David M Jones

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Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed David M. Jones to beginsupervisory immigration court duties and hearing cases in March 2019. He will oversee the Baltimore Immigration Court. Judge Jones received a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor in 1992 the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He also received a Masters of Law in Military Law (criminal) in 2003 from The Judge Advocate General’s School of the U.S. Army. Prior to his appointment, Judge Jonesserved 26 years on active duty as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he spentalmost his entire career litigating and adjudicating criminal cases. Upon his retirement, Judge Jones was serving as an appellate judge on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.Prior to that, he served 11 years as a criminal trial judge, and an additional 11 years in a varietyof prosecution and defense billets. Judge Jones is a member of the Utah State Bar.