General Info

Teresa D. Jones joined the firm in 1986, and became a partner in 1991. She was born in Albertville, Alabama. In 1976, she received a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction and High Honors in political science and psychology from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. She was awarded her Juris Doctorate (cum laude) from Cumberland School of Law at Sanford University in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1978. There she was on the Cumberland-Samford Law Review.

She was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1978, and from 1978 until 1985, practiced law in Gadsden, Alabama. There, she served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Gadsden, Alabama. In 1993, she was appointed as Deputy District Attorney for Etowah County, Alabama, where she served 1985, when she moved to Sarasota.

Ms. Jones was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1984. She received her Board Certification in Civil Trial Law in 1994 and has maintained that since. Since 1998, she has been a Certified Circuit and County Court Mediator. She has an AV© rating from Martindale Hubbell. Each year since its inception in 2006, she has been named a “Florida Super Lawyer”. in the Personal Injury, Plaintiff’s General category, a recognition given only to the top 5 % of the lawyers in the state.

Ms. Jones has served in various capacities in the Sarasota County Bar, including being a member of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee of the Florida Bar, and serving as Chair of that Committee. She has served as director, appellate liaison, nominating committee member, judicial evaluation committee, awards committee chair, has been active in law week and has been a member of the annual picnic committee. She has been active in FAWL, serving as a director. She is a charter member of the Sarasota ABOTA chapter. She is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. She has presented seminars locally and through the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and ABOTA.

She handles cases involving Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Insurance Claims, Premises Liability, Real Property Disputes, and General Litigation, and Appeals.

Ms. Jones is admitted to practice in state courts in Alabama and Florida, the Middle District of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

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