Jones Law Office

We, as criminal defense lawyers, are forced to deal with some of the lowest people on earth, people who have no sense of right and wrong, people who will lie in court to get what they want, people who do not care who gets hurt in the process. It is our job - our sworn duty - as criminal defense lawyers, to protect our clients from those people.

 Cynthia Roseberry

Please Call: 520 777 6103

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

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

• Practice limited to drug prosecutions, drug-related forfeitures, money-laundering, and other complex criminal matters.
• State and Federal Courts.
• Trials and Appeals.

Richard B. Jones
898 W. Calle De Los Higos
Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone: (520) 777-6103

Tucson AZ Criminal Defense Lawyer