Jay has an active adoption practice in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Chester Counties. He has lectured at seminars for the Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Delaware Bar Associations, Pennsylvania Bar Institute and RESOLVE concerning child abuse and adoption issues and has guest lectured at Villanova Law School. He has also participated in several advisory committees concerning adoption and child abuse issues including the Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project, and the Advisory Board of the Statewide Adoption Network. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the Family Law Section of the Philadelphia Montgomery and Delaware County Bar Associations, the Legislative Committee of the Delaware Valley Adoptions Counsel, and the Adoption Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association Family Law Section. Jay represented a family that was filmed in the President Judge's Chambers at the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 2003, and broadcast on Adoption Stories, an Alliance Atlantis Production of Canada. In November 2007, Jay appeared on Delaware Tonight which was broadcast on Channel 12 (WHYY TV) to discuss adult adoptees' rights to access to their birth records and other adoption issues.

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Name Changes

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1988
• New Jersey, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994

Education

• Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 1988
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Sarasota, 1976
  Doctorate
  
  
• Temple University
  Additional Post Graduate Work 1971-1974
  
  
• Temple University, 1971
  M.A.
  
  
• Temple University, 1969
  B.A.
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania
  Oriental Studies Program 1967-1968
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Adoptions Conference, Delaware Valley Adoption Counsel Conference
• Adoptions Conference, Jewish Family and Services Adoption Services
• Adoptions Conference, Philadelphia Bar Association Education Center Conference
• Prepared and Presented Adoption Seminar Programs, Delaware Bar Association
• Prepared and Presented Adoption Seminar Programs, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
• Prepared and Presented Adoption Seminar Programs, Montgomery County Bar Association
• Served as Mentor and Lectured on Professionalism, Widener University School of Law

Honors and Awards

• Citation from the City Council of the City of Philadelphia for Service as Chairman on the Philadelphia Flag Day Association, June 10, 2007
• Legion of Honor Award from the Chapel of Four Chaplains, January 16, 2005
• Permanency Advocate Award from the State Department of Public Welfare, State Wide Adoption Network, State Senate and the State House of Representatives, June 30, 2004
• New Constellation Award from the National Flag Foundation in Philadelphia for Support of Patriotic Endeavors, 1990
• Certificate of Appreciation from Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Delaware County Bar Association
  
  
• Montgomery County Bar Association
  
  
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• Philadelphia Bar Association
  
  
• District of Columbia Bar Association
  
  
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
  
  
• RESOLVE
  
  
• Lawyer Pilots Bar Association
  
  
• Legal Services Panel of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
  Member
  
  
• Experimental Aircraft Association
  
  
• Aero Club of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Board of the Philadelphia Flag Day Celebration Committee
  Chairman
  
  
• National Flag Foundation
  
  
• Air Force Association
  
  
• Battle of Britain Society
  
  
• American Society for Legal History
  
  
• Federalist Society
  
  
• Greater Roxborough Lodge #2217 Order of the Sons of Italy in America
  Orator
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Philadelphia Family Court, Interim Juvenile Master to hear Dependency
• Philadelphia Family Court, Special Master for Juvenile Delinquency and Truancy
• Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Special Master in Partition, 2004 - 2005
• Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Special Master in Easement Case, 2000
• Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Special Master for Action in Partition, 2000
• Philadelphia Youth Study Center, Presided over Philadelphia Youth Study Center and all Designated Courtrooms as Assigned, 1998 - 2000
• Philadelphia Family Court, Reappointed Special Master for Family Court, 1998 - 2000
• Philadelphia Family Court, Represented Approximately 100 Parents and Children as Court Appointed Counsel for the Dependency Court in Philadelphia Family Court, 1990 - 1998
• Philadelphia Family Court, Guardian Ad Litem in Child Custody cases for Philadelphia Family Court, 1990 - 1998
• Montgomery County Juvenile Court, Guardian Ad Litem for Montgomery County Juvenile Court, 1990 - 1998
• Philadelphia Family Court, Interim Juvenile Master by Family Court Administrative Judge, 1993 - 1996