Background
Eckhaus, Jay Elliot was born on April 16, 1944 in New York City. Son of Herman and Sylvia (Woolwick) Eckhaus.
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Jay Elliot Eckhaus
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Bowling Green State University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1965). The Ohio State University (Juris Doctor, Phi Delta Phi. Member, Ehrlich & Eckhaus, 1969-1973.
Career
Partner, Ehrlich & Eckhaus, New York, 1969-1973;
marketing and central region counsel, Burger Chef Systems, Inc. subsidiary General Foods Corporation, White Plains, New York, 1973-1977;
senior attorney, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, 1977;
counsel restaurant division, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, 1977-1982;
department counsel, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, 1982-1984;
vice president, chief counsel, Entenmann's, Inc., 1984-1988;
counsel breakfast foods division, Entenmann's, Inc., 1985-1988;
vice president, chief counsel, General Foods Bakery Companies, Inc., White Plains, 1988-1989;
vice president, general counsel, secretary, Alfa-Laval, Inc., Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1989-1990;
private practice, New York City, since 1990. Director president The Thumbnail Organisation, Inc. Board directors, counsel Society Administrative Mgrs.
New York, Inc., 1993-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (antitrust section, franchise forum committee), New York Bar Association (Corporate Counsel section, chairman litigation and commercial arbitration committee 1981-1984, chairman mergers and acquisitions committee 1984-1986, Executive Committee 1987-1993), New York State Bar Association, Ohio State University Alumni Club of Greater New York (treasurer 1992-1995, Board of Governors since 1992, president 1995-1996, Outstanding Individual Achievement award 1994).
Connections
Married Gail Ellen Garfield, December 19, 1971.
