Jay R. Orlowski joined Lindsay, Rappaport & Postel, LLC in January, 2009. His practice areas include defending construction injury cases, fire loss, product liability, medical negligence, premises liability, Wrongful Death Act, auto liability cases, uninsured/underinsured claims and bad faith claims. Jay graduated Loyola University of Chicago, cum laude, in 1983, with a B.B.A. degree in Public Accounting. He obtained his CPA certificate and worked for one year at Allstate Insurance Company's home office as an accountant before attending Loyola University of Chicago's Law School. He graduated law school, cum laude, in 1987. He obtained several honors including WHO's WHO in Law School and was an American Jurisprudence Award winner. He began his legal career and became a partner practicing with a large Chicago defense firm. He then became Assistant Director of Outside Counsel for Hartford Insurance Company and later joined Safeco Insurance Company as trial counsel. Jay also spent four years practicing with a successful Plaintiff's firm prosecuting personal inury cases, before returning to defense practice as Senior Staff Trial Counsel for American Family. Jay has successfully defended several cases to verdict, including several not guilty verdicts, in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties. He recently became a Fellow with the Life Office Management Institute (LOMA). He is a member of the Illinois, Lake and McHenry Bar Associations and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Jay has been a speaker for the Lake County Bar's Civil Trial & Appeals Seminar, and has given several presentations to various claims departments on medical-legal issues and taking effective statements.