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{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =Joshua A. Jones| image_name =| image_size =180px| image_caption =| date_of_birth =[[1977]]| place_of_birth =Gadsden, Alabama| date_of_death =| place_of_death =| occupation =Attorney| religion = | spouse =| parents = | children = }}'''Joshua A. Jones''' (b. , born 1977 in Gadsden, AL) Alabama, is an attorney with located in [[AylstockPensacola, WitkinFlorida]] specializing in education law, family law, and business law. He currently owns and operates [[Joshua Jones Law| Joshua Aaron Jones, Kreis & OverholtzAttorney at law]], PLLC.

During Jones grew up in rural northeast Alabama and graduated third in his class with an advanced diploma from Douglas High School. He attended the University of Montevallo and earned a Bachelor in Music Education, cum laude, having received an academic scholarship, as well as a music scholarship, and he was honored as the Senior Elite in Music Education. At UM, he studied saxophone and oboe with Dr. Lori Ardovino and was the 1999-2000 male College Night Leader for the Purple Side. Seeking to contribute to positive change in education, he attended the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) where he earned both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Education Law. At the time, U.S. News and World Reports ranked FPLC first in the nation for the study of intellectual property law , and the school maintains high rankings for that field and others. In addition to amassing a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding schoollaw, Mr. Jones was a Diversity Scholar took full advantage of the intellectual property (IP) courses and seminars at FPLC, including numerous IP related international trade courses, and a Public Interest Coalition Fellow for summer work he is well versed in education lawthe practice of trademarks and copyrights. He was While at FPLC, he served as a teaching assistant at Pierce Law for the first year legal writing and research program and moot court as well as later for Administrative Process: Education & Government. He also served as a research assistant to Professor Sarah Redfield, Director of the Education Law Institute and clerked for the New Hampshire Department of Education Office of Legislation and Hearings. Mr. Jones participated in the Eric Neisser National Education Law Moot Court Competition, was an internationally renowned expert on the FPLC moot court advisory board, school law and served as a director of the FPLC Bookstorepolicy.

Before moving to Florida==Career== Following law school, Mr. Jones worked served as a hearing officer and mediator for Hearings Officer at the New Hampshire Department of Education. He has since served as an , and upon relocating to Florida, was a parent/student advocate for children with disabilities with the Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, serving as the North West Regional Coordinator. In addition to his legal work with AWKO2004, he currently is an adjunct professor at joined the law firm of [[Pensacola Junior CollegeAylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz]] , PLLC, and after five years representing parents and students in school matters and [[Virginia College]] where he has taught family lawlitigating mass tort, personal injury, real estate lawinsurance, constitutional lawemployment, criminal justice administrationand business cases, probation he was selected as the Downey Brand Fellow for Public Service and paroleLeadership at the University of the Pacific, crime scene investigationMcGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, and legal researchCalifornia. He has spoken on panels for While attending McGeorge, he worked in the ACLU Education Pipeline Initiative, running a mentor program between law students and children from grades 4-12, and he taught Street Law at the [[University Sacramento Charter High School. At McGeorge, Mr. Jones earned a Master of West Florida]] Laws in Government and Public Policy, with honors, one of only seventeen lawyers in the country to hold the University degree with a specific emphasis on education policy. Jones handles a variety of Montevallo on topics cases, including student rights, such as search special education, anti-bullying, and student discipline, business formations and seizuremanagement, non-profit formation and management, trademark and copyright services, adoption, and family law issues, including unique family planning strategies for gay and lesbian couples. Mr. Jones's practice philosophy focuses on proactive lawyering techniques to anticipate and solve problems, before they arise, through practical policy and contract development, but he is also a respected and sought after litigator in the Northwest Florida region. Joshua Jones is licensed to practice law in both Florida and California. ==Personal== Jones is credited in the Internet Movie Database website (iMDB.com) as the writer and story advisor for music educatorsthe documentary ''What's the T?'', a Scary Cow project produced by Cecilio Asuncion, diversity which premiers in educational settings2013. He was also the legal advisor for the film. In other writing endeavors, Jones has published fictional short stories and is a regular contributor to TheLawInsider.com. Jones is married in a civil union with advertising executive and special educationweb developer, Wes Shoemaker. In 2005 ==Publications==* Joshua Jones, his work as an educator earned him  [http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wjlgs/issues/fall_2010/jones.pdf ''Section 504 of the honor Rehabilitation Act of induction to 1973: A Double-Edged Sword for the National Honor Roll Protection of Outstanding American TeachersStudents with Gender Identity Disorder''], 25:2 Wisc. J. of Law Gender & Soc. 353 (2010). ==External links==*[http://www.joshuajoneslaw.com Official site] of Joshua Jones Law, PLLC