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, Jay’s 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.

Wayne State University

M.A. | International Relations

Boston College

B.A. | Economics

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

J.D. (1991)

1991

Shareholder

Sommers Schwartz, PC

2014 - Current

Partner

Hertz Schram

1990 - 2007

Associate Attorney

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C.

1989 - 1990

“Top Lawyers”

DBusiness

2014

AV Preeminent Lawyer – Peer Review Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0

Martindale-Hubbell

Michigan Super Lawyers – 2009 to present

Super Lawyers

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area

Member

Current

Michigan Association for Justice

Member

Current

International Association of Entertainment Lawyers

Member

Current

Sports Lawyers Association

Member

Current

Arabic American Chamber of Commerce

Member

Current

Michigan

State Bar of Michigan

ID Number: P45484

Since 1991

6th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan