Background
Jones, Deanne Fortna was born on September 15, 1963 in Sidney, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Paul Ernest and Janet Elizabeth F.
Jones, Deanne Fortna was born on September 15, 1963 in Sidney, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Paul Ernest and Janet Elizabeth F.
Associate of Arts, Parkland Junior College, Champaign, Illinois, 1982. Student, University Stirling, Scotland, 1988. Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1988.
Juris Doctor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1991.
Worked at Hughes & Hill, Limited liability company (Decatur, Illinois) specializing in Personal Injury Defense, Workers" Compensation Defense, Federal Civil Practice, Civil Appeals, Libel Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Retaliatory Discharge. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Illinois and United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois.
1992, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Editor-in-Chief, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1990-1991. Clerk: Honorary Charles H. Evans, United States.
Magistrate, Central District of Illinois, 1991-1992.
Honorary Richard H. Mills, United States. District Judge, Central District of Illinois, 1992-1993.
Author: "Medical Malpractice Update: Section 2-622 Reports and Affidavits," International Data Corporation Quarterly, Volume 7, Number. 1 (1997); "Medical Malpractice Liability for Responding to a Colleague"s Questions," International Data Corporation Quarterly, Volume 6, Number.
1, (1996); "Hoem v. Zia: Dead Manitoba"s Acting and Expert Testimony," International Data Corporation Quarterly, Volume 4, Number.
3 (1994). "Eliminating the Element of Surprise: Rethinking the Disclosure Requirements of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 220," 17 South. Illinois. U.L.J. 195 (1993); "The Seventh Circuit Establishes New Rules Regarding Jurisdictional Due Process in Deportation Proceedings," 30 The Globe (December 1992).
Company-Author: "How Not to Make a "Federal Case" Out of Bills of Costs," 81 Illinois.
Bachelor of Journalism 416 (August, 1993). "Survey of Illinois Law - Criminal Procedure," 15 South. Illinois. U.L.J. 861 (1991). Member: Decatur and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Member Theatre 7, Decatur, 1996. Treasurer Altrusa International, Decatur, 1996. Board member Decatur Arts Council, 1997.
Member of advisory board Visiting Nuses Association, Decatur, 1997. Member Illinois State Bar Association (Certified of Recognition for Public Svc. 1991), Decatur Bar Association (treasurer since 1996), Illinois Association Defense Trial Counsel, Adjusters Association Control Illinois.
Married Steven Gary Jones, December 11, 1993.