Jamie Jones was elected to the Arkansas Bar Foundation Board of Directors at the annual Foundation Membership meeting on June 13, 2018. The Arkansas Bar Foundation is governed by an 18 member Board of Directors composed of Fellows elected by the Foundation Membership from each of three state bar districts. Jamie, a member of the Central Bar District, will serve a three-year term ending in 2021.
The Arkansas Bar Foundation was established in 1958 to support efforts at improving the administration of justice. Over the years, the Foundation has funded special law-related projects to organizations whose projects fall within the guidelines in the Foundation’s goals and objectives. The Foundation has been a major supporter of the statewide Mock Trial Competition; efforts to educate the public about their right to make justice more accessible to more Arkansans; and, continuing education of newly admitted attorneys through the Bridging the Gap seminar.
Jamie is a partner in the Business and Class Action Litigation Practice Group. She focuses primarily on class actions and appellate procedure in the defense of class actions, constitutionality issues in class actions and commercial disputes. Jamie also handles FELA litigation and regulatory litigation for the largest Class One freight railroad in the country and Section 1983 litigation for municipal clients.