Leslie P. Jay ’63

Lee died Dec. 20, 2017, of cancer. He was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, an international law firm based in San Francisco, where he was a gifted mentor to young lawyers. He chaired the corporate practice and transactional groups and sat on the executive committee.

A son of a member of the Class of ’38, he entered Princeton from Mount Hermon (Mass.) School, majored in economics, competed in rugby and judo, dined at Cannon, roomed with Beard, Tony Cox, Grad, Hardt, Hawkey, Hugill, Jim Pugh, and Worthington, and went on to Harvard Law School.

He started at Chickering & Gregory in San Francisco as a corporate attorney. In 1981 he joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a 100-lawyer regional firm that subsequently grew to 1,100 attorneys and 23 offices worldwide. Periodically Lee was cited as one of northern California’s top lawyers. A mergers-and-acquisitions book published in 2017 by Bloomberg Law was dedicated to Lee. During this century he worked seven years in Paris, where he married Stephanie Schreiner, an artist who became his second wife. In his off-hours, Lee was an avid walker, golfer, sports fan, and art lover.

The class conveys its warm wishes to Stephanie; Lee’s daughter, Katie; son David; and three grandchildren.