Bio
Mr. Jones joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP in 1990 and is a Partner with the firm. He received a BA degree from Binghamton University with Honors in 1987 and received his JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, cum laude, in 1990. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and former Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He is experienced in handling civil trials and appeals in a wide range of litigation, including real property litigation, personal injury, contract disputes, products liability, and estate litigation. Currently, he limits his practice to civil litigation in the areas of oil & gas, serious personal injury (motor vehicle, construction site accident, wrongful death and products liability), estate litigation, contract disputes, and theft of cable & satellite TV.
Mr. Jones has received a “BV Distinguished” very high rating from Martindale-Hubbell in both legal ability and ethical standards and has been named as a New York Upstate Super Lawyer since 2012. National Trial Lawyers named him to their Top 100 Civil Plaintiff’s Lawyers of 2017 and 2019.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Broome County and New York State Bar Associations. He is an active member of the New York State Trial Lawyers and American Association for Justice. He is licensed to practice in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, and all federal courts in New York and the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has lectured at legal education seminars for NYSTLA and the Broome County Bar Association. He is an active member of St. Michael’s Orthodox Church of Binghamton.
Practice Areas:
- Litigation
Education
- State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York
- J.D. - 1990
- Honors: cum laude
- Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York
- B.A. - 1987
- Honors: With Honors
Bar Admission
- New York, 1991
- Pennsylvania, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1991
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2013
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
Professional Associations
- Pennslyvania Bar Association, Member, 10/2007
- American Association for Justice, Member, 01/1993 to Present
- New York State Bar Association, Member, 01/1991 to Present
- Broome County Bar Association (Member, 1993 - Present); Judicial Screening Committee (2014 - Present)
- New York State Trial Lawyers, Present