Education and career
Jones was born inPhiladelphia court of common pleas
After a number of judges were removed from the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, First Judicial District, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 1987 for corruption, Governor Bob Casey Sr., Robert P. Casey, Sr. nominated replacement judges to Pennsylvania's senate, including Jones. When the senate did not accept five of Casey's nominations, including Jones, these five chose to run in elections for those judgeships, ultimately winning the elections in 1987. They are sometimes referred to as the "Casey Five." He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas from 1987 to 2008, serving as President judge from 2006 to 2008. While president judge, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court appointed Jones Chair of the Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, which co-ordinates all the courts within that judicial district. During his time on the Court of Common Pleas, he was also a presiding and co-coordinating judge in the homicide division, a presiding judge in the major civil trial division, and was assigned to the Commerce Case Management Program as a specialized Business courts, business court judge. As a business court judge nationally, he was a Director of the American College of Business Court Judges. He also served as a Business Court Representative to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. As President judge, Jones was instrumental in creating the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program, during the national foreclosure crisis of 2008. The program was considered a success.Federal judicial service
On July 24, 2008, Jones was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on theAuthor
In 2020, Jones was a contributing author to The National Judicial College publication, ''Presiding Over a Capital Case, An Electronic Benchbook for Judges'', co-authoring the chapters on case management and pre-trial matters unique to capital cases (chapters 2 and 3). He had earlier co-authored the judicial guidebook, ''Presiding Over a Capital Case, A Benchbook for Judges'' published by The National Judicial College in 2009.''''Awards and honors
In 2023, Jones received the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association, given to judges who adhere “to the highest ideals of judicial service” and who have “made a significant, positive impact on the quality or administration of justice in Philadelphia….” In receiving the award, Jones said "the most important decision he ever made was the travel to a New Orleans suburb the week after Hurricane Katrina to help those who had lost their homes and possessions." In 2005, Jones was named one of the 500 leading judges in America by Lawdragon magazine. In October 2015, Jones presented Rogers State University, Rogers State University’s Maurice Meyer Distinguished Endowed Lecture in Claremore, Oklahoma. In 2018, Jones was inducted into the Claremore Hall of Fame, having earlier been inducted into the Claremore Public Schools Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1995.See also
* List of African-American federal judges * List of African-American juristsReferences
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