Jay Zollinger

Jay is Fairway America’s General Counsel and a partner of the firm. He has worked with Fairway’s management team for more than a decade sharing a wide range of legal expertise, from contracting, corporate governance and securities to litigation and employment law.

Before opening his own firm in 2008, which provides dedicated, part-time general counsel services to growth-stage companies in various industries, Jay was General Counsel to one of Oregon’s successful private software companies. Before that, Jay was a litigation partner at Perkins Coie, the largest law firm in the Pacific Northwest. Jay received his JD from the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in American political thought from the University of Utah and a bachelor’s degree in political science, philosophy, and film studies from Boston University.