Raymond Dean Jones Of Counsel 303.225.4225 raymond.jones@holtllc.com View Resume

Legal Experience

Mr. Jones served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Edward E. Pringle of the Colorado Supreme Court before engaging in the practice of corporate and commercial transactions and litigation.  He left the private practice to become Chief Counsel and Deputy District Attorney to the Metropolitan District Attorneys' Consumer Office, where he counseled both business entities and consumers, and prosecuted consumer fraud. Thereafter, he distinguished himself as a Trial Judge for two years on the Denver County Court, nine years on the Denver District Court, and as Chief Judge of the Aurora Municipal Court for two years.  He served over 15 years as an Associate Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals writing almost 1500 Opinions.  While of Counsel to The Holt Group LLC, Mr. Jones also served as an Assistant Professor in the Business School of Metropolitan State College, and served as corporate counsel to a small insurance corporation.  Mr. Jones will continue to serve clients in corporate and commercial transactions and litigation, and will provide ADR services as an Arbitrator.

Education

• J.D. Harvard University School of Law, 1971
• B.A. Colorado College, 1967

Professional Licenses

• Attorney at Law, Colorado, 1971

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Colorado
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 

Professional Associations and Activities

• American Arbitration Association, Member of the Panel of Neutrals
• American Bar Association
  
  • Section on Litigation
  • Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
• Colorado Bar Association
  
  • Section on Litigation
  • Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Former Member, Board of Governors
• Fellow of the Colorado Bar Foundation
• National Bar Association
  
  • Former Member
  • National Board of Directors
  • Former Regional Director
• Sam Cary Bar Association
  
  • Founder
  • Former President
• National Judicial Council
  
  • Former Member
  • National Board of Directors
  • Former Regional Director
• Denver Bar Association
  
  • Former Member
  • Board of Trustees
• American Judicature Society
  
  • Former Member
  • National Board of Directors
• Colorado Trial Judges Association, Former Member
• Colorado Council of State Trial Judges
  
  • Founder
  • Former Secretary/Treasurer
• Thompson G. Marsh Inn of Court
  
  • Founder
  • Former President
  • Emeritus Member
• Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre
• Sigma Phi Pi, Delta Eta Boule
  
  • Former Grammatus
  • Former Regional Grammatus
• Central City Press Club