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'''E. Stewart "Stu" Jones, Jr.''' is a former attorney from [[Troy, New York]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Record |first=Troy |date=2021-07-22 |title=Five Questions: E. Stewart Jones |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/2010/02/19/five-questions-e-stewart-jones/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=troyrecord.com |language=en}}</ref>  E. Stewart Jones, Jr. is the third generation in the Jones patriarchy to have had practiced law with notoriety, after father E. Stewart Sr. and grandfather Abbott.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Circle |first=Inner |date=2021-07-22 |title=E. Stewart Jones, Sr. |url=https://www.innercircle.org/LawyerSearch/E-Stewart-Jones-Sr |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=innercircle.org |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grondahl |first=Paul |date=2013-12-13 |title=The unfinished business of 'Legs' Diamond |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/The-unfinished-business-of-Legs-Diamond-5053434.php |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=timesunion.com |language=en}}</ref> E. Stewart Jones, Jr. was the second Jones to attended [[Williams College]], after his father, where he majored in American History and Literature<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=David |date=2014-08-11 |title=BEARING HIS NAME How E. Stewart Jones Jr. deals with a powerful legacy |url=https://www.superlawyers.com/articles/new-york/bearing-his-name/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=superlawyers.com |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Neil |first=Martha |date=2013-12-11 |title=Bootlegger tried to peel off $30K in cash to pay lawyer after 1931 trial victory |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bootlegger_tried_to_peel_off_cash_to_pay_legal_bill_but_attorney_demurred |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=abajournal.com |language=en}}</ref>Jones was described as being "the gold standard for the local bar" by longtime friend and attorney William Dreyer. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Brenden |date=2024-07-18 |title=Stewart Jones disbarred by appellate court in split decision |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/e-stewart-jones-disbarred-appellate-division-19581732.php |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=timesunion.com |language=en}}</ref>
According to the [[Troy Record]], "Jones [was] the only New York lawyer outside of two in New York City to be elected to the four most exclusive national organizations recognizing select trial lawyers’ accomplishments: the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the [[Inner Circle of Advocates]], the [[International Society of Barristers]] and the [[American College of Trial Lawyers]]...Jones has been listed in the Best Lawyers of America since the inaugural list in 1983 and [was] listed in six separate categories." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Halligan |first=Lauren |date=2016-05-05 |title=Troy attorney Jones joins Tech Valley Business Hall of Fame |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/2016/05/05/troy-attorney-jones-joins-tech-valley-business-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=troyrecord.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Famous cases==
In 1988, Stu represented former [[Major League Baseball]] umpire [[Dave Pallone]] in questioning related to an investigation of a sex ring involving teen-age boys by [[Saratoga Springs]], NY District Attorney David Wait. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sports People; Pallone Part of Inquiry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/23/sports/sports-people-pallone-part-of-inquiry.html |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last= Laden |first=Tim |date=1988-09-21|title=PALLONE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SEX CASE|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/09/22/pallone-under-investigation-in-sex-case/ab0e31c4-3de4-459d-a087-b84a2130e9d5/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-09-23|title=National League umpire Dave Pallone met with...|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-23-sp-2866-story.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
Mr. Jones represented former [[Washington County, New York]] supervisor William L. Nikas in 1994 against allegations of corruption in negotiations for the construction of a trash burning plant.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Norris |first=Floyd |date=1994-03-20 |title=Wall Street; An Embarrassment on the Amex|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/business/wall-street-an-embarrassment-on-the-amex.html |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
In what was highly dramatic situation in [[Albany, New York]] politics, Mr. Jones zealously represented J. Michael Bosley, a top Aide and counsel to former speaker of the New York State Assembly [[Sheldon Silver]], against accusations of rape in August of 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Baker |first=Al |date=2003-08-08 |title=Silver Aide's Lawyer Goes on the Attack Against Rape Charge|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/nyregion/silver-aide-s-lawyer-goes-on-the-attack-against-rape-charge.html |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
