Background
Jones, Charles E. was born on June 12, 1935.
state supreme court chief justice
Jones, Charles E. was born on June 12, 1935.
Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Arts). Stanford University (Bachelor of Laws).
Jones was born and raised in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 1959, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts He then received a Juris Doctor from Stanford University. Jones married Elizabeth Ann Anderson, a native of Safford, Arizona.
They are the parents of seven children.
Jones was admitted to the bar in California in 1962 and then admitted to the bar in Arizona in 1964. From 1963 he was part of the firm of Jennings, Stouss & Salmon and was the head of their labor and employment division.
From 1994 to 1998 Jones was the National Chair of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. From 1990 to 1993 he served as president of the France Paris Mission.
One of Jones" daughter is Utah journalist Ruth Todd.
Board visitors Brigham Young University Law School, 1973-1981, chairman, 1978-1981, University Arizona College Law, since 2003. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Arizona Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Arizona (Career award, 2005), Federal Bar Association (president Arizona chapter 1971-1973), J. Reuben Clark Law Society (national chairman 1994-1997), Maricopa County Bar Association, American College Labor and Employment Lawyers (former director), Pi Sigma Alpha.