Jeffery Payne

Jeffrey Payne, International Mr. Leather 2009, is originally from Maine and moved to Louisiana at the young age of 3. He relocated to Texas after Hurricane Katrina shook the city of New Orleans. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and currently owns and manages Notarius Reporting, a court-reporting firm, and is co- owner of the Dallas Eagle. He works diligently as a Board Member of the Sharon St. Cyr Fund (SSC Fund) to raise money for individuals within our community to assist them with the purchase of hearing aids and to provide grants to organizations for Sign Language Interpreters. Jeffrey also serves as President and Webmaster for Leather Knights, a Board Member of CLAW, a member of NLA – International and NLA – Dallas, as well as a voting member of the Leather Archives and Museum.

Professionally, Jeffrey is a member of the Dallas Court Reporters Association serving as the Budget Committee Chair, as well as an active member of the Texas Court Reporters Association. He also serves as the Webmaster for seven different professional and community-based websites.

In the last two years alone, Jeffrey has attended over 100 events spanning the globe, judging leather contests, emceeing fundraisers, teaching workshops and officiating weddings, as Jeffrey is also an ordained minister.

Jeffrey is married to David Roy and together they share their Dallas home their six children, Isabella, Lucy & Wilson (miniature Dachshunds), Korbin & Konner (miniature Poodles) and Riley (teacup Maltese).