Jay Westcott is the principal consultant of Westcott Legal Conulting LLC. He consults with law firms, legal departments and lawyers on a broad range of management issues.Jay retired as a partner of WilmerHale at the end of 2012. He served for over 30 years in the management of Hale and Dorr and WilmerHale, as the firm's Assistant Managing Partner and a member of the Executive Committee and the Management Committee. He was also a corporate lawyer, counseling corporate clients and their management on financing, governance, and transactional matters, including public and private offerings, licensing transactions, and mergers and acquisaitions.In October, 2013, Jay published a book on law firm management, Fundamentals of Law Firm Management. He has spoken extensively at conferences on law firm management issues, including partner compensation, financial discipline, alternative fee arrangements, mergers, practice management, and governance.Jay graduated from Yale University (B.A. English, cum laude) and Harvard Law School (J.D.).Jay has served as Clerk and a Trustee of The Winsor School, an independent school for girls in Boston, since 1989.