lifelong physical and/or mental limitations… Read More

    Medical Malpractice

    Medical malpractice is the failure of a health care provider, usually a physician, hospital or other health care professional or institution, to give a patient treatment that meets a generally accepted standard of care as defined by the medical community, resulting in an injury to the patient… Read More

    Car Accident

    The Deratany Firm represents clients who have suffered personal injuries or property damage in automobile, motorcycle, truck, or bus accidents. Such motor vehicle accidents include those involving drunk or hit and run drivers, uninsured or underinsured drivers, as well as accidents occurring from motor vehicle… Read More

    Nursing Home Abuse

    Based in Chicago, Illinois, the nursing home negligence attorneys at The Deratany Firm represent clients throughout the Chicagoland area and Illinois who have parents, grandparents, or spouses who are victims of nursing home abuse, or who have suffered serious injury due to nursing home negligence or abuse…. Read More

    Wrongful Death

    Our objective is to maximize the financial recovery for surviving family members including loss of support and services from the date of decedent’s injury, future loss of support and services, recovery for loss of decedent’s companionship, and protection, pain and suffering from the date of injury… Read More

    Brain Injury

    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is not like any other injury. Sadly, because many of the symptoms of “mild” to “moderate” traumatic brain injury are subtle, and because the injury commonly avoids detection on our most sophisticated hospital imaging equipment, it is common for victims to go undiagnosed. This is especially so in the emergency room… Read More

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  • Our Personal Injury Attorneys

    Jay Paul Deratany
    As the firm's founding member, Deratany focuses on brain injury, birth injury & adoption negligence...

    Kara Skorupa
    Helping clients in Illinois & Florida, Ms. Skorupa is a compassionate lawyer for elder care abuse...

    Nathan Polum
    An aggressive advocate for personal injury clients, Nathan concentrates in medical malpractice cases...

    Patrick Degnan
    Concentrating mostly on car accident and slip & fall cases, Patrick works very closely with clients to...

    Ira Katzman
    Focusing on premises liability & medical malpractice cases, Ira is a skilled lawyer fighting for the...

  • Testimonials

    "I was referred to Jay Paul Deratany by a friend after my son was born with a severe birth injury causing cerebral palsy. His firm was very compassionate and helped with my medical malpractice case. Thanks to Deratany, I not only received significant compensation for my family, but he also taught me about the law and guided me through each step of my case. I would strongly recommend Chicago personal injury attorney Jay Paul Deratany and The Deratany Firm to anyone looking for highly experienced and competent lawyers who are knowledgeable, especially in the area of personal injury and medical malpractice law." -- John

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  • Serving Illinois & Florida

    From our law offices in Chicago, the Attorneys of The Deratany Firm help people across Chicagoland, greater Illinois, Florida, and throughout the United States. Many clients come to us from Wheaton, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Romeoville, Rockford, Aurora, Batavia, Evanston, Winnetka, Waukegan, Lake Forest, Barrington Hills, DeKalb, Freeport, Kankakee, Joliet, Elgin, Springfield, Champaign, Peoria, La Salle, Decatur, Lincoln, Urbana, Woodstock, Matteson, Tinley Park, Cook County, DeKalb County, Will County, Lake County, McHenry County, Kendall County, Kane County, DuPage County, IL and more.

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      A Lake County jury awarded the parents of a brain injured child $23.3 million due to the negligence of the hospital employees responsible for monitoring his fetal heart rate prior to birth.

      The Deratany Firm was able to prove that had the baby been delivered just 15 minutes earlier, he would not have...

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