As General Counsel for ESS, Jeff oversees all aspects of legal matters, including compliance, vendor contracts, employment matters, and policy development. Jeff has vast experience representing the best interests of educational institutions, having privately represented public K-12 school boards for 17 years and practicing educational law. Jeff was appointed solicitor for three large school districts in New Jersey and served in that position for 14 years until he joined ESS. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and a law degree from Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware, where he served as a member of the ATLA Trial Competition Team and the Phi Delta Society.