Staff

Jay E. Ray
Vice President, The Center for American and International Law
Director, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
jray@cailaw.org
+1.972.244.3411

Jay E. Ray is Director of CAIL’s Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law. He joined CAIL in 2015 and served as Director of the Institute for Energy Law from 2015 until 2026. Prior to joining CAIL he was General Counsel for Pipeline Integrity Resources, Inc. and practiced commercial and appellate litigation in private practice for eighteen years. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Arlington and his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law. He has extensive experience in managing non-profit legal associations. He served as Chair of the American Bar Association’s 150,000 member Young Lawyers Division in 2006-07 and served as an officer or council member of that organization for nine years. He has served on the Board of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, the Council of the ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division and the Council of the Lawyers Conference of the ABA Judicial Division. He has also served in the ABA House of Delegates from 2003 to 2021. He previously served on the board of directors of the Texas Young Lawyers Association and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.