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Roscoe Jones Jr.

Roscoe
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rjones@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 202.887.3530

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Washington, D.C.

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PRACTICE

Public Policy Congressional Investigations Crisis Management Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Roscoe Jones, Jr. is a partner in the Washington, DC office and co-chair of the firm’s Public Policy Group.  He is also a core member of the firm’s Congressional Investigations practice group.  Recognized in 2022 as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Mr. Jones has extensive experience representing companies, nonprofits, and individuals in legislative and policy matters before the U.S. Congress and Executive Branch.

Mr. Jones has almost a decade of Capitol Hill experience advising three U.S. Senators and a member of Congress and political experience in the executive branch.  Drawing upon that experience, Mr. Jones’s practice focuses on promoting and protecting clients’ interests before the U.S. Congress and the Administration, including providing a range of public policy services to clients such as strategic counseling, advocacy, coalition building, political intelligence gathering, substantive policy expertise, legislative drafting, and message development.  He also advises on congressional investigations, internal corporate investigations, and other government investigations, as well as helping clients respond to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Jones served for almost a decade in senior-level roles on Capitol Hill, most recently as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger, as Legislative Director to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, as Senior Counsel to U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker, and as Counsel, and later Senior Counsel, on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for then-Chairman Patrick Leahy.

During his Capitol Hill tenure, Mr. Jones advised on the confirmations of three Supreme Court Justices and three Attorneys General along with dozens of nominations to federal courts and the Department of Justice, assisted with oversight and investigations of the Department of Justice and White House, and advised on several bills that were enacted into law, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, which led to the passage of the First Step Act.

Mr. Jones served in several roles at the U.S. Department of Justice.  He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Washington’s Criminal Division, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, and an attorney in the Appellate Section of the DOJ Civil Rights Division.  He served as Special Counsel to then-Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez, where he helped oversee the Civil Rights Division’s legislative initiatives and directed the Division’s response to congressional investigations.

Mr. Jones graduated with high honors from Stanford University, and received a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Policy & Law and co-founder of the Law School’s Center for Race & Law.  Mr. Jones clerked for Judge Carl E. Stewart on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.  Early in his career, he served as the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Appellate Advocacy Fellow at the Public Justice Center.  He has been published in the Harvard Law & Policy Review where he co-authored an article on police reform with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).

Select Honors

Mr. Jones has been named to the 2022 Lawdragon 500 leading lawyers in America and has twice been named to the National Black Lawyers “Top 100” list for 2021 and 2022. He has been a member of teams that received the firm’s 2021 Frank Wheat Team Pro Bono Award for demonstrated leadership in their pro bono work.  In addition, Mr. Jones received the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights 2021 Brooks R. Burdette “Rising Impact” New Board Member Award for “displaying innovative leadership and service in the cause of equal justice under law” for his leadership in shepherding Kristen Clarke’s historic nomination for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and helping to advance the landmark George Floyd Justice in Policing Act through Congress.

Previously, in 2018, he was honored by the UVA Lawyer magazine as a “standard-bearer,” one of the Law School’s outstanding Black alumni who have made their mark.  In 2017, he was named as a Stennis Fellow on Capitol Hill, a bipartisan leadership development program for select senior-level congressional staff to explore ways to improve the effectiveness of congressional staff.  In 2016, Mr. Jones was honored as a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School, which recognizes exemplary lawyers who have distinguished themselves in public interest work.

Academic Appointments

As an adjunct professor, Mr. Jones teaches policy-oriented seminars at the University of Chicago and Yale Law Schools and previously taught at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, University of Michigan Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University Law School, University of Washington Law School, and the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.

Community and Firm Service

Mr. Jones is active in his community.  He is the Secretary and an Executive Committee member of the national boards of the American Constitution Society and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.  He also serves as a national board member of the following organizations:  President Lincoln’s Cottage, The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, Stanford Athletic Board; and Stanford National Black Alumni Association.

He serves on the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Advisory Council, Aspen Institute’s Society of Fellows, the University of Virginia Law School’s Black Law Alumni Engagement and Reunion Planning Committee and the Stanford University alumni volunteer interview program.

He is a member of the firm’s Global Diversity and Political Action Committees.

Mr. Jones is a member of the bars of the State of Maryland and District of Columbia and admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits.

