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John A. Stefani (“Jay”) is an Associate at Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson, having joined the firm in 2005.  He received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 2004.  While in law school, Jay was actively involved with the DePaul Chapter of the ACLU and the Public Interest Law Association, and received the CALI Award for his Senior Seminar paper.

Jay concentrates in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, and medical malpractice.  He has been instrumental in the preparation of many significant serious personal injury and wrongful death matters at the trial and appellate levels.  Jay has an impressive record handling contested arbitration hearings.

Jay contributed and presented a paper at the 2004 DePaul University CIPLIT Symposium, “Privacy and Identity: The Promise and Perils of a Technological Age.”  The paper was subsequently published as Finding Waldo: Face Recognition Software and Concerns Regarding Anonymity and Public Political Speech, in Privacy and Technologies of Identity: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation (Katherine Strandburg & Daniela Stan Raicu eds., Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.) (2006).

Jay is actively involved with DePaul University’s Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK), acting as a mentor within the DePaul University and College of Law communities.

Professional Memberships:

• Chicago Bar Association
  • Solo/Small Firm Practitioners Committee
    • Vice Chair - 2010-11
    • Legislative Liaison - 2009-10
  • Law Practice Management & Technology Committee
• Illinois State Bar Association
• McHenry County Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice