Susan Short Jones

Background

Jones, Susan Short was born on January 28, 1953 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Daughter of Stanley James and Margaret Short.

Education

Bachelor, Denison U., Granville, Ohio, 1975; Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University, 1978.

Career

Staff attorney, Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Middle Tennessee, Nashville, 1978-1981; assistant attorney general, Office Attorney General, Nashville, 1981-1983; general counsel, State Board Regents, Nashville, 1983-1987; legal director, Metropolitan Legal Department, Nashville, 1987-1991; partner, Jones & Shockley, Nashville, since 1991.

Achievements

• Susan Short Jones has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Cumberland Museum Board, Nashville, since 1988, WPLN Foundation, 1992-1996. Member United Way of Middle Tennessee, since 1995, Junior Achievement Middle Tennessee, 1993-1996. President Metropolitan Nashville Coalition of 100 Black Women, since 1994.

Member American Bar Association, Lawyers Association for Women, Nashville Bar Association, Napier Looby Bar Association (president 1981-1983), National Institute Municipal Law Officers (state chairfor Tennessee chairman of the section on contracts, franchises and technical), American Arbitration Association.

Interests

• Avocations: running, traveling.

Connections

Married Roland Leonard Jones, June 6, 1987.

Father:

Stanley James Short

Mother:

Margaret Short

Spouse:

Roland Leonard Jones