Background
Jay Conison was born on October 21, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; the son of Theresa (Yudofsky) Conison and Allan Abraham Conison.
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Jay Conison
Jay Conison is an American attorney, Professor of Law and the current Dean of Charlotte School of Law.
Education
Conison earned his B.A. degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale College in 1975, and his M.A. in Philosophy in 1978 and J.D. degree Magna Cum Laude in 1981, from the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1981.
Career
Jay Conison was previously dean of Valparaiso University School of Law from 1998 to 2013. He was in private practice with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago from 1981 until 1990. He left the firm in 1991 to join the Oklahoma City University School of Law where he served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Associate Dean and Interim Dean.
In 1998 he became Dean of the Valparaiso University School of Law where he is also a Professor of Law. His area of specialization a research interests include: Employee Benefit Plans, Law and Philosophy, and Legal Conison is recognized for his extensive work in a variety of roles with the American Bar Association and Association of American Law Schools, including: American Bar Association, Section of Legal and Admissions to the Bar: Accreditation Committee, 2005 to present. Vice-Chair, 2008 to present.
Conison has also volunteered with the Indiana State Bar Association and Law School Admission Council. In August 2012, Conison was named as reporter for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Task Force on the Future of Legal Conison writes a recurring column for The Huffington Post.
Achievements
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Jay Conison has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Membership
Jay Conison is a member of the Illinois State, Indiana State, Porter County, Lake County and Chicago Bar Associations, Conison is also a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and past Director and Secretary of the Indiana Continuing Legal Forum. He is a past member of the Porter County Inns of Court and was a participating attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.
Connections
Jay Conison is married to Nancy Jo Kelber and has two children - Alexander Conison and David Conison.
