Jay H. Ginsburg, 76, of Gwynedd Valley, longtime adoption attorney, family advocate, lecturer, and teacher, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, of acute myeloid leukemia at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ginsburg earned his law degree from the Delaware Law School at Widener University in 1988 and spent the next three-and-half decades teaching, lecturing, and working on adoption, juvenile, and other family-related matters in Philadelphia and around the region. Mr. Ginsburg appeared on TV shows and lectured widely about child abuse and adoption issues, including at Villanova Law School and seminars for bar associations in Philadelphia, Montgomery County, and Delaware County. He received awards and commendations for his work, and a former client said in aBorn Jan. 31, 1946, in Philadelphia, Mr. Ginsburg grew up in Mount Airy and Cheltenham, and graduated from Cheltenham High School.
Mr. Ginsburg married Linda Spector, and they had daughters Amy and Melanie, and son Justin. After a divorce, he met Sherry Weiner through a mutual friend, and they married in 1984, and had sons Alexander and Reid. Justin died earlier, and Mr. Ginsburg adopted Sherry’s son, Matthew.