· By Greg Garrison | ggarrison@al.com. Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama has joined a Washington, D.C., law firm. Arent Fox LLP announced today that Jones will join its Government Relations and ...
Doug Jones in Court In 1997, Jones was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama by fellow Democrat Pres. Bill Clinton. It was in this position that Jones first distinguished himself the following year, when Eric Rudolph bombed a Birmingham abortion clinic, killing one person and seriously injuring another.
As a law student in the late 1970s, Jones would skip lectures to watch Alabama Attorney General William Joseph Baxley II in court as he prosecuted the ringleader of the bombing. In 1977, the...
 · Panelists include Doug Jones, a former Alabama senator who also prosecuted two of the people who bombed the church; Dr. Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of the bombing; Lisa McNair, sister of Denise McNair, one of the four children killed in the bombing; and Charles Morgan III, who is the author’s son. In 2020, following the civil unrest surrounding the deaths of …
On January 29, 2021, Jones joined CNN as a political commentator. He also became a politics fellow at Georgetown University.
Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 21,924 votes (1.63%). Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in the state since 1992.
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61Â years (May 24, 1960)Doug Jones / Age
Jeff SessionsPreceded byLoretta LynchSucceeded byWilliam BarrUnited States Senator from AlabamaIn office January 3, 1997 – February 8, 201733 more rows
In November 2017, multiple women made allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the Republican nominee in a U.S. Senate special election in Alabama scheduled for the following month. He is a former Alabama chief justice, and district attorney.
First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021. He previously chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senate Banking Committee, and the Senate Rules Committee.
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Birmingham, ALRichard Shelby / Place of birthBirmingham is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of 2020, Birmingham had a population of 200,733, making it Alabama's second-most populous city after Huntsville. Wikipedia
Laurie JonesDoug Jones / Spouse (m. 1984)
Doug Jones doesn't speak Spanish.
This should be his to-do list. The 52-year old American Mitch Slape starts his new job as CEO at Massmart's head office in Sandton on Monday.
A dozen of his former Senate colleagues are now advocating for him to become the attorney general of the U.S. President Bill Clinton named Jones the U.S. attorney in Birmingham in 1997.
At least 14 Democratic senators have sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden recommending that he choose former Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) as his attorney general, according to two congressional sources familiar with the letter.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and at least 13 other Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Biden transition team recommending their former colleague. By Amanda Terkel, Ryan J. Reilly, and Kevin Robillard.
In this May 24, 2017, file photo, former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks at Harvard Law School Class Day in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is reportedly currently being considered for the attorney general role in Joe Biden’s administration. Yates became a Democratic star when Trump fired her for refusing to enforce his ban on travelers ...
Yates became a Democratic star when Trump fired her for refusing to enforce his ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who had to rebuild DOJ after controversies during the George W. Bush administration, said Biden understands that he needs to give the attorney general “the space that he or she needs to restore integrity and the independence” of the department.
Garland is seen as a more independent and moderate choice ― although perhaps too moderate on criminal justice issues for some reform advocates. Biden, however, has also been under pressure to not tap a white candidate for the position, and he has been making diversity in his Cabinet a priority.
Douglas M. Jones has been practicing in the Orange County, New York Courts for more than 25 years. His office is conveniently located in Florida, New York. Mr.
Douglas M. Jones received his Bachelor of Science degree at SUNY Binghamton with Honors and his Juris Doctor from PACE University Law School in 1990. Mr. Jones has been litigating civil and criminal cases in Orange County, New York for more than 25 years.