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Mr. Jones has been a partner with the firm since it was founded in 1983. His practice consists of civil trials and appeals, insurance law, accident and personal injury and professional malpractice cases. Mr. Jones received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1962 and his undergraduate degree in Political Science in 1960. He has been a guest lecturer for Arizona State University, Harvard University and the University of Arizona College of Law and is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Jones is admitted to practice in Arizona and Kentucky State Courts, the United States Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Appeals
Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability
Civil Rights Defense
Medical Malpractice Defense
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
Born January 9, 1939, Somerset, Kentucky
Arizona Resident since 1962
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
L.L.B., 1962
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.A., Political Science, 1960
BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Jones, Teilborg, Sanders, Haga & Parks, P.C.
1973 to 1983, Member
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
1967 to 1973, Partner
BAR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
Past Chairman, State Bar Workmen's Compensation Committee
Past Member, State Bar Special Committee on Specialization
Member, Governor's Commission on Medical Malpractice Premiums
Chair, Supreme Court's Special Committee on Malpractice Rules
Chair, Special Supreme Court Committee on Civil Litigation Abuse, Cost and Delay
Past Chair, State Bar Bench and Bar Committee
Member, Commission on Certification of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Specialists
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Board of Trial Advocates
American College of Trial Lawyers - State President, 1991-93
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
Chair, Arizona Chamber of Commerce Insurance & Health Committee
Defense Research Institute
International Association of Insurance Counsel
International Society of Barristers
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
National Institute of Trial Advocacy, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; University of California - Berkeley
Guest Lecturer, Arizona State University; Harvard University; University of Arizona College of Law
Adjunct Professor, Arizona State University; Arizona College of Trial Advocacy
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY
Author of Arizona Malpractice legislation
Author of Arizona Products Liability legislation
Author of Arizona Worker's Compensation legislation
Registered lobbyist, Arizona Legislature
Contributing Author Periodic Payment Statute
Contributing Author Arizona version of UCATA
OUTSIDE RECOGNITION
Recipient of Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award from the American College of Trial Lawyers, March 2003
Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal from the Maricopa County Medical Society, January, 1996
Honoree of the 20th Annual Honor Ball of Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation, March 1996
Director and Former Chairman of the Board of Scottsdale Memorial Health Systems, Inc.
Designated as Member of the Year - Arizona State Bar, 1991
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the West
Designated in The Best Lawyers in America® for over 20 years
Top 50 Arizona Lawyers, Southwest Super Lawyers®, 2007
CERTIFICATIONS/SPECIALTIES
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference - 1989
Special Assistant Attorney General
Judge Pro Tem - Arizona Court of Appeals
Judge Pro Tem - Superior Court of Arizona
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Arizona Prospector, Independent Insurance Agents of Arizona
Author of articles for Arizona Attorney:
Do We Have A Plain, Speedy And Adequate Remedy, December 1990
The Newly-Enacted Rules of Discovery and Arbitration: Arizona's Great Experiment
Voir Dire - Arizona Style
A Trial Lawyer's Wish List, May 1991
The Great Experiment - Arizona's Newly Enacted Rules of Discovery and Arbitration, May 1992
Read My Lips -- The Defendants Should Pay Only for the Damage They Cause, June 1995
Managed Care and the Tort System: Are We Paying Billions in Phantom Healthcare Charges? (© 1995) - Article has appeared in the International Association of Defense Counsel's publication, Defense Counsel Journal, in the Public Risk Management Association's, Public Risk, and in the State Bar of Arizona's Arizona Attorney. |
