Background
John Jay was born on March 9, 1922 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The son of Edward Lyman and Edna Marie (Ball) Douglass.
John Jay was born on March 9, 1922 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The son of Edward Lyman and Edna Marie (Ball) Douglass.
John attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Bachelor of Arts) and the University of Michigan (Juris Doctor).
John worked at University of Houston Law Center. (Houston, Texas) specializing in Criminal Law, Election Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1952.
John Jay Douglass has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Judge Harris County Absentee Voting, Houston, 1980-1992. Appointed member Houston Ethics Commission, 2006. Fellow American Bar Foundation (life).
Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1980-1996, chairman standing committee on law and electoral process 1987-1990, Nelson award 2001), Texas Bar Association (penal code and criminal process committee 1988-1990), Houston City Club, Army and Navy Club, Order of Coif, Eagle Scout, Alpha Tau Omega.
John is married to Margaret Casteel Pickering, August 31, 1946. They have three children, Carrie Bess, Timothy Pickering, and Margaret Marie.