Jones is an antitrust litigator and she's downright passionate about it.
"It's like cops and robbers meets advanced economics," she said. "They have to build the cartel, which they don't want discovered, and there's calendars and emails you have to piece together."
Jones represents small businesses and individuals that have become victims of corporations that collude to fix prices and engage in other anticompetitive practices.
"I've always had a calling to be an advocate for others," she said. "I see the law as a vehicle for justice. The law helps my clients get back what was theirs. I help balance the playing field."
And those playing fields are huge. Jones was co-lead counsel in a nationwide class action against banks, insurance companies and brokers alleging widespread price-fixing and bid-rigging in the municipal derivatives industry. In re: Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1950 (S.D. N.Y. July 8, 2016). After eight years, a 2016 settlement netted $223 million.
"What we allege is the banks got together and said, 'You get Miami and I get Kansas City,' and they fixed the terms lower than what a competitive market would yield," Jones said. "We felt our suit was a huge boon to municipalities who didn't have to pursue these cases themselves."
Jones is running the day-to-day case management of In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2:13-CV-20000-RDP (N.D. Ala., filed July 1, 2013). The original 310-page complaint alleged that the 38 Blue Cross Blue Shields, along with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, agreed not to compete with one another.
Outside of the office, Jones founded the Women's Antitrust Plaintiffs' Attorneys conference, during which attendees swap best practices in litigation, leadership issues such as how to make partner, and how to achieve work-life balance.
— James Getz
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