Craig F. Jones - Brochure

Education

J.D., (Cum Laude), Duke University School of Law, 2020

B.A., Political Science and French and Francophone Studies, (Summa Cum Laude), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2016

Practice Groups

Collective Bargaining/Labor Law
Employment & Labor Law
K-12 General Counsel
Litigation

Overview

Craig practices in the firm’s education and employment law areas, advising public and private employers on a wide range of regulatory, compliance and personnel matters. He works closely with education, particularly special education, and public-sector clients on employment, governance and compliance issues unique to public institutions. His work is informed by experience across administrative law, constitutional issues and government operations.

Prior to joining Ahlers & Cooney, Craig served as an Attorney Advisor with the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, where he provided legal guidance on administrative law, ethics, appropriations and disclosure matters, and supported investigative and audit functions. His background also includes experience in private practice in Washington, D.C., where he worked on complex regulatory matters.

During law school, Craig served as a student attorney in Duke Law School’s First Amendment Clinic, where he litigated constitutional matters in federal court. He also held leadership and editorial roles with Duke’s Environmental Law and Policy Forum and the Alaska Law Review.

Bar Admissions

Iowa

District of Columbia

Court Admissions

All Iowa Courts

Memberships

American Bar Association

Iowa Bar Association

Polk County Bar Association

D.C. Bar Association

Published Articles & Books

Alaska Law Review, Vol. 36, “The Impact of Sturgeon II on Alaska Subsistence Management: A Chance for Peace in the Jurisdiction Wars,” 221–249 (2019)
Alaska Law Review, Vol. 36, “Hunt v. Kenai Peninsula Borough: The Search for Clarity in Legislative Prayer Speaker Selection,” co-authored with Charles Truslow, 119–132 (2019)

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