Gregory R. Jones is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. Greg is a member of the Trial Department, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, securities litigation, white-collar criminal defense, corporate investigations and entertainment litigation.
Greg has experience defending companies in a range of securities litigation matters. Most recently, he has successfully defended several publicly-traded companies against shareholder derivative actions and class actions involving allegations of illegal stock options backdating.
Greg has also represented publicly-traded companies and accounting firms in conjunction with investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice and international authorities involving a range of different matters, including allegations of illegal stock options backdating, fraud and bribery charges and violations of various accounting regulations.
Greg has additional experience litigating a range of intellectual property cases. He has defended a motion picture studio, writer/director, and production company in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving a major motion picture. Greg has also represented a studio in a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit against a company that was manufacturing clothing featuring images and slogans from a major motion picture. Greg has also successfully prosecuted several copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of motion picture studios against Internet websites that provide links to streaming copies of motion pictures and television shows over the Internet.
While in law school, Greg was the editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal’s Annual Review of Criminal Procedure. Greg also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Greg is admitted to practice in California and in the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (cum laude), 2003
- University of California-Santa Barbara, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2000
