Please Call: 520 777 6103

Richard B. Jones
898 W. Calle De Los Higos
Tucson, AZ 85745

Phone:

(520) 777-6103

E-mail:

richard.b.jones@azbar.org   rick@tucsondefense.com

Fax:	(520) 743-9817

Other Sites:  Martindale-Hubbell

Certifications/Specialties: 

Certified Criminal Law Specialist, State Bar of Arizona, 1990

A-V Rated, Criminal Defense, by Martindale-Hubbell

Bar Admissions: 

Arizona, 1983

U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1985

U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1998

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2001

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2002

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2008

Education: 

University of California, Davis School of Law, (J.D. 1983)

University of California, Santa Barbara, (B.A., Economics, 1980)

National Criminal Defense College, Macon, GA, 1987

Representative Cases:

United States v. $493,850 in U.S. Currency, 518 F.3d 1159 (9th Cir. 2008) cert. denied 2009

United States v. Meza-Corrales, 183 F. 3d 1116 (9th Cir. 1999)

United States v. Padilla, 508 U.S. 77, 123 L.Ed. 2d 635 (on brief) (1993)

United States v. Dominguez-Villa, 954 F.2d 562 (9th Cir. 1992)

United States v. Berrera-Moreno, 951 F. 2d 1089 (9th Cir. 1991)

United States v. Korab, 893 F. 2d 212 (9th Cir. 1989)

United States v. Laughing, 855 F. 2d 659 (9th Cir. 1988)

Rodriquez v. Ricketts, 798 F. 2d 1250 (9th Cir. 1986)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1984 - Present (Life Member)

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1986 - Present, Charter Member

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1997 - Present, Member Forfeiture Committee

Arizona Supreme Court, 1995 - 1996  (Appellate Case Processing Committee)

Pima County Bar Association, 1999 - Present

Federal Bar Association, 2002 - Present

The Arizona Justice Project, 2006 - Present

Southwest Super Lawyers - 2007, 2008 & 2009 Selection

2008 & 2009 Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers

The American Trial Lawyers Association (2007 Top 100 Trial Lawyers)

Past Employment Positions:

Maricopa County Public Defender, 1985 - 1987

Federal Public Defender, 1987 - 1989

Cochise County Public Defender, 1989 - 1990

Nash & Jones, P.C., 1990 - 1995

Ralls, Fox and Jones, P.C., 1997 - 2002