"Outhouse Counsel" -- Jay has provided decades of practical advice and representation to business owners and corporate executives regarding the most challenging of legal issues, including entity formation, business planning, labor issues, intellectual property protection (trademarks, copyrights, and licensing), buy-sell agreements, and exit strategies. Experienced, as well, in guiding clients through disputes and commercial litigation, intellectual property infringement, and competition and antitrust situations. Uniquely, Jay is able to give his legal assistance with a keen sense of public relations and relationship management, having previously served as an elected public official.Specialties: Business deal-making, coupled with the ability to help companies protect what they have -- and what they will have -- through planning, documentation, and careful safeguards of proprietary information, trade secrets, and intellectual property.