David S. Jones

Bio

Hon. David S. Jones is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York in New York, sworn in on Feb. 19, 2021. He handles a varied docket that has included numerous chapter 15 matters, as well as the Revlon bankruptcy and several cases involving aviation and aircraft financing. Judge Jones previously clerked for Hon. Morris E. Lasker, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, from 1990-92, and was in private practice in New York from 1992-96. From 1996 until he was appointed to the bench, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and at different times served as the chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Tax and Bankruptcy Unit, the Office’s chief civil appellate attorney and as deputy chief of the Civil Division. Judge Jones was awarded the Justice Department’s Director’s Award and the New York City Bar Association’s Henry L. Stimson Medal, among other awards. He also served as an instructor at the National Advocacy Center, and as an evaluator of U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout the nation. Judge Jones received his A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1985 and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1990.