Scott Jones – Knoxville Criminal Lawyer

T. Scott Jones was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He holds the distinction of being one of the country’s youngest Eagle Scouts, having earned the Boy Scouts of America’s top honor at the tender age of thirteen. Graduating from Farragut High School in 1984, T. Scott attended and graduated from Oxford College in 1986, and then Emory University in 1988, obtaining three degrees and a minor in only four years of study, all while working as well as maintaining a full social calendar, as Rush Chairman (Damn Glad to Meet You), with the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. After graduation, T. Scott headed home to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he became a member of The International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi, maintained full-time employment and, despite the same, graduated early – in two and a half years – in 1990.

Awards and recognitions

Well-regarded in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, T. Scott has received numerous accolades and awards. Multiple times, his peers in the legal field have voted him one of Knoxville’s Top Attorneys in polls conducted by CityView Magazine. He has the highest possible AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and is regarded as one of the preeminent attorneys in the southeastern United States. T. Scott’s successful litigation for his clients has qualified him for the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been named as one of Tennessee’s 10 Best Attorneys by both the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys and the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, and the American Society of Legal Advocates named him one of Tennessee’s Top 100 Litigation Lawyers. He has also received Avvo’s Client Choice Award. He has also been nationally recognized as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America by the National Trial Lawyers. America’s Top 100 Attorneys has awarded him a Lifetime Achievement award, and T. Scott is a Lifetime Charter Member of the Distinguished Justice Advocates. He has been named one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in the state of Tennessee, and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel placed T. Scott into the Nation’s Top One Percent.