11/24/2008 - Former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones Joins Haskell Slaughter Litigation Team (Press Release)
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FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY DOUG JONES JOINS HASKELL SLAUGHTER LITIGATION TEAM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - November 24, 2008 - Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC is pleased to announce that G. Douglas Jones, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 until 2001, has become a member of the firm. Mr. Jones joins Haskell Slaughter's White-Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations, Securities, Derivative and Class Action Litigation and Governmental Relations teams, where he represents individual, institutional and corporate clients in complex civil and criminal litigation, with particular concentrations in class actions, securities litigation, white-collar criminal defense, False Claims Act and whistleblower litigation, environmental litigation and employment discrimination matters.
Doug Jones has maintained an active civil and criminal trial practice for nearly 30 years, both as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. His private-sector clients have included pension funds and other institutional investors, high-profile corporate officers and political figures, and a variety of business enterprises, among others. As United States Attorney, Mr. Jones personally led the team of prosecutors and investigators in the re-opened case of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Mr. Jones served as lead trial attorney in the successful prosecutions of two former Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of four young girls killed in the bombing. He also coordinated the federal and state task force that led to the indictment of notorious fugitive Eric Robert Rudolph, who ultimately pled guilty to four terrorist bombings and is serving a life sentence.
Since returning to private practice, Mr. Jones has represented individual and corporate defendants and targets in high-profile white-collar litigation in both federal and state courts and has represented both individual plaintiffs and plaintiff classes in complex securities and annuities litigation, as well as in other complex litigation and investigation matters. In addition, he was appointed General Special Master in Tolbert v. Monsanto and Pharmacia Corp., a massive environmental clean-up action involving PCBs in the Anniston, Alabama area.
"Doug Jones is an outstanding addition to our Litigation Practice Group," said Thomas E. Reynolds, Haskell Slaughter's managing partner. "Not only is he an exceptional courtroom lawyer, but his experience inside and outside the government makes him a valued counselor to business clients, institutional investors, and individual clients as well. We're delighted that Doug chose to bring his practice to our team, where he joins over 50 dedicated, client-focused litigators with experience across the United States."
In recognition of his work in the area of civil rights, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute recently awarded Mr. Jones the 15th Anniversary Civil Rights Distinguished Service Award. He served as keynote speaker for the "We the People National Conference" in Washington, D.C. and is a regular presenter across the country at civil rights history workshops, law schools, Inns of Court and Continuing Legal Education seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the International Society of Barristers, the American Association for Justice, Harvard Law School and other associations and institutions. He has been profiled by numerous national publications, and regularly provides legal commentary on local and national media programs such as 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, CNN Headline News and other television and radio programs.
Mr. Jones began his legal career as Staff Counsel to U.S. Senator Howell T. Heflin on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and then served for four years as an Assistant United States Attorney before establishing his private law practice. Active in numerous professional associations, he was recognized in the first annual Alabama Super Lawyers listing in 2008 and is listed in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Also joining Haskell Slaughter's Litigation Practice Group as an associate is Anil A. Mujumdar. A 2000 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Mr. Mujumdar concentrates his practice primarily in the area of white-collar criminal defense, where he has represented clients subject to investigation and prosecution for public corruption, environmental crimes, banking fraud and healthcare fraud. Mr. Mujumdar also has extensive experience in class action, labor and employment, shareholder derivative, and False Claims Act litigation. Active in public interest matters, Mr. Mujumdar serves as president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama and as Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee of the North American South Asian Bar Association, among other activities.
ABOUT HASKELL SLAUGHTER YOUNG & REDIKER, LLC
With offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Atlanta and New York City, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC provides a full range of professional legal services to local, regional and national clients. In its 35th year, the firm provides sophisticated advice and representation to clients in Alabama and across the country through its transactional and litigation practice groups.
For more information on Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, please visit http://www.hsy.com/. To speak with Doug Jones or Anil Mujumdar, please contact Ruwena Healy at 205.655.0783.
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