Alexis S. Jones

Alexis Jones is a member of the firm’s International section. She handles general corporate, nonprofit and litigation matters, including compliance with trade, data privacy, exempt organization, immigration and cultural heritage laws.  She assists companies and non-profit entities with formation, corporate governance, and tax compliance, and works with counsel around the world to help U.S. companies enter into contracts and comply with legal requirements abroad. Ms. Jones has prior experience working with the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Land Management, and Department of the Interior.

Education

• University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, JD, with Highest Honors, 2016
  • Order of the Coif
  • Associate Articles Editor, Utah Law Review
  • Quinney Research Fellow
  • William H. Leary Scholar
  • Best Brief for Respondent, Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, 2015
  • Co-Founder/President, S.J. Quinney College of Law Federal Bar Association
  • Class Representative, Student Bar Association
• University of Utah, BS, Journalism, BS, Anthropology, 2012
  • Founder/President, U of U National Society of Leadership and Success

Experience

• Kirton McConkie, Summer Associate, 2015
• Durham, Jones & Pinegar, Summer Associate, 2014

• Utah

• Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel, Law Clerk, 2015
• Department of the Interior: Office of the Solicitor, Law Clerk 2016

• Young Alumni Board, S.J. Quinney College of Law

• CALI Award for Highest Grade in:
  • Administrative Law
  • Federal Courts
  • Civil Procedure
  • Legal Research
  • Archaeology and the Law
  • Counterterrorism
• Outstanding Achievement Award in:
  • Constitutional Law I
  • International Law
  • International Criminal Law
• Oxford Human Rights Consortium Scholarship Recipient