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Justice Barbara Jones
Position
Barbara S. Jones, former judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, focuses her practice on corporate monitorships, compliance issues, internal investigations and arbitrations and mediations. During her 16-year term in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Jones presided over a diverse range of cases, including accounting and securities fraud, antitrust, fraud and corruption involving city contracts and federal loan programs, labor racketeering and terrorism. In May 2010, Judge Jones was appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to serve on the seven-member Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation; she served on the panel until October 2012.
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1973; Mount Saint Mary’s College, B.A., 1968, cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Attorneys at Bracewell LLP are called upon to assist government entities, individuals, and corporations with investigations and enforcement actions. The firm handles a broad range of white-collar matters including accounting fraud, economic sanctions, and insider trading. Veteran trial lawyer Stephen Braga leads the practice out of Washington DC and handles both criminal and civil cases on trial and appellate level, while former US District Judge Barbara Jones is active in the firm’s New York office and frequently called to conduct monitorships as well as special master assignments. Also based in New York is Daniel Connolly, whose experience in white-collar defense is complimented by a busy class action and commercial litigation practice.
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Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense