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About Lynda F. Jones

About Lynda F. Jones

Lynda F. Jones, Principal of The Jones Law Group, has been practicing law for 18 years in both state and federal courts. She is admitted to practice in Federal District court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. She has held a certification as a consumer bankruptcy specialist for 10 years, and has litigated over 400 contested matters.

Education:

Memphis State University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1989. Received American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy. Shelby County Juvenile Court Clinic Attorney Spring, 1989.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B. S. in Communications, Cum Laude, 1986.

Affiliations / Boards:

• Chair of the Nashville Bar Association General Sessions Court committee in 2007 and 2008
• Member of the Nashville Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Court Committee and Criminal Justice Committee
• Member of the American Bar Association
• Member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense attorneys
• Member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Nashville Bar Journal, a scholarly publication for attorneys in the Nashville area.

Community Contributions:

• Advocate for the Elderly and Disabled—Ms. Jones spearheaded a change in state exemption laws in Tennessee to protect the elderly and disabled. Eventually the Homestead exemption was increased, which prevents hospitals and creditors from taking the homes of the elderly and disabled due to medical bills.
• Advocate for the Economically-Disadvantaged— Ms. Jones has donated her services to a free legal clinic for the community sponsored by the NAACP/ Nashville Bar Association/Legal Aid and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
• Advocate for Women—Lynda donated her lobbying skills on behalf of the Women’s Political Caucus to assist in passing a law protecting victims of domestic abuse from discrimination by insurance companies.
• The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor Roundtable Invited Participant—in 2009, Ms. Jones voiced her support of job training and childcare services for disadvantaged women in the community. Ms. Jones is herself a working mother who understands the need for balancing work and home commitments.

Awards / Ratings:

• Lynda Jones currently holds a BV®rating (High to Very High Legal Ability and Very High General Ethical Standards Ratings) with Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings™.
• 2009 Best of the Bar Award from Nashville Business Journal
• June of 2006  CABLE Awarded Ms. Jones for efforts in promoting other women.

Other attorneys associated with The Jones Law Group PLLC:

Jennifer Lawson of the Lawson Law offices

Ms. Lawson handles a broad range of complex civil litigation including contract disputes, trade secrets litigation, officers’ and directors’ liability issues, copyright infringement, entertainment law matters, business bankruptcy representation and litigation and claims for denial of benefits under personal and ERISA-qualified disability insurance plans. She has extensive experience in litigation in federal and state courts and in alternative dispute resolution. She provides advice regarding corporate governance issues to for-profit and nonprofit boards of directors.

Ms. Lawson is a former member of Lassiter, Tidwell, Davis, Keller & Hogan, PLLC, where she represented clients as diverse as alcohol beverage distributors, hospitality firms, non-profit corporations and internationally renowned entertainers in complex litigation and bankruptcy matters and landowners in condemnation and eminent domain proceedings.

Bankruptcy work on behalf of business creditors

As counsel to a Chapter 11 Trustee, Ms. Lawson represented the interests of a bankruptcy estate and its creditors in the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She has been involved in numerous reorganizations of businesses in real estate investment, construction, private residential services, retail and entertainment. She has represented the interests of creditors and debtors in matters such as preference actions, discharge and dischargeability actions and claims litigation.

Ms. Lawson has numbered among her clients the State of Tennessee, individuals, and multinational corporations in healthcare, entertainment, general commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters. She was a member of a team of attorneys that defended allegations of healthcare fraud and abuse for a major healthcare company and was involved in the defense of shareholder derivative claims brought against the officers and directors of publicly traded companies in the healthcare and retail industries.

As an attorney for the Tennessee Department of Revenue, Ms. Lawson was lead counsel in bankruptcy matters in 26 states and Canada.

Education

Ms. Lawson received a B.A. degree from Carson-Newman College in 1988, where she was an Honors and Dean’s List graduate. She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991, where she was on the Dean’s List and active in the Student Bar Association and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

Professional affiliations

Ms. Lawson is a member of the Tennessee Association for Justice, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association (including the Bankruptcy Practice Committee), Lawyers’ Association for Women and CABLE. She is a founding member of the Tennessee network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and serves as vice-chair of the Tennessee network.

The Jones Law Group also associates a Nashville-area attorney who practices in the areas of commercial litigation, trademark, copyright, entertainment, and internet law. This attorney has more than a decade of experience representing recording artists, songwriters, major and independent record companies, music publishers, book publishers, healthcare companies, and other corporate and individual clients in various matters, including copyright and trademark infringement and ownership disputes, unfair competition, Consumer Protection Act, right of publicity, right to privacy, royalty disputes, and contract actions, among others.

Her broad range of experience includes:

• All facets of civil litigation through appeal in the state and federal courts;
• The prosecution and defense of trademark applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
• Representation of minor performers and those who contract with them under the Tennessee Protection of Minor Performers Act;
• Representation of clients in the publishing industries with respect to potential defamation, copyright, and trademark issues in literary works;
• Negotiation and preparation of trademark, copyright, entertainment, internet, and media contracts and licenses; and
• Representation of clients with respect to domain-name disputes and cybersquatting issues, including claims in federal court under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and through ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

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