Joshua A. Jones
Joshua A. Jones (b. 1977 in Gadsden, AL) is an attorney with Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz.
He earned his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama where he was honored with a Dean of Fine Arts Scholarship and a music scholarship in saxophone. He graduated cum laude and as the Senior Elite in music education and went on to earn both a Juris Doctor and Master of Education Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.
During law school, Mr. Jones was a Diversity Scholar and a Public Interest Coalition Fellow for summer work in education law. He was a teaching assistant at Pierce Law for the first year legal writing program and moot court as well as 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 on the FPLC moot court advisory board, and served as a director of the FPLC Bookstore.
Before moving to Florida, Mr. Jones worked as a hearing officer and mediator for the New Hampshire Department of Education. He has since served as an advocate for children with disabilities with the Family Network on Disabilities of Florida. In addition to his legal work with AWKO, he currently is an adjunct professor at Pensacola Junior College and Virginia College where he has taught family law, real estate law, constitutional law, criminal justice administration, probation and parole, crime scene investigation, and legal research. He has spoken on panels for the ACLU and at the University of West Florida and the University of Montevallo on topics such as search and seizure, copyright for music educators, diversity in educational settings, and special education. In 2005, his work as an educator earned him the honor of induction to the National Honor Roll of Outstanding American Teachers.
Mr. Jones currently practices in the area of products liability with particular emphasis on pharmacuetical litigation. Other practice areas include representation of plaintiffs in the subject matters of telecommunications, insurance, personal injury, employment discrimination, student rights, and special education. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Escambia Santa Rosa Bar Association (ESRBA), American Association of Justice, and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the ESRBA Community Service Committe, the ESRBA Young Lawyers Board, and is the chair of the ESRBA American Citizenship Committe. Mr. Jones volunteers with the Florida Bar's Justice Teaching program. He often provides pro bono representation to the non-profit Gulf Coast TIDE and the ACLU.
