Faculty Profile: Douglas Jones

Douglas E. Jones (djones@slblawfirm.com)is a principal in this firm and has been in practice since 1976. Mr. Jones attended Vanderbilt School of Law and graduated from Memphis State University School of Law in 1975. He is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. His practice includes administrative law, government relations, business and commercial litigation including representation of oil companies. He has also served as an Administrative Law Judge for the State of Tennessee. Mr. Jones is active in the Insurors of Tennessee and has been involved in this field for many years. Mr. Jones was the Treasurer for the Nashville Bar Association from1993 to 1994 and served as the Vice Chairman of the Petroleum Marketing Committee of the American Bar Association. One of his areas of practice is business litigation. He has spoken on this area on numerous occasions and authored "Injury to Competitors is Injury to Competition: Predatory Pricing Under State Law" Antitrust Law and Economics Review, Vol. 24, No. 3 (1992-93). He has served as the Chairman of TRICOR, which is Tennessee's Prison Industry Program. Mr. Jones is currently the President of the Battle of Nashville Preservation Society.