As a lifelong Memphis resident, Jay only left Memphis to get his bachelor’s degree at Millsaps College. He returned to his hometown to get a law degree from the University of Memphis, where he graduated cum laude. He was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 2010 and the Mississippi Bar in 2011. Jay is married to Julie Patterson. Together they have a son and a daughter. In his free time, Jay enjoys spending time with his family. He coaches his son’s basketball team at St. Dominic School. He has also coached mock trial at St. Agnes Academy, and served as a mentor in the MILE progam at the University of Memphis, helping grow the next generation of thinkers, rhetoricians, and, of course, lawyers.