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.
Prior to her U.S. District Judge nomination in 1995 by President Bill Clinton, she served as Chief Assistant to Robert M. Morgenthau, then-District Attorney of New York County. Previously, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where she served as the chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force Unit. Judge Jones has served as an adjunct assistant professor at Fordham Law School and New York University School of Law. Judge Jones also chaired the Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel, created by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013, aimed at assessing the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of sexual assaults in the military. The panel issued a report to Congress in June 2014 with 132 recommendations to the Department of Defense.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union (IBT), appointed by the Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York to serve as the Independent Review Officer for the IBT, the largest union in the United States with approximately 1.4 million members. In her role as the Independent Review Officer, Judge Jones acts as an independent adjudicator over IBT disciplinary decisions, including those involving corruption and embezzlement, and reviews trusteeships imposed by the IBT over local unions.
Charter Communications, appointed as independent compliance officer to review and evaluate Charter's compliance with the conditions the FCC placed on Charter when it granted approval for the transfer of licenses in connection with the acquisition of Time Warner Cable, Inc. and Bright House Networks.
New York City Department of Investigation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority, appointed by the New York City Department of Investigation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority to monitor a midsized construction company subject to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the New York County District Attorney's Office involving violations of the MWBE laws. In this role, Judge Jones reviewed the company's compliance code, conducted compliance training and set up a hotline for internal reporting of corruption. She also analyzed the company's policies and procedures and books and records to ensure the integrity of its contracts, with an eye towards eliminating potential payroll fraud and abuse.
New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC), appointed by the BIC to audit a large waste hauling firm to prevent organized crime involvement and to ensure compliance with the New York State Minority MWBE laws. The monitorship included analysis of thousands of documents and emails, numerous interviews, forensic accounting reviews of the company's books and records and field work to ensure the integrity of the contracts. It ended with a final report to BIC in May 2016.
Board of Trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library, conducted an internal investigation into a whistleblower complaint related to the Board of Trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.
National Football League (NFL), selected by the NFL to arbitrate the appeal over the discipline given to Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, who faced accusations of domestic violence.
City University of New York (CUNY), conducted investigations into allegations of anti-Semitism on CUNY campuses for the chancellor of CUNY together with Bracewell Partner, Paul Shechtman.
J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 1973
B.A., cum laude, Mount Saint Mary's College, 1968
