December 9, 2021
Washington, D.C. counsel Roscoe Jones, Jr. received the Brooks Burdette “Rising Impact” New Board Member Award by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law because he “has distinguished himself through pro bono efforts on critical policy matters in 2021,” including his work for Kristen Clarke’s nomination to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The award was presented on December 9, 2021.
Roscoe Jones, Jr. is Co-Chair of the firm’s Public Policy Practice Group. He 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, his 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.