Barbara Jones
| Barbara Jones | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #19 |
| Station: | New York, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 12/26/1995 - 12/31/2012 |
| Preceded by: | Kenneth Conboy |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Home State: | Inglewood, CA |
| Bachelors: | Mount St. Mary's College, B.A., 1968 |
| Law School: | Temple U. Law, J.D., 1973 |
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This article is about Barbara Jones, federal judge for the Southern District of New York. If you are looking for the article about the Californian appellate judge, please see Barbara J.R. Jones.
Barbara Jones was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Prior to her judicial appointment, Jones was the First Assistant District Attorney for the New York County District Attorney's Office from 1987 to 1995.[1] Jones retired from the court on Decemeber 31, 2012. [2]
Early life and education
Jones graduated from Mt. St. Mary's with her Bachelor's Degree in 1968 and later graduated from Temple Law with her juris doctorate degree in 1973.[1]
Professional career
Jones began her legal career with the US Department Justice as a Special attorney in the Manhattan Strike Force Against Organized Crime and Racketeering from 1973 to 1977 before joining theU.S. Attorney's Officeas Assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1977 to 1987 serving as Chief Prosecutor of the General Crimes Unit from 1983-1984 and as Chief Prosecutor of the Organized Crime Unit from 1984 to 1987[1]. Jones spent the rest of her pre-judicial legal career as a First assistant district attorney for the New York County District Attorney's office from 1987-1995 and also taught academically as a Adjunct associate professor of law at Fordham Law from 1985 to 1995[1]
Judicial career
Southern district of New York
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jones was nominated by Bill Clinton on October 18, 1995 to a seat vacated by Kenneth Conboy. Jones was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995 on a majority voice vote and received commission on December 26, 1995[3]. Jones retired from the court on Decemeber 31, 2012. [4]
Notable cases
Goldman Sachs
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
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| Judge Jones will be the presiding judge involving the civil fraud case of investment giant Goldman Sachs. The case comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the investment bank for defrauding customers who bought investments tied to risky mortgages. Judge Jones was a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York who tried cases related to mob crime including using the first RICO (Rackterring and Influenced Corrupt Organizations) case against a mob family in 2005. Many of her colleagues have praised her past handling of complex cases as a prosecutor and feel that she will be well prepared to handle one of the most complex cases so far during her tenure as a federal judge[5]. |
Judicial philosophy
Many attorneys and prosecutors who have worked with Judge Jones view her as a judge who runs things tightly in her courtroom. Former head of the FBI in New York, Barry Mawn, has praised the judge for having a firm grasp on subjects relating to the case. The former FBI head said that Judge Jones is: "very knowledgeable. She runs a very good courtroom, and she won't let arguments stray off point. She's very decisive both as a prosecutor and as a judge. Jones was always on the money"[6].
See also
External links
- List of Article III judges of the Southern District of New York
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Jones
- Biography at FJC
- New York Law Journal, "Jones Leaves U.S. Bench, Joins Zuckerman Spaeder," January 7, 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Federal Judicial Center" Biography of Barbara Jones, May 6, 2009
- ↑ New York Law Journal, "Jones Leaves U.S. Bench, Joins Zuckerman Spaeder," January 7, 2013
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Barbara Jones, May 6, 2009(Search for Barbara Jones)
- ↑ New York Law Journal, "Jones Leaves U.S. Bench, Joins Zuckerman Spaeder," January 7, 2013
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal "Goldman Case Lands in Lap of Former Mob Prosecutor, Barbara Jones", April 18, 2010
- ↑ ABC News "Goldman Case Gets Decisive, Compassionate Jurist", May 16, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Kenneth Conboy |
Southern District of New York 1995–2012 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
