Jay Bruce is General Counsel of American Bank Systems and its subsidiaries, ABS Proactive, LLC, and ABS Consulting Services, LLC. American Bank Systems has been serving the financial industry for more than thirty years with management and compliance systems. Jay is also of counsel with the Oklahoma City law firm, Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay and Murrah. Admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in 1989, he received his education at Oklahoma State University (B.S., Accounting, 1983) and the University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1989). Jay is admitted to practice before all Oklahoma Courts, the U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, the United States Tax Court and the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in 1985. Jay served as a judicial clerk for Justice Marian Opala of the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1987. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants. Jay is also author of the book, From Grief to Glory: Spiritual Journeys of Mourning Parents