Doug Jones

This article is about the attorney. For other people with similar names, see Douglas Jones. G. Douglas Jones (born c. 1954) is a lawyer and the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.

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]].

References

• Faulk, Kent (June 7, 2013) "Birmingham attorneys Doug Jones and Greg Hawley form law firm." The Birmingham News