Jay Jalenak is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller and a member of the Management Committee. He joined the firm in 1990 and practices in the litigation group. Jay represents clients in toxic tort litigation, commercial and business litigation and personal injury defense.

Jay has particular experience in the defense of area industrial facilities, warranty, asbestos, welding rod, toxic tort, premises and products liability claims, hearing loss claims, and regularly represents major businesses.

Jay is a Past President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association.

Representative Experience

• Ongoing representation of major chemical manufacturer in class action/mass tort toxic release claims.
• Ongoing representation of major boat and engine manufacturers with regard to warranty claims, dealer disputes and issues before the state regulatory agency.
• Successfully defended and obtained dismissal of proposed nationwide class action warranty claim.
• Successfully defended and obtained dismissal of antitrust and RICO claims.
• Successfully defended claims of "wrongful inducement" against an area casino.
• Ongoing representation of major insurer in over a thousand asbestos and welding fume claims.
• Successfully defeated class certification in a mass toxic exposure case.
  

Education

Jay earned his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College in 1987 and his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1990.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana.

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations
• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
• Wex S. Malone American Inn of Court (Executive Committee, 2000-2003, Chair 2002-2003)

Community Service

• President, Capital City Kiwanis Club.
• Recipient, Judge Joseph Keogh Memorial Award (2001).
• Recipient, Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award (1999).
• President, Treasurer, Secretary and Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Bar Association.
• Chairman and Council Member, Young Lawyers Section, Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Chairman, Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench Bar Conference Committee
• Chairman, Baton Rouge Bar Association Legal Directory Committee
• Pro Bono Project Volunteer, Double Century Club Member, Baton Rouge Bar Association.
• House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Board of Directors, B'nai Israel Synagogue.
• Board Chair and Board of Directors, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
• Executive Steering Committee, Fest for All 2003-2005
• Board Member, Garden District Civic Association.
• Member, Advisory Committee, YMCA Week Without Violence.
• Member, Community Partnership Division Planning Council, Capital Area United Way.
• Chair, Developing Children and Youth Committee, Capital Area United Way.
• Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge
• Chairman, 1995 Holocaust Memorial Service and Lecture.
• Baton Rouge Business Report's "40 Under 40" (2000).
• Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2001.

Lecturer

• Professionalism, Bench Bar Conference, 2007
• Ethics, Wex Malone American Inn of Court, March 2002
  Bench Bar Conference, April 2001, April 2002
  Baton Rouge Young Lawyers Section CLE, July 2002, Ascension Parish Bar Association, December 2002
• Professionalism, Louisiana State University Law Center CLE, September 2002, November 2002
• Professionalism, Bench Bar Conference, 2000, 2003, 2007, Baton Rouge Young Lawyers Section CLE, July 2003, Wex Malone American Inn of Court, August 2003.
• Ethics, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, December 2006