Jay Brown

James "Jay" Brown (also Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jamie Borthwick. He made his first appearance on 14 December 2006. Jay's storylines have included being part of a gang, being orphaned by age 14 which resulted in his going into foster care and then being taken care of by the Mitchell family, as well as maturing from a wayward teen, forming a relationship with Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) and becoming a surrogate brother to Ben Mitchell (Harry Reid).

Storylines

Backstory

Jay is the son of Karen Brown and Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord), and grandson of Bert Atkinson (Dave Hill) and Evie Brown (Marji Campi). Karen died in 2004 of breast cancer. Jay was first mentioned on 5 December 2006, when a dying Evie told Bert that he had a grandson.

2006–

Jay first appears after Evie's funeral, when he is taken to live with Bert in Walford, per Evie's wishes. Jay is a troublesome youth: he steals, breaks into Pauline Fowler's (Wendy Richard) house, and offends Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) with a racist slur to impress his peers. When Jay's father Jase arrives, Bert leaves to allow Jay and Jase to bond. Jay continues getting into trouble, becoming involved with a gang of older boys, known as the E20 crew, led by Tegs Teague (Ben Smith). Jay helps them shoplift, and they give him a knife. The gang terrorises Dot Branning (June Brown) and Jay steals her keys so they can break into her house. The gang orders Jay to throw a brick through Dot's window, but realising it is wrong, Jay refuses and is rejected from the gang. Tegs later confronts Jay and a fight ensues, with Jay being stabbed in the leg. Tegs is arrested and his mother Tina (Kerry Ann White) tries to threaten Jay from testifying against her son at his trial. However, she is scared off by Jase's girlfriend Dawn (Kara Tointon). Jay gives evidence at the trial and Tegs is sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institute.

J. Robert Brown, Jr.

Jay Brown is a law professor with specializations in corporations and corporate governance, business law, administrative law and securities regulation. He currently teaches at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Education

Brown earned a B.A. in Government in 1978 from the College of William & Mary, a J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law in 1980, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University in 1984 and 1993 respectively. His dissertation topic was "International Cooperation and Reform of the Japanese Financial Markets."

Career

After holding brief teaching positions at Franklin & Marshall College and Dickinson School of Law, Brown joined the University of Denver in 1988, teaching in the law school and, for a period, in the school of international affairs. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1997 and spent six months at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management. From 2000 to 2004, he was an associate dean for academic affairs at the law school. In 2009, he was a visiting professor at UC Hastings Law School.