Shawn K. Jones joined
Wilson Barrows Salyer Jones in 2007 and has been a partner since 2011.
Mr. Jones began his legal career as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Will County, Illinois, where he investigated and tried numerous misdemeanor and felony cases. He continued his career in Chicago in a private practice focused on civil law.
While earning his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University, Mr. Jones served as a research assistant to Professor Larry Wimmer of Brigham Young University and to Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate in economics at the University of Chicago. He was also involved in student government and served as an intern for Nevada Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich in Washington, D.C.
At Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Jones received the Illinois Bar Foundation Scholarship and served as an extern for the Honorable Blanche M. Manning of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Admitted to practice
- State and federal courts of Nevada, Utah and Illinois
- Education
- J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1997
- B.A. in Political Science, Brigham Young University, 1994
- Affiliations
- Elko County Bar Association
- State Bar of Nevada
- Utah State Bar
- American Bar Association
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society
- Publications
- “Getting the Winning Edge: Appreciating the Permissible Boundaries for Contacting Your Adversary’s Current & Former Employees,” TAF Quarterly Review, Volume 4, January 2006
