About Zach
Zach Jones grew up inquisitive about how complex projects get built and the way the regulation shapes those projects. He studied at Trevecca Nazarene University and went directly to earn his J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Those years set the groundwork for a tradition that bridges structure, engineering and in-house counsel work.
He started his legal career within the construction practice team at Stites & Harbison, PLLC in 2013. There he labored on matters tied to the construction enterprise and gained experience in agreement problems and dispute resolution. In 2018 he took a position as corporate counsel at Smith Seckman Reid, a position that expanded his interior-counsel point of view and uncovered him to the operational and danger-control aspect of engineering and construction tasks.
In 2021 he have become a member of Jones Law, PLLC, where he now practices. His admissions include the bars of Kentucky and Tennessee, in addition to the U.S. highest court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. That aggregate of state and federal admissions allows him to manage things that cross jurisdictions and to seem in a wider range of boards.
Jones is lively in numerous professional organizations that align with his work. He holds club in the Kentucky Bar Association and the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel. At the national level he serves at the Division 6 Steering Committee of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law. He also participates within the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Legal Counsel Forum and its Risk Management Committee. Those roles keep him in contact with engineers, owners and other lawyers who deal with contract drafting, claims and danger allocation.
Colleagues describe his strategy as pragmatic. He spends time on drafting and negotiating contracts to make clear responsibilities before issues arise. When disputes occur, he has experience in preparing claims and defending or prosecuting the ones claims in court or in alternative dispute forums. His in-house counsel background offers him an eye for how legal work interacts with enterprise and task timelines.
He continues to practice through Jones Law, PLLC. His current work facilities on structure-associated things and representation of clients related to engineering and building projects.
