Background
Jones, Nathaniel Raphael was born on May 13, 1926 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Nathaniel B. and Lillian J. (Rafe) Jones.
Jones, Nathaniel Raphael was born on May 13, 1926 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Nathaniel B. and Lillian J. (Rafe) Jones.
Bachelor of Arts, Youngstown State University, 1951; Bachelor of Laws, Youngstown State University, 1955; honorary Doctor of Laws, Youngstown State University, 1969; honorary Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University, 1972.
Editor Buckeye Review newspaper, 1956. Executive director FEPC, Youngstown, 1956—1959. Private practice, 1959—1961.
Member firm Goldberg & Jones LLP, 1968—1969. Assistant United States attorney (northern district) Ohio United States Department Justice, 1961—1967. Assistant general counsel National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967—1968.
General counsel National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1969—1979. Judge United States Court Appeals (6th Circuit), 1979—2002, senior judge, 1995—2002. Senior counsel Blank Rome LLP, Cincinnati, since 2002, chief diversity officer & inclusion officer, since 2006.
Adjunct professor University Cincinnati College Law, since 1983, Cleveland State University School Law, Case We. Reserve School Law; trial observer, South Africa, 1985. Director Buckeye Review Public Company.
Chairman Conference on Adequate Defense and Incentives in Military. Member Task Force-Veterans Benefits. Lecturer South African Judges seminar, Johannesburg.
With United States Air Force, 1945-1947.
Co-chairman National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati Roundtable. Observer Soviet Union Behalf committee on Soviet Jewry. Board directors Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Knowledge Works Foundation, American Constitution Society.
Board trustees Legal Aid Society Greater Cincinnati, Southern African Legal Services Foundation. Member advisory committee Urban Morgan International Human Rights Institute. Member diversity advisory board Toyota Motor Manufacturer N. American, Inc.
Member of Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association (co-chairman committee constitutional rights criminal section 1971-1973, chairman Africa council, chairman judicial clerkship initiative 1999—2000, chairman special advisor council on racial and ethnic justice 1994-1997), Cincinnati Bar Association, National Conference Black Lawyers, Urban League, American Arbitration Association, National Bar Association, Mahoning County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Houston Law Club (Youngstown), Elks, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Married Lillian Graham, March 22,1974. 1 daughter, Stephanie Joyce. Stepchildren: William Hawthorne, Rickey Hawthorne, Marc Hawthorne, Pamela Haley.