DAVID E. JONES - ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY
A Personal Profile

General Background

A native of Kansas, I have been living and practicing law in Dallas County for over 25 years.

My professional life has been spent fighting for ordinary people against powerful interests. I’ve had the good fortune throughout my entire legal career to only represent individuals -- ordinary people who have been injured -- in their claims and lawsuits against large corporations, insurance companies and other powerful interests. It has been an interesting and successful practice, providing benefits to my individual clients and also hopefully helping to advance the rights of ordinary people and improve the quality of consumer products and health care.

Personal Background

The practice of law is my work and a source of great pride, but, of course, my greatest joy is my wonderful family. Favorite personal activities also include: travel, hiking, snow skiing, volunteer activities and keeping up with politics/current events.

College

• University of Texas at Austin (B.A.) (1976)

I started working and fighting for the rights of ordinary consumers, while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin. I was the Co-Chair of the Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG). In the late 60’s and early 70’s, TexPIRG was one of many student/consumer advocacy organizations founded by nationally known consumer advocate Ralph Nader. At TexPIRG I had the opportunity to help people with consumer complaints and act as a public advocate for consumer issues. In this capacity, I actively lobbied in the Texas Legislature on several issues, most prominently on the issue of public utility regulation. TexPIRG helped create the Texas Public Utility Commission, regulating for the first time on a statewide level, the cost of
electric and telephone utility rates in Texas.

Law School

• St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D.) (1980)

I went on to law school at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. At St. Mary’s I was able to distinguish myself academically and as a writer and editor on the law review. I was selected to be an Associate Editor and then the Executive Editor of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. I also acted as a student instructor in legal research and writing.

Experience

After law school my first job was with a large law firm in Dallas, representing personal injury plaintiffs. After several years, I left that firm and became a shareholder in another law firm with several other lawyers where I continued with a personal injury trial practice, exclusively engaged in litigation and trial on behalf of victims of negligence, product defects and medical malpractice.

Several years ago I went into solo personal injury practice in an “of counsel” relationship with my good friends at Hyatt, Crabtree and Moore. Recently, I have continued my solo personal injury practice doing business simply as the 'Law Offices of David E. Jones'.

Over the years, my past cases have involved everything from simple automobile negligence cases to complex product liability litigation. They include: crashworthiness cases, automobile/truck defect cases, construction site negligence/OSHA violation cases, medical device defect cases, pharmaceutical liability cases, premises defect lawsuits, third-party criminal liability cases, governmental liability/tort claims and truck collision cases. Many of my cases in recent years have been in the area of medical malpractice, primarily wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases.

Licenses and Certification

I have been licensed by the State Bar of Texas for the general practice of law in Texas since 1980. I’ve been licensed in the Federal Courts since 1981. I have been Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1992.

In Texas, a Board Certified attorney is an attorney who has demonstrated special competence in a particular field in which the Texas Board of Legal Specialization has certified their competence beyond a general license to practice law. In order to qualify for certification in Personal Injury Trial Law, the Board requires, among other things, that the attorney have experience handling a wide variety of personal injury trial law matters, have demonstrated experience in practice, be evaluated by fellow lawyers and judges, and pass a day-long additional written examination.

In addition to Board Certification, I have also been AV rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s peer review rating system for many years. According to Martindale-Hubbell the AV rating “shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.” I continue to strive to achieve the highest levels of skill and integrity in my practice of personal injury trial law.

For a further outline of my professional qualifications, please click on the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated link below.