He is the founder of Deratany & Kosner in Chicago and focuses his practice on human rights issues.
Practicing law he has won numerous human rights advocate cases[2] including the largest jury verdict in Lake County history.
[3] Deratany is also a filmmaker, having received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Riverside.
Foster Boy is based on actual cases he worked as an attorney[4] and won numerous awards at national film festivals.
which is based on the story of Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni who were put to death in Iran for an alleged homosexual encounter.