Recent Representation Highlights Include:

Public Policy

  • Counsel for a multi-national energy company in conducting White House and Capitol Hill outreach;
  • Counsel for a confidential multi-national company monitoring tax-related provisions in Congress;
  • Counsel for an investment company monitoring Russian sanctions legislation;
  • Counsel for a major tech company in drafting model biometrics legislation;
  • Advised company on strategic government funding opportunities related to clean energy;
  • Advised companies on Congressional actions related to federal tax legislation;
  • Advised companies on Congressional actions related to the landmark infrastructure legislation;
  • Counsel for a software service company seeking to create and run a coalition for legislative advocacy;
  • Counsel for victims of the 1998 terrorist bombings of two American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania who prevailed in Congress passing legislation to finalize the historic bilateral agreement between the US and Sudan providing justice to families of those injured and killed in the attacks;
  • Counsel for manufacturer seeking appropriations funding from Senate and House Appropriations Committees with respect to specialty first-responder vehicle funding;
  • Counsel for major hospital seeking appropriations funding from House and Senate Appropriations Committees with respect to hospital infrastructure funding; and
  • Provide strategic counsel to dozens of high-level company executives on congressional and Executive Branch responses to COVID-19 and companies’ eligibility for COVID-19 relief. Team won the Frank Wheat Pro Bono Award.

Congressional Investigations

  • Counsel for a leading provider of community-based health services company in responding to a congressional inquiry from the Senate;
  • Counsel for a leading single price point retailer in an investigation by the Senate HELP Committee;
  • Counsel for a leading provider of community-based health services company in a crisis management representation;
  • Counsel for a confidential company in an investigation by the Senate HELP Committee;
  • Counsel for major meat packer under investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee;
  • Counsel for individual appearing before the House Judiciary Committee on judicial misconduct;
  • Counsel for social media company in an investigation and congressional hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on extremism and misinformation;
  • Counsel for company under investigation by House Financial Services Committee;
  • Counsel for social media platform with respect to Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on alleged bias and Communications Decency Act, Section 230 protections;
  • Counsel for health care corporation in congressional investigation into billing practices; and
  • Counsel for Fortune 500 company in congressional investigation into its marketing practices.

Internal Investigations

  • Represent special litigation committee of the board of a Fortune 500 company in an investigation of shareholder derivative claims regarding board oversight of company compliance program; and
  • Representation of a client in connection with a FCPA due diligence review.

Pro Bono Representations

Mr. Jones maintains an active pro bono docket:

  • Counsel for a national civil rights organization in conducting advocacy before Congress on gun control legislation;
  • Counsel for a national civil rights organization executive testifying before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 1: Qualified Immunity”;
  • Counsel for an individual testifying before the House Judiciary Courts Subcommittee in a high-profile hearing on workplace protections for federal judiciary employees;
  • Counsel for Afghanistan refugees seeking outreach with and political intelligence from the House and Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees;
  • Counsel for a prominent national bar association in support of its programming on reforming police practices;
  • Counsel for a national civil rights organization supporting a high-profile Biden Justice Department nominee successfully through the Senate confirmation process;
  • Counsel for national civil rights nonprofit in advocating for passage of comprehensive police reform legislation in the US Senate;
  • Counsel for a national law enforcement association in drafting a comprehensive, landmark report on police reform policy solutions;
  • Counsel for a major bar association conducting a police reform convening with Members of Congress;
  • Counsel for a top tier law school drafting a criminal justice reform model legislation;
  • Advised civil rights nonprofit on Congressional efforts to pass COVID-19 legal aid relief funding;
  • Counsel for an ICE detainee in a federal facility during the COVID-19 crisis advocating for federal and state lawmakers to respond. Detainee was moved from the facility and team received the Frank Wheat Award;
  • Counsel for immigration reform organizations seeking a model draft legislation under Colorado state law to alter medical licensing requirements for refugees;
  • Counsel for an individual seeking deportation relief from the Administration with assistance from Members of Congress;
  • Prepared an individual to testify at a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet; and
  • Counsel for civil rights nonprofit seeking to draft federal civil rights legislation.

