Begley, Thomas D.

Jay is a graduate of Tuba City High School in Northern Arizona. He served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1988-1993, and then attended college on the G.I. Bill, graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Magna Cum Laude, in 1998 with a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Aeronautics.

Jay graduated from Vanderbilt law school in 2002, and worked as a business and patent attorney in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley from 2002-2005. In 2005 he joined the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and later worked for the Yavapai County Attorney's Office. In 2008 he returned to private practice. Jay has worked on hundreds of criminal matters including misdemeanor and felony DUI, drug crimes, aggravated assault, fraud crimes and violent crimes.