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Jay Yasso
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MI
β¨ About
About Jay Yasso
Jay Yasso, a senior shareholder with Sommers Schwartz, focuses his practice on medical malpractice, automobile negligence, and personal injury. He has litigated, mediated and facilitated numerous multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of injured victims for over twenty years, and his experience and expertise allows him to sit on mediation panels in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb County Circuit Courts.
In addition, for the last 23 years, Jayβs professional practice has also focused on representing individuals and businesses in the entertainment industry, including representing record companies, recording artists, music and film producers, production companies, artist managers, agents, songwriters, music publishers, models and modeling agencies, authors and literary publishers. Services provided to entertainment clients include counseling clients in the entertainment field, contract drafting and negotiation and litigation.
βοΈ Practice Areas
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Personal Injury
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Medical Malpractice
Credentials & Experience
π Education
Wayne State University
M.A.
International Relations
Boston College
B.A.
Economics
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
J.D. (1991)
π Bar Admissions
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area
Member
Member
Member
Michigan Association for Justice
Member
Member
Member
International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Member
Member
Member
Sports Lawyers Association
Member
Member
Member
Arabic American Chamber of Commerce
Member
Member
Member
Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce
Member
Board of Directors
Member
Lebanese American Camber of Commerce
Member
Member
Member
Oakland, Wayne and Macomb Counties
Member
Case Evaluator
Member
State Bar of Michigan
Member
Member
Member
πΌ Professional Experience
Shareholder
Sommers Schwartz, PC 2014 - Current
Partner
Hertz Schram 1990 - 2007
Associate Attorney
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. 1989 - 1990
π Awards & Recognition
βTop Lawyersβ
DBusiness
AV Preeminent Lawyer β Peer Review Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0
Martindale-Hubbell
Michigan Super Lawyers β 2009 to present
Super Lawyers