Doug Jones
This article is about the attorney. For other people with similar names, see Douglas Jones. G. Douglas Jones (born c. 1954 in Fairfield) is a lawyer, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant when Jeff Sessions was appointed Attorney General of the United States.
Jones earned his undergraduate degree from University of Alabama in 1976 and his law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1979. He campaigned for Senator Howell Heflin in 1978 and worked in Heflin's office early in his career.
Jones went on to serve as an assistant in the U.S. Attorney's office. After the death of Claude Harris, President Clinton appointed him to replace him as district attorney. He served from 1997 to 2001 and helped convict two of the men involved in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.
He later defended Chris McNair, father of one of the four victims of the church bombing, in criminal prosecution related to the Jefferson County sewer construction scandal.
In 2013, Jones left the firm of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker to partner with Greg Hawley in the new firm of Jones & Hawley. Jones ran as a Democrat in the 2017 special election to fill the seat left by Jeff Sessions' appointment to lead the U.S. Department of Justice. He carried the August 15 primary with two-thirds of the Democratic vote and faces the winner of a Republican runoff between Roy Moore and Luther Strange in the December 12 general election.
| Preceded by: Walter Braswell (interim) |
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama 1995-2001 |
Succeeded by: Alice Martin |
References
- Faulk, Kent (June 7, 2013) "Birmingham attorneys Doug Jones and Greg Hawley form law firm." The Birmingham News
- Remkus, Ashley (June 14, 2017) "Birmingham lawyer and former Clinton appointee Doug Jones seeks Democratic nomination for Senate." The Birmingham News
External links
- Doug Jones campaign website