Jay Lindy

Co-Founder, EmergeMemphis
Attorney, Burch, Porter & Johnson

Born Petersburg, Virginia, September 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989.

EDUCATION

Cornell University (B.A., 1984); University of Denver (J.D., 1989). Business Editor, Denver Journal of International Law & Policy. Chairman, Honor Board. Jessup International Moot Court.

Financial Analyst-Development, Europe, Middle-East & Africa, Holiday Corporation (1984-1986). Drafted Tennessee Community Health Management Information System Law of 1993 (Public Chapter No. 333, extending confidential treatment for medical information collected by a pilot project for a county wide health care system). General Counsel, Memphis Incubator Systems, Inc. (a not for profit technology business incubator) and Memphis Jewish Home. Treasurer, Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (9th Congressional District - Tennessee).

AREAS OF PRACTICE 

• Banking and Financial Institutions
  
• Business Transactions
  
• Corporate Governance
  
• Executive Compensation
  
• Federal and State Election Law
  
• Franchising
  
• Hotel/Hospitality Industry
  
• Information Technology
  
• International Franchising
  
• International Transactions
  
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  
• Non-profit/tax exempt organizations
  
• Project Finance
  
• Real Estate Transactions
  
• Securities
  
• Software and Technology Licensing
  
• Telecommunications Law
  
• Trademark and Copyright
  
• Zoning and Land Use Regulation