A member of Fox Rothschild’s firmwide Management Council, Jay has spent more than three decades representing public and private companies and nonprofit organizations in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts across the U.S.

In his role on the Management Council, which supports firm leadership in key areas of management and oversight, and as member of the firmwide Strategic Growth Committee, Jay helps to develop growth strategy, focusing on recruiting new partners and attorney groups to enhance service offerings, expand existing offices and enter new legal markets.

Jay holds other leadership positions at the firm, including chairing the Income Partner Evaluation Committee. In addition, Jay served two five-year terms as the Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner, where he nearly doubled the attorney count, added key rainmakers and guided the office through an economic downturn and the pandemic.

Business and legal news media frequently interview Jay to obtain his insights into law firm recruitment, legal trends and changing market conditions.

Commercial Litigation

In his litigation practice, Jay provides strategic advice informed by decades of experience helping clients resolve their most intractable business disputes. He has forged long-term partnerships with manufacturers, retailers, and service providers, working with them to achieve their long-term business and financial goals while defending their interests in bet-the-company cases involving:

• Trade secrets
• Restrictive covenants
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Breach of contract
• Fraud and breach of fiduciary duties
• Partnership and shareholder actions
• Piercing the corporate veil
• Tortious interference
• Executive compensation