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Barbara Jones

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. · Bracewell LLP

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About

Former judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, focusing her practice on corporate monitorships, compliance issues, internal investigations, and arbitrations and mediations. She presided over a diverse range of cases including accounting and securities fraud, antitrust, fraud and corruption, labor racketeering, and terrorism, and served on the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

Practice areas

Corporate MonitorshipsComplianceInternal InvestigationsArbitrationsMediations

Office

Expertise

Securities FraudAntitrustFraud and CorruptionLabor RacketeeringTerrorismMultidistrict Litigation

Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1973
  • Mount Saint Mary's College, B.A., 1968, cum laude