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Jay Wayne Jackson, Esq., son of John Wayne and Catherine M. Jackson, was born in Albany, New York. He married Francoise de Chabert. The Jacksons have one daughter, Mrs. Francoise Williams. Mr. Jackson attended the Kingswood School. He later attended Washington and Lee University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts, and the Washington and Lee School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctorate. While at Washington and Lee, he obtained a commission in the U.S. Army. After serving on active duty and the reserves, he retired as a Major. Mr. Jackson was a partner in the Hartford office of Jackson, O'Keefe and Phelan. After forming the firm, Mr. Jackson's practice concentrated in governmental law and relations.

Memberships

  • Society of the Cincinnati (former President General)

  • General Society of Colonial Wars (former Chancellor of the Connecticut State Society)

  • National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (former Chancellor for the Connecticut State Society)

  • Descendants of the Founders of Hartford (former Board Member)

Notes

A devout Catholic, Mr. Jackson was a former Chairman of the Archdiocese of Hartford Boy Scout Committee, a Knight of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II and a member of the Knights of Malta. He was the former Councilor of the Society of Descendants of Founders of Hartford, a former Trustee of the American School for the Deaf and the Wadsworth Atheneum. He received the Roosevelt Humanitarian Award from the Nation of Israel. He was honored by the Nation of France which made him a Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur. He was a member of the Madison Beach Club of which he was a past President and Governor, a member of the Hartford Golf Club, the Madison Country Club and recent member of the Old Lyme Country Club.

Mr. Jackson was the legal Counsel to: Governor William A. O'Neill, 1980-1988, and Governor Ella Grasso, 1976-1980. Connecticut Commissioner of Insurance, 1975-1976. Connecticut State Senator, 1967-1973. West Hartford Town Councilman, 1963-1967. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations.

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