Jason is in his 8th year working as a prosecutor for Susquehanna County. He has personally been involved in approximately 3,000 adult criminal cases, and hundreds of juvenile cases. Jason has successfully prosecuted very serious criminal matters, including homicides, armed robberies, home invasion burglaries, rapes, sexual and physical assaults upon children, aggravated assaults, DUI homicides, and felony cases involving drug dealers, and, in many of those cases, the offenders were sentenced to lengthy periods of state incarceration. Jason has also successfully litigated numerous proceedings to certify pedophiles as sexually violent predators under Megan’s Law, a classification that requires a lifetime of registration with the state. Finally, Jason handles the bulk of the appellate work and federal habeas corpus proceedings for the District Attorney’s Office
Jason has remained committed to effective and efficient law enforcement in Susquehanna County. Over the past 12 months, Jason assumed local control of a drug task force that had been operated by the Attorney General’s Office. With this local control, Susquehanna County now directly receives state funds and utilizes them to combat illicit controlled substances. Jason was also fortunate to obtain the services of a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper with 25 years experience to serve as the Task Force Coordinator. In connection with the creation of this local law enforcement task force, Jason also created, with the cooperation and support of the County Commissioners, a DUI Task Force dedicated to finding and arresting drunk drivers. By early 2007, Susquehanna County added 10 part-time county detectives to its roster, and these officers will serve as members of the Susquehanna County Law Enforcement Task Force. Jason was able to accomplish these goals without the use of county tax dollars by utilizing state grant monies, along with a major contribution from the Susquehanna County Drug & Alcohol Commission, as well as monies paid by criminal defendants for costs and fees.
Jason was raised in the Choconut and Silver Lake area of Susquehanna County, the son of Bruce Legg and Cindi Conaty. Jason graduated with honors from the Montrose Area High School. He then attended the University of Scranton, where he received both his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in the same four-year period. Jason graduated summa cum laude from the University of Scranton and successfully completed its Honor’s Program. As a result of his academic achievement, Jason obtained a Merit Scholarship to attend Albany Law School. He continued his excellence in academics by graduating summa cum laude and as the salutatorian of his law school class of 215 students. Jason was the managing editor of the Albany Law Review. Jason had three articles published in the Albany Law Review, including one that was later cited with approval by New York State’s highest court. After law school, Jason accepted a clerkship with Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. After clerking for Judge Vanaskie for three years, Jason returned to Susquehanna County, entered the Susquehanna County District Attorney’s Office as a part-time assistant district attorney, and began building his private law practice. In November 2003, he was elected to the position of Susquehanna County District Attorney, and, in January 2006, Jason gave up his private law practice to begin serving Susquehanna County in a full-time capacity.
Jason and his wife Maggie currently live in Silver Lake Township. Jason is active in many volunteer activities, including being upon numerous boards, such of the Community Foundation of Susquehanna & Wyoming Counties, the Susquehanna County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Susquehanna County Chapter of the American Red Cross, End of Day, Inc., and the E.L. Rose Conservancy of Susquehanna County, Inc., and he is also a member of Council 3255 of the Knights of Columbus and the Republican C-Club for Susquehanna County. Over the past few years, he has also enjoyed teaching criminal justice at satellite campuses for both Luzerne County Community College and Keystone College.