Paralegal
Candace Mellen
Legal Assistant
Myra Clayton
Jeffrey S. Jones
workers’ compensation defense
bio
Jeffrey S. Jones practices in the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina office. Jeff received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College where he was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Jones served as a student clerk in 1989 with the Honorable Malcolm Marsh in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon.
Jeff was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1993 and is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association and the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. He was named to US News Best Lawyers for Workers’ Compensation Law in 2012-2022 and to Greenville Business Magazine Legal Elite for Workers’ Compensation in 2020 and 2021. Jeff holds an AV Preeminent rating from Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell indicating the highest level of ethical and professional excellence. He practices exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation defense and is a Certified SC Civil Court Mediator.
Jeff went to high school in Greenville where he met his wife, Sonya. They have two sons and one daughter. Jeff is a deacon at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, boating, skiing, and exercising.