Jay Hewlin, J.D.

Jay is currently a consultant and attorney specializing in employment law. The Business Management Institute ("BMI") is the company through which Jay consults businesses on employment law matters arising under Title VII, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, and USERRA. In addition, Jay trains managers on critical skills to avoid complaints of discrimination and its associated costs, and teaches managers how to be effective in a diverse work force. Jay also collaborates with management scholars on research examining selection, retention, employee satisfaction, and organizational culture. Jay teaches classes and serves as a guest lecturer at Georgetown University's Center for Professional Development and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. His teaching areas include: employment law and managerial effectiveness, diversity and negotiation.

Most recently, Jay has partnered with a group of Ph.D.s, MBA's, and JD's that have formed an innovative consulting company that employs an interdisciplinary approach to solving strategic challenges faced by public and private organizations: Symphonic Strategies, LLC (www.symphonicstrategies.com). Symphonic Strategies offers its clients customized strategies that help them prioritize among competing challenges and ultimately make decisions that accelerate organizational effectiveness.

Prior to starting BMI and joining the Symphonic Strategies team, Jay counseled and represented the United States Senate offices in employment law matters, and researched the impact of particular provisions of the U.S. Constitution on workplace policy. Before working for the Senate, Jay was an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York City, where he investigated charges of discrimination for private and public sector clients. He counseled human resources managers and senior executives on a broad range of labor and employment issues arising under Title VII, FMLA, ADA, and other federal and state laws.

In addition to his legal experience, Jay is a seasoned manager and entrepreneur, having worked as an executive in private industry and managed his own corporation in New York.

Jay received his juris doctorate from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Boston University. He has articles published in The Corporate Counsellor, Columbia Law Review, and Ovation Magazine.