Southern District Judge Barbara S. Jones (See Profile) is retiring after 17 years on the bench. Jones, 65, a Clinton appointee, will be joining Zuckerman Spaeder on Jan. 14 as a partner specializing in monitorships, internal investigations and compliance work.
Jones, a Temple University School of Law graduate, began her legal career in 1973 working as a special attorney in organized crime and racketeering in the U.S. Justice Department’s Criminal Division, a role that also included the Manhattan strike force against organized crime and racketeering. She became a federal prosecutor in the Southern District in 1977, rising to become chief of the general crimes unit in 1983 and the chief of the organized crime unit from 1984 to 1987. She was first assistant district attorney in New York County from 1987 to 1995.
