Jay Paul Deratany is an American lawyer and filmmaker. He is the founder of Deratany & Kosner in Chicago and focuses his practice on human rights issues. He is the writer and producer of the feature film Foster Boy as well as the play Haram! Iran!.
Biography
Deratany was born in Detroit, Michigan and obtained his J.D.[1] degree from DePaul University College of Law. He founded The Deratany Firm, a law firm based in Chicago. Practicing law he has won numerous human rights advocate cases[2] including the largest jury verdict in Lake County history.[3]
Deratany has been involved with numerous causes, mainly focused on helping foster children.[10] He was also inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame for his work with LGBT youth and filmmaking.[11]
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