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Practice
Engaged in a specialized practice involving civil rights and constitutional law, employment litigation, and commercial litigation.
Professional Background
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1987; in West Virginia in 1993.
Also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania; the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania;
the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Professional/Civic Activities
Duquesne University, Board of Directors (1997-2001,
2003-Present);
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors (2006-Present);
Alumni Board of
Governors, President
(1997-2001)
ALFA
International, Board of
Directors
St. Vincent's
Seminary, Board of Regents (2009-2011)
Pennsylvania Defense Institute,
President (2002-2003)
(Co-Chair,
Employment and Civil Rights Committee (2007-2008))
(Previously served as Executive Vice President,
Vice President,
Treasurer and Chair of
Education Committee)
Pitt Law School,
Panel Participant, "The State of the Legal Marketplace -
Navigating
Your Way in this Challenging Economy," October 8, 2009,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Leadership Pittsburgh '99-'00
Artists and Cities,
Inc., Former Inaugural Member: Board of Directors
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
(Chair, Law Firm Management
Program 2007;
Vice Chair, Civil Rights and Public Entity Liability Section;
Vice Chair, Meeting Sites Committee; Employment
Practices
and
Workplace
Liability)
Women's Bar Association
of Allegheny County
Allegheny County Bar Association
(Managing Partners' Forum
(2003-2008),
Civil
Litigation Section, Nominating Committee, Women in the Law
Committee,
Gender Equality Task Force, Co-Chair - Diversity Task Force)
Pennsylvania Bar Association (Civil
Litigation Section; Commission on
Women in the Profession;
Board Member, PA BAR-PAC; Membership
Development
Committee)
The Disciplinary Board of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
(2001-2007)
(Chair, Hearing Committee, 2006-2007)
Defense Research
Institute, (Employment Law Committee,
Women in the
Courtroom Committee)
Advisory Committee,
Local Rules of Practice in United
States District Court
for the Western District of
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
County Bar Foundation, Fellow (2001-present)
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation,
Life Fellow (2007-present)
Awards
Women's Bar
Association of Western Pennsylvania "2010 Susan B. Anthony
Award"
Century Club of
Distinguished Alumni (inducted 2008)
Listed in
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2004-2009)
Oakland Catholic
2007 Leading Lady
County
Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania "2004 Friend of County
Government"
"2002 Woman of the
Year," Duquesne University Womens' Law Division
Education
Duquesne University (B.A., 1985, Cum Laude; J.D., 1987) (Chairman, Duquesne
University Appellate Moot Court Board; Member, Order of Barristers).
Up Close And Personal
Marie Milie Jones made history in Pittsburgh when,
in 1998, she became the youngest female managing attorney of a major
law firm in the city's history. Those who know her well are not
surprised by the confidence she has earned from both her colleagues
and clients.
As a lawyer, Marie is a defense trial attorney who represents individuals and companies in
civil rights and employment litigation.
Her work includes counseling and defending employers on a
variety of issues as well as handling trial work before administrative agencies and in federal and
state courts.
Born and raised in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Marie majored in French and minored in math at Duquesne University where she graduated cum laude in 1985. She stayed at Duquesne for her law degree in the Three-Three Early Admission Program. Her affinity for her alma mater continued when Marie served as president of the university's alumni association for six years, and she now sits on the school's board of directors
and serves as its Vice-Chair. Marie joined Meyer Darragh in 1987 and became a partner in 1993.
In
addition to the community activities already noted, Marie
has served as the President of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, served on the board of Artists and Cities, Inc., a non-profit organization devoted to promoting urban art,
and now serves on the Board of Regents for St. Vincent Seminary. She is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel,
the Defense Research Institute, and is active with the
Pennsylvania Bar Association, serving on its Commission on Women
in the Profession Committee and as a Board member of the PABAR-PAC.
Marie served for a number of years as a Hearing Committee member
for the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. Marie is a
graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh, a program devoted to
encouraging leadership in the region. Marie is married to Cameron Jones, the owner of the Northland Ford
and Northland Lincoln-Mercury car dealerships in Butler County. |