E. Stewart Jones, Jr. joined fellow attorney Jim Hacker to represent the families of 20 individuals who perished following the [[Ethan Allen boating accident]] on [[Lake George (lake), New York]] in 2005. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Star |first=Post |date=2006-08-18 |title=Judge combines Ethan Allen suits |url=https://poststar.com/article_7c07abf6-06e8-5f01-aace-b1bb252835c8.html |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=poststar.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2013, Stu represented the family of [[Clement Clarke Moore]] in a dispute over who wrote [[A Visit from St. Nicholas]], a poem published anonymously in 1823 by the [[Troy Sentinel]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last= Williams |first=Pete |date=2013-12-17 |title='Twas the trial before Christmas: Who really wrote the famous poem?|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twas-trial-christmas-who-really-wrote-famous-poem-flna2d11759202 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=nbcnews.com |language=en}}</ref> The courtroom drama reached national audiences when a [[Hallmark Cards | Hallmark]] movie was made about the case 'Twas the Night Before Christmas," as a follow-on to the play “The Trial Before Christmas.” <ref>{{Cite web |last= Grondahl |first=Paul |date=2022-12-14 |title=Troy’s 'Night Before' poem trial subject of Hallmark movie|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Grondahl-Troy-s-Night-Before-poem-trial-17651720.php |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=timesunion.com |language=en}}</ref>
E. Stewart Jones, Jr. is well known for his successful 2014 defense of [[Joseph Bruno]] in retrying corruption charges that could have lead to two years of jail time.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Vielkind |first=Jimmy |date=2014-12-29 |title=State to send $1.5 M to defunct Bruno campaign committee|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2014/12/state-to-send-15-m-to-defunct-bruno-campaign-committee-021134 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=politico.com |language=en}}</ref>
Jones also represented former state Assemblyman [[William Scarborough (politician)]] to ensure his sentencing, a Democrat from Queens who resigned and pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges in 2015. <ref>{{Cite web |last= Kaplan |first=Thomas |date=2015-08-28 |title=Assemblyman Scarborough to Step Down and Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/nyregion/assemblyman-scarborough-to-step-down-and-plead-guilty-to-corruption-charges.html |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> This legal representation resulted in Scarborough being sentenced to federal instead of state prison . <ref>{{Cite web |last= Gavin |first=Robert |date=2015-09-15 |title=Assemblyman William Scarborough gets prison sentence for cheating taxpayersCharges|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Assemblyman-William-Scarborough-faces-sentencing-6503039.php |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=timesunion.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Community service and philanthropy==
E. Stewart Jones, Jr. served as co-chair of the Capital District Community Gardens’ Urban Grow Center campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halligan |first=Lauren |date=2021-07-21 |title=Community Gardens launches Urban Grow Center |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/2014/02/26/community-gardens-launches-urban-grow-center/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=troyrecord.com |language=en}}</ref>
Jones twice served as chairman of the board of trustees of [[Albany Law School]], where he received a trustee gold medal. Stewart and his wife established nine endowed scholarships at six different schools and endowed research at a regional cancer center
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Brenden |date=2024-05-21 |title=Law license of E. Stewart Jones in jeopardy amid investigation |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/attorney-e-stewart-jones-faces-possible-19469710.php |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=timesunion.com |language=en}}</ref>
Mr. Jones spearheaded capital campaigns at Albany Law School, [[the Albany Academy]], Gilda’s Club, the [[Legal Aid Society]] and restoration of the [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Albany, New York)]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Halligan |first=Lauren |date=2016-05-05 |title=Troy attorney Jones joins Tech Valley Business Hall of Fame |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/2016/05/05/troy-attorney-jones-joins-tech-valley-business-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=troyrecord.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Publications==
Jonakait, R. N., Baer, H., Jones, E. S., & Imwinkelried, E. (1998). New York Evidentiary Foundations. LexisNexis.
Garcia, M., Getnick, M. E., & Rosenblatt, A. M. Remarks in Honor of Professor David D. Siegel.................... 391 Connie Mayer Judith S. Kaye E. Stewart Jones, Jr.
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