Jones, Jeffrey J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jeff Jones has represented clients in class actions, multijurisdictional matters, and complex litigation in over 30 states throughout the country. He has served as national or regional coordinating counsel involving products claims, dealer litigation, securities claims, and commercial disputes filed against many of Jones Day's clients, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Reynolds), Overhead Door Corporation (Overhead Door), and General Motors Corporation (GM), among others.

Jeff has represented Reynolds in complex products litigation filed by individual plaintiffs, third-party payers, and governmental entities, including Ironworkers, et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:97CV 1422, a class action in which plaintiffs sought over $2 billion, which culminated in a defense verdict after a lengthy jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Jeff was lead trial counsel in Andy Buick, et al., v. GM, et al., a case in which the plaintiffs sought $13 million in compensatory damages and $320 million in punitive damages. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of GM.

Jeff has represented clients of the Firm in multiple class actions, including Lowe's, Reynolds, Toyota, and GM. He has tried cases to courts, juries, arbitration panels, administrative law judges, and administrative boards in different jurisdictions and forums throughout the country and handled appellate proceedings through every level of state and federal courts. Jeff also served as one of the lead trial lawyers for Overhead Door in a multidistrict litigation proceeding for nearly two years before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, involving approximately 90 lawsuits nationwide.

Jeff has represented many other manufacturers in complex litigation arising out of wrongful death claims, explosions, construction claims, accidents, building fires, contract disputes, securities fraud, and commercial litigation, including, among others, Scott Fetzer Company, Xerox Corporation, Nissan Motor Company, Bosch Corporation, and SCM Corporation. He has taken or defended hundreds of depositions of experts or other witnesses working in the fields of accounting, marketing, statistics, disease causation, medical sciences, cigarette design, epidemiology, toxicology, fire modeling, fire origin, accident reconstruction, automotive design, warnings, mechanical engineering, biomechanics, air bags, and human factors.

He also has substantial litigation experience defending clients against products claims, dealership disputes, commercial litigation, contract disputes, antitrust claims, RICO allegations, and deceptive trade practice claims.

Jeff is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and was a member of the American Inns of Court, where he made written and oral presentations on trial issues, including the preservation of evidence, excluding expert witnesses, and ethical considerations. He has also prepared CLE materials and articles on different litigation topics, including on "Proving Causation in Toxic Tort Litigation" and "Defending Punitive Damage Claims."

Areas of Practice

• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Trial Practice
• Franchising & Distribution
• Automotive

Representative Cases

• Chemical Bank defends against litigation alleging conspiracy, fraud, conversion, and violations of RICO
• Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings , (2009)
• Dell obtains dismissal of securities litigation , (2009)
• General Motors obtains dismissal of all claims in dealership lawsuit
• General Motors obtains jury verdict in case brought by Andy Buick , (2009)
• GM obtains dismissal of case by dealer alleging coercive acts and bad faith
• GM obtains favorable judgment in lawsuit filed by a dealer seeking to enjoin the termination of business operations
• GM obtains favorable judgment overruling plaintiff's efforts to enjoin new dealership operations
• GM prevails in 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in lawsuit brought by former dealer
• GM successfully defeats RICO claims brought by dealer in 4th Circuit Court of Appeals , (2009)
• GM wins 6th Circuit ruling that dealer action under ADDCA and federal antitrust laws failed to establish standing
• GM, Lowe's and Home Depot obtain settlements in separate class actions
• R.J. Reynolds obtains defense verdict in RICO jury trial
• R.J. Reynolds obtains dismissal in class action in Michigan
• R.J. Reynolds prevails in Sixth Circuit appeal of dismissal of product liability claims , (2009)
• R.J. Reynolds wins dismissal of class action filed by trustees
• Saturn Distribution obtains dismissal of appeal and multiple requests for temporary restraining order
• Time Warner resolves securities litigation involving AOL’s revenues
• Toyota settles putative class action claims
• W.W. Williams Company settles antitrust action alleging price-fixing and illegal boycotts

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Capital Markets, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Foreign Investment, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Private Placements, Products Liability Law, Public Offerings, Recreational Products, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Harvard University
• U of Kentucky

Published Works

• Automotive Alert: Recall Letter and Correspondence Do Not Save Design Defect Claims Against Ford From Statute of Limitations, 2010
• Automotive Alert: Federal Court Rejects Offer of "Next" Dealership Claims, 2010
• Automotive Alert: Appellate Court Rejects Oral Dealership Claim, 2010
• New "Dualing" Amendments to Dealer-Protection Laws Pass Legislatures, LJN Franchising Business & Law Alert, 2009
• The Best Defense In a Securities Case May Be a Good Offense: Going On The Attack, Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement News, 2009
• Defending A Whistleblower Claim Under Sarbanes-Oxley: The Employee's Burden, Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement News, 2009

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3950 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com