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'''Joshua A. Jones''' , born 1977 in Gadsden, Alabama, is an attorney located in [[Pensacola, Florida]] specializing in education law, family law, and business law. He currently owns and operates [[Joshua Jones Law| Joshua Aaron Jones, PLLCAttorney at law]], PLLC.

After five years representing parents Jones grew up in rural northeast Alabama and students graduated third in school matters his class with an advanced diploma from Douglas High School. He attended the University of Montevallo and litigating mass tortearned a Bachelor in Music Education, personal injurycum laude, insurancehaving received an academic scholarship, employmentas well as a music scholarship, and business cases at Pensacolahe was honored as the Senior Elite in Music Education. At UM, Florida law firm, [[Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz]], Mrhe studied saxophone and oboe with Dr. Jones Lori Ardovino and was selected as the Downey Brand Fellow 1999-2000 male College Night Leader for Public Service and Leadership at the Purple Side. Seeking to contribute to positive change in education, he attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge New Hampshire School of Law in Sacramento(formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) where he earned both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Education Law. At the time, CaliforniaU.S.  While working at McGeorge, he worked News and World Reports ranked FPLC first in the Education Pipeline Initiativenation for the study of intellectual property law, running a mentor program between law students and children from grades 4-12, the school maintains high rankings for that field and he taught Street Law at Sacramento Charter High Schoolothers. At McGeorge In addition to amassing a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding school law, Mr. Jones earned a Master took full advantage of Laws the intellectual property (IP) courses and seminars at FPLC, including numerous IP related international trade courses, and he is well versed in Government the practice of trademarks and Public Policy with an emphasis in education lawcopyrights. While at FPLC, one of only seventeen lawyers in he served as a teaching assistant for the country first year legal writing and research program and later for Administrative Process: Education & Government. He also served as a research assistant to hold the degreeProfessor Sarah Redfield, an internationally renowned expert on school law and policy.

==Career== Following law school, Jones served as a Hearings Officer at the New Hampshire Department of Education, and upon relocating to Florida, was a parent/student advocate with the Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, serving as the North West Regional Coordinator. In 2004, he joined the law firm of [[Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz]], PLLC, and after five years representing parents and students in school matters and litigating mass tort, personal injury, insurance, employment, and business cases, he was selected as the Downey Brand Fellow for Public Service and Leadership at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. While attending McGeorge, he worked in the Education Pipeline Initiative, running a mentor program between law students and children from grades 4-12, and he taught Street Law at Sacramento Charter High School. At McGeorge, Mr. Jones earned a Master of Laws in Government and Public Policy, with honors, one of only seventeen lawyers in the country to hold the degree with a specific emphasis on education policy. Jones handles a variety of cases, including student rights, such as special education, anti-bullying, and student discipline, business formations and management, non-profit formation and management, trademark and copyright services, adoption, and family law issues.  However, he is equipped to handle all of your including unique family law planning strategies for gay and business law needslesbian couples.  MrMr. Jones has extraordinary litigation and negotiation skills, but he also employs '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.