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  • Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago IL

    Birth Injury

    A new born baby in Chicago IL

    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. Under these circumstances, it is important to have an experienced Chicago personal injury attorney on your side.  A baby with a birth injury may recover fully and quickly, or may suffer lifelong physical and/or mental limitations… Read More

    Medical Malpractice

    A team of surgeons in Chicago IL

    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

    A front end car crash in Chicago IL

    As leading personal injury attorneys in Chicago, 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

    Nurses attending to an elderly patient in a nursing home in Chicago IL

    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

    A grieving family in Chicago IL

    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

    A diagram of an injured brain in Chicago IL

    If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury, you will want a specialized Chicago personal injury attorney to assist you. 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

    All About Birth-Related Injuries & Malpractice Claims discusses birth-related injuries and emotional trauma related to malpractice.

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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...

    Andrea MacIver
    Andrea MacIver is originally from South Hadley, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Stonehill College...

    Greg Olmstead
    Greg Olmstead has been practicing law for 27 years, beginning with personal injury insurance defense...

  • 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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      Case results in Chicago ILA 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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