Jay G. Yasso Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
| Partner | |
| phone | (248) 335-5000 |
| fax | (248) 335-3346 |
| Email Me | |
Yasso, a shareholder with Hertz Schram and a former Sommers Schwartz shareholder, specializes in corporate / business transactions, Sports & entertainment,professional negligence, product liability, and general civil litigation.
A former college basketball player, Yasso also has experience representing record companies, recording artists, producers and songwriters. Yasso has earned degrees from Boston College, Wayne State University and from the University of Detroit Law School. He is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers of America and Oakland county Bar Association.
- Areas of Practice:
- Business
- Corporate
- Real Estate
- Entertainment & Sports
- Product Liability
- Automobile Negligence
- Medical Malpractice/Professional Negligence
- Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 1991
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1994
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1992
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2007
- Education:
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan,
May, 1991
Juris Doctor
Honors: International Law Society - Wayne State University, Detroit, MI,
1987
Master of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major: International Relations - Boston College, Chestnutt Hill, MA,
1985
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Economics
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Sports Lawyer Association
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member
- Michigan Trial Lawyer Association
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Summer Associate, 1989
- Dykema Gossett, Summer Associate, 1990
- Sommers Schwartz, P.C., Partner, 1991 - 2007
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