Mr. Jones is a shareholder in the law firm of Barnes & Diehl, P.C., the largest law firm in Virginia devoted to family law and the largest law fim in Chesterfield County. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also graduated from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, where he served as President of the Student Bar Association and won both the school's Trial Competiton and Moot Court Competition for appellate advocacy. He has been practicing law since 1992 with a concentration in trial advocacy. In addition to his primary field of family law, Mr. Jones has tried numerous criminal and civil matters over the years, including three settlements/verdicts in excess of $1,000,000.00. He is married and the father of two boys.
Areas of Practice
- Adoption
- Alimony & Spousal Support
- Child Support
- Childrens' Rights
- Criminal Law
- Custody & Visitation
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence & Neglect
- Family Law
- Juvenile Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Paternity
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Prenuptial Agreements
- State Trial Practice
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1992
Education
- University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
- J.D. - 1992
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- B.A. - 1988
Published Works
- "Domestic Relations for the Virginia General Practitioner", Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Fall, 2003
Representative Cases
- Curry v. Marlowe (Warren County Circuit Court 2007)
- Newman v. Newman (Virginia Court of Appeals 2003)
- Samuel v. Samuel, 004268 ST LOW SE 4 VA APP (Virginia Court of Appeals 2003)
- Bazzle v. Bazzle (Virginia Court of Appeals 2002)
- Lehman v. Lehman (Virginia Court of Appeals 2002)
- Mediko P.C. v. Liberty Healthcare Corporation (4th Circuit Court of Appeals 2000)
- Johnson v. Commonwealth (Virginia Court of Appeals 1998)
Richmond, Virginia 23225