About Jay
Jay Ross is Co-chair of Hopkins & Carley’s Litigation Department. He handles contract, fulfillment, and payment disputes as well as real estate disputes, including construction, purchase and sale transactions, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, easements, and land use.A wide variety of businesses associated with the real estate industry rely on Jay to apply his years of business litigation experience and practical approach to solve their problems. These include:Commercial general contractors and construction managersCommunity banksHigh net worth individualsCommercial real estate brokerage firmsREITsJay has extensive experience litigating in State and Federal courts, regularly handling cases in courts throughout the Bay Area. In addition to his trial and binding arbitration experience, Jay has mediated numerous cases to successful resolution for his clients.In addition, Jay represents businesses in creditor-side bankruptcy engagements, which frequently involve courts outside of California. His experience in this area includes:Preparation and defense of Proofs of ClaimNegotiation and litigation of Plans of Reorganization, including Disclosure Statement and Plan Confirmation issuesPreference claim analysis and defenseInvestigation of debtor assets, including Rule 2004 examinationsNegotiation of the purchase of assets from Bankruptcy estates outside of a Plan of ReorganizationAnalysis and litigation of relief from the automatic stayPreparation and litigation of objections to Chapter 13 Plans
Jay Ross is Co-chair of Hopkins & Carley’s Litigation Department. He handles contract, fulfillment, and payment disputes as well as real estate disputes, including construction, purchase and sale transactions, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, easements, and land use.
A wide variety of businesses associated with the real estate industry rely on Jay to apply his years of business litigation experience and practical approach to solve their problems. These include:
Jay has extensive experience litigating in State and Federal courts, regularly handling cases in courts throughout the Bay Area. In addition to his trial and binding arbitration experience, Jay has mediated numerous cases to successful resolution for his clients.
In addition, Jay represents businesses in creditor-side bankruptcy engagements, which frequently involve courts outside of California. His experience in this area includes:
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate, San Jose (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate, San Jose (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate, San Jose (2021)
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Practice Area: Banking and Finance Law
- Practice Area: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Practice Area: Litigation - Construction
- Practice Area: Real Estate Law