James H. Drescher

James ‘Jay’ Drescher graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1982. He was a member of the Law Review, the Board of Advocates and the Order of the Coif. As a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps, he served in Okinawa, Japan; Parris Island, South Carolina and London, England. He has tried over forty jury trials including capital murder and was a member of the National Security Task Force in 1987 investigating and prosecuting cases arising from the Moscow USSR Embassy scandal. Jay has been a civil litigator and trial attorney in Nashville, Tennessee since 1991. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2000. He has three adult children and three grandchildren. He resides in Franklin, Tennessee. More information is available at www.jaydrescherlaw.com