Recent Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, “Welcome Dinner,” American Constitution Society National Convention, June 2022
  • Speaker, “Crafting Federal Police Policies,” American Bar Association Legal Education Police Practices Consortium Fellowship Program, May 2022
  • Panelist, “Getting Into Good Trouble: Law, Politics, and Activism,” Stanford Black Alumni Summit, April 2022
  • Panelist, “How to Succeed as a Summer Associate,” American Constitution Society, March 2022
  • Speaker, “Black History Month: Supreme Court Confirmation Process,” for a global financial services leader, February 2022
  • Panelist, “Black Excellence in Law,” The Fresh Air Fund, February 2022
  • Moderator, “Electric Review of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” Energy Bar Association, February 2022
  • Panelist, “Spring Semester Kickoff Alumni Panel,” University of Virginia Law School, January 2022
  • Panelist, “DC’s Impact on Technology Panel,” Raymond James, December 2021
  • Speaker, “Separation of Powers: How It Affects Congress,” John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership, October 2021
  • Moderator, “A Seat at the Table: Engaging Stakeholders to Advance Policing Reform,” American Bar Association Legal Education Police Practices Consortium, October 2021
  • Speaker, “UVa Law Review Faculty Luncheon to welcome new Law Review members,” University of Virginia Law School, August 2021
  • Speaker, “Boardroom to the Classroom: A Conversation with Roscoe Jones, Jr.” American Constitution Society, July 2021
  • Speaker, “Juneteenth Commemoration,” for a leading tech company, June 2021
  • Moderator, “What’s At Stake: Voter Suppression,” Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute, June 2021
  • Moderator, “Government Practice Group,” American Constitution Society, June 2021
  • Panelist, “Practice Group Series: Congressional Investigations,” Gibson Dunn internal webcast, June 2021
  • Panelist, “General Counsel Briefing on Biden Administration Trade Policy,” Gibson Dunn webcast, June 2021
  • Panelist, “Diversity Panel,” Gibson Dunn New Lawyers Academy, May 2021
  • Speaker, “Federal Legislative Landscape,” Bay Area Council, Housing Committee, April 2021
  • Panelist, “Virtual Washington, DC week,” Bay Area Council, April 2021
  • Speaker, “ACS Student Convention,” American Constitution Society, March 2021
  • Panelist, “Leveraging Your Network,” Stanford National Black Alumni Association Office Hours, March 2021
  • Panelist, “COVID-19 Relief for Restaurants and Food Service Businesses,” Gibson Dunn webcast, March 2021
  • Panelist, “Leverage Your Network,“ Stanford National Black Alumni Association, February 2021
  • Panelist, “White Noise: Movie Screening and Panel on the Rise of White Nationalism,” Georgetown University Law Center’s American Constitution Society chapter, February 2021
  • Panelist, “Racial Equity in Education Policy,” Missouri and Kansas Education Policy Fellowship Program, Institute for Educational Leadership, February 2021
  • Moderator, “Diverse Perspectives in the Law” speaker series at Gibson Dunn, January 2021
  • Panelist, “Police Reform Priorities for the 117th Congress,” Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Capitol Hill Staff Briefing, December 2020
  • Panelist, “Congressional Investigations and Oversight Post-Election,” Gibson Dunn webcast, December 2020
  • Panelist, “What’s Next?: The Legislative and Policy Landscape After the 2020 Election,” Gibson Dunn webcast, December 2020
  • Speaker, “Federal Government Lawyering,” Columbia University Law School, November 2020
  • Panelist, “Trends in Government Investigations into Foreign Influence in the Private Sector: A Discussion of FARA and Related Provisions,” Gibson Dunn Webcast, October 2020
  • Speaker, “Public Service,” New York University Law School, The Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, October 2020
  • Speaker, “Law and Public Service Program,” University of Virginia Law School, October 2020
  • Speaker, “Proposed Police Accountability Board,” City of Geneva City Council, September 2020
  • Panelist, “Heightened Risks of Parallel Investigations,” American Bar Association National Conference, August 2020
  • Panelist, “Racial Inequality, Police Reform, and Allyship,” Asian American Bar Association of Greater DC and Asian Pacific American Bar Association, June 2020
  • Speaker, “Juneteenth 2020 Commemoration,” Lincoln Heritage Museum, June 2020
  • Panelist, “Federal Government Response to COVID-19: Emergency Federal Measures,” Gibson Dunn webcast, March 2020
  • Panelist, “View from the Hill,” Washington University at Brookings, Executive Education Conference, February 2020

