Jonathon Jones joined Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart after a distinguished career of public service. During the past 13 years, Mr. Jones has worked closely with Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), serving as his Chief of Staff since 2000. Between 1993 and 1995, he was the Deputy Director of then Governor Carper’s Washington, DC office, after which he became Governor Carper’s Federal Policy Advisor.

Since 2000, Mr. Jones has played a key role in the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, bankruptcy reform, the Part D drug benefit legislation and the No Child Left Behind legislation. He led outreach to the business community for the Senate Democrats, and he worked on a daily basis with the Democratic Leadership Council on its positive pro-growth agenda. Mr. Jones also helped create, launch and grow Third Way, a new moderate policy think tank for Senate Democrats.

Mr. Jones’ extensive experience extends as well to state and local governments. Between 1989 and 1993, he did federal relations work for local governments, including the cities of Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Worth, Texas; San Mateo County, California; Oakland County, Michigan; and Fairfax County, Virginia. While Tom Carper was Chairman of the National Governors Association, Mr. Jones led the staff, directed and shaped policy development and led efforts to implement NGA policy. Indeed, during Mr. Jones' tenure, the NGA was named the 12th most-powerful lobbying organization by Fortune magazine, the highest such ranking the NGA has ever received.

In addition, Mr. Jones has also worked closely with the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He has been a featured speaker at many annual meetings, and he maintains excellent working relationships with senior officials at the Conference and at the National Association of Counties.