Background
Tressler, Jay Howard was born on January 29, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David L. and Jessie Adele (Stemm) Tressler.
Tressler, Jay Howard was born on January 29, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David L. and Jessie Adele (Stemm) Tressler.
DePauw University (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). University of Illinois (Juris Doctor, 1967). Phi Delta Phi.
Worked at Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Commercial and Securities Litigation, Corporate, Employment, Environmental, Estates and Trusts, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance, Intellectual Property, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Property and Casualty Insurance, Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Illinois. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
International Association of Defense Counsel.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Product Liability Advisory Council. Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess was founded in 1986 with twenty attorneys and has grown to more than seventy.
Our growth has been in response to the expanding needs of our existing clients and the addition of many new ones.
We provide quality innovative representation to the insurance and reinsurance industry, Fortune 500 companies, commercial and financial institutions, land developers and builders, and individuals. Our growth has been national and we provide service to our clients from offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The genesis of our practice was insurance and reinsurance law.
The growth of our clients and the needs of new clients has broadened our scope and we provide extensive representation in matters involving general corporate law, creditor"s rights, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, commercial and securities litigation, employment, intellectual property, advertising injury and liability, environmental liability and regulatory work.
Board of directors Lawyers for Civil Justice, Washington, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Du Page County Bar Association, International Association Defense Counsel (president since 1990), Defense Research Institute (board directors since 1989), Defense Counsel Trial Academy (director 1987).
Married Patience R. Olson, August 13, 1966. Children: Chad Steven, Corrie Lynn.