EDUCATION

University of Virginia - 2003 Juris Doctor

Stanford University - 2000 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

Maryland Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - May 5, 2022 | CFPB Invokes Dormant Dodd-Frank Authority to Regulate Nonbank Financial Companies
Client Alert - March 10, 2022 | The Biden Administration’s Digital Assets Executive Order and Its Implications
Firm News - February 23, 2022 | Lawdragon Names 15 Partners Among its 2022 500 Leading Lawyers in America and Hall of Fame Honorees
Client Alert - January 27, 2022 | Update on Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: Groundbreaking New York Fashion Sustainability Legislation Proposal, While EU Initiative Stalls
Firm News - December 13, 2021 | Roscoe Jones, Jr. Named to The National Black Lawyers Top 100 Black Lawyers
Firm News - December 9, 2021 | Roscoe Jones, Jr. Receives Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Award
Client Alert - November 18, 2021 | Infrastructure Bill’s New Reporting Requirements May Have Sweeping Implications for Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
Press Releases - November 4, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Promotes 27 Lawyers to Partnership
Client Alert - October 13, 2021 | U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Proposes Substantial Extension and Expansion of Clean Energy Tax Incentives
Client Alert - September 10, 2021 | The Power to Investigate: Table of Authorities of House and Senate Committees for the 117th Congress
Client Alert - June 15, 2021 | Bipartisan Group of Senators Strikes Infrastructure Deal, But Challenges For Senate Passage Remain
Client Alert - May 29, 2021 | Biden Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, Together With a “Greenbook” Providing Detailed Descriptions of Proposed Changes to Federal Tax Law and Accompanying Revenue Estimates
Client Alert - March 22, 2021 | Senator Klobuchar Proposes Major Antitrust Bill
Webcasts - February 23, 2021 | Webcast: Challenges in Compliance and Corporate Governance
Client Alert - February 16, 2021 | The Biden Administration: New Priorities in the Banking, Fintech and Derivatives Sectors
Client Alert - January 29, 2021 | Congressional Investigations in the 117th Congress: Choppy Waters Ahead for the Private Sector?
Client Alert - January 28, 2021 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2021
Webcasts - January 22, 2021 | Webcast: New Congress and New Administration: A Different Legislative and Policy Landscape for Companies
Client Alert - January 19, 2021 | 2020 Year-End Update on Corporate Non-Prosecution Agreements and Deferred Prosecution Agreements
Client Alert - January 14, 2021 | Small Business Administration Publishes Interim Final Rules for First Draw and Second Draw PPP Loans
Article - January 8, 2021 | Financial Policy in the Incoming Biden Administration: What Can We Expect?
Client Alert - December 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Relief Package Passed by Congress Would Revive Paycheck Protection Program and Provide Additional Relief to Eligible Businesses
Webcasts - December 8, 2020 | Webcast: Congressional Investigations and Oversight Post-Election
Webcasts - December 2, 2020 | Webcast: What’s Next? The Legislative and Policy Landscape After the 2020 Election
Webcasts - October 16, 2020 | Webcast: Trends in Government Investigations into Foreign Influence in the Private Sector: A discussion of FARA and related provisions
Client Alert - June 9, 2020 | Federal Reserve Modifies Main Street Lending Programs to Expand Eligibility and Attractiveness
Client Alert - June 8, 2020 | President Signs Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
Client Alert - June 1, 2020 | Federal Reserve Releases Application Materials and Guidance for the Main Street Lending Programs
Client Alert - May 18, 2020 | Small Business Administration Publishes Loan Forgiveness Application
Client Alert - May 1, 2020 | Federal Reserve Announces Revisions To And Expansion Of The Main Street Lending Programs
Client Alert - April 29, 2020 | Small Business Administration Publishes Additional Interim Final Rules and New Guidance Related to PPP Loan Eligibility and Accessibility
Client Alert - April 24, 2020 | The Multipronged Approach to Government Oversight and Investigations Related to COVID-19 and the CARES Act
Client Alert - April 9, 2020 | Treasury and Fed Release High-Level Terms of Main Street and Paycheck Protection Lending Facilities
Client Alert - April 9, 2020 | Analysis of Small Business Administration Memorandum on Affiliation Rules and FAQs on Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 4, 2020 | Small Business Administration Issues Interim Final Rule on Affiliation, Summary of Affiliation Tests, Lender Application Form and Agreement, and FAQs for Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 3, 2020 | Small Business Administration Issues Interim Final Rule and Final Application Form for Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 1, 2020 | Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury Publish Paycheck Protection Program Loan Application Form and Instructions to Help Businesses Keep Workforce Employed
Client Alert - March 31, 2020 | The CARES Act Decoded:  A Primer for Real Estate Stakeholders & What to Focus on Next
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | SBA “Paycheck Protection” Loan Program under the CARES Act
Client Alert - March 26, 2020 | Senate Advances the CARES Act, the Largest Stimulus Package in History, to Stabilize the Economic Sector During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Client Alert - March 20, 2020 | Senate Majority Leader Introduces Emergency Stimulus Bill
Client Alert - March 18, 2020 | Emergency Federal Measures to Combat Coronavirus
Client Alert - January 27, 2020 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2020
Press Releases - December 17, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Adds Roscoe Jones, Jr. to Public Policy Practice Group in D.C.
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