Background
Griffin Jones, John was born on October 18, 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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John Griffin Jones
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University of Mississippi at Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, 1977. Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
Worked at Jones Law Firm (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Employment Litigation, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Mississippi, United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1992, United States. Supreme Court. Recipient: United States.
Law Week Achievement Award, 1985. Best Lawyers of America in Workers" Compensation, 1996-1997.
Law Clerk to Judge Tom South. Lee, United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1985-1986.
Author: "Recovery for Occupational Disease in Mississippi," VOIR DIRE Magazine, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, December, 1987. "End of the Sting Operations: Defense Counsel"s Ex Parte Communication with Plaintiff"s Treating Physicians," VOIR DIRE Magazine, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, 1990. Previous Employment: Cupit & Maxey, 1986-1989.
Cupit, Jones & Fairbank, 1989-1993.
Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations (Union Representative, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, 1988). The Mississippi Bar (Secretary-Treasurer, 1992 and Member, Executive Committee, 1992, Administrative Law Section.
Member, Professional Responsibilities Committee, 1993-1996).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations (Union Representative, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee, 1988). The Mississippi Bar (Secretary-Treasurer, 1992 and Member, Executive Committee, 1992, Administrative Law Section. Member, Professional Responsibilities Committee, 1993-1996).
