Background
Jast, Raymond Joseph was born on July 14, 1947 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis Anthony and Mary Gertrude (Wilhemi) Jast.
Jast, Raymond Joseph was born on July 14, 1947 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis Anthony and Mary Gertrude (Wilhemi) Jast.
MacMurray College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1972). Assistant to the Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 1973-1975.
Worked at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and Litigation. Commercial, Corporate and Securities Law. Domestic and International Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance.
Products and Professional Liability, Toxic Tort Defense, Environmental Impairment Liability, Medical and Hospital Malpractice, Municipal and Public Officials Liability and Trusts and Estates.
Aviation, Marine and Inland Marine. Securities and Fiduciary Liability and General Subrogation.
Accountants, Agents and Brokers, Appellate Group, Architects and Engineers/Construction, Creditors Rights/Bankruptcy, Defamation, Directors and Officers, Employment, Governmental Affairs, Political Risk, Trucking, Transportation and Cargo. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Illinois.
1973, District of Columbia.
1975, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
1990, United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. Assistant to the Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 1973-1975. Member: American Bar Association.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker is a full service international law firm, ranking among the largest law firms in the United States with offices in eleven major cities in the United States.
We have provided our clients with a full range of expert and innovative legal services for more than a quarter of a century. Our dramatic growth during this period has been a response to the emerging needs of existing clients and addition of new ones.
Initially, ours was an insurance-related practice and we maintain a preeminent position with regard to all aspects of insurance law and the insurance/reinsurance industry serving insureds, brokers, insurers and reinsurers. As our clients have matured and broadened in scope, so have our services and expertise and we have expanded into the general corporate law, including creditors" rights and bankruptcy, trusts and estates and real estate transactions and regulatory work.
The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association.
Married Susan Ann Hoffstein (divorced 1976). Married Mary Elizabeth Etzel, May 30, 1981. 1 child, Alyson Mary.