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Professional Experience
Mr. Jones’ practice focuses on international trade, investment and commerce, business-government relations and financial services. A former U.S. Ambassador and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Jones has also worked extensively with global distribution and marketing organizations targeting Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
Mr. Jones currently provides business development advice and consulting for clients primarily in Mexico and Latin America. For example, he provides strategic advice to Toyota and assisted them to enter the automobile market in Mexico. He works with energy firms such as Williams and ConocoPhillips in Mexico, Venezuela and Ecuador. He represented MetLife in its purchase of a privatized Mexican insurance company, as well as a US-Mexico joint venture to build a water treatment project in Mexico. He also is assisting a U.S. developer establish projects in Mexico and a Class I U.S. railroad with transportation investments in Mexico and Panama. Additionally, Mr. Jones counsels clients on both business and government strategies in the U.S.
Prior to joining Manatt, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1993-1997), where he was very successful in his leadership during the Mexican peso crisis, the passage and implementation of NAFTA and in developing new, cooperative efforts to combat drug trafficking. He also assisted U.S. businesses with commercial ventures in Mexico.
Mr. Jones’ previous experience also includes the position of President at Warnaco International, as well as Chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange in New York (1989-1993). During his tenure at AMEX, listings, revenues and market share increased. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma (1973-1987), he was Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he was active in tax, international trade, Social Security and health care policy.
Mr. Jones was only 28 when President Lyndon Johnson selected him as Appointments Secretary, the position presently entitled Chief of Staff. He was the youngest person in history to hold this position.
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EDUCATION
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.B., 1964.
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1961.
MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Oklahoma.
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association.
Member, Oklahoma Bar Association.
Member, American Bar Association.
Director, Anheuser Busch, 1997-present.
Director, Kansas City Southern Railway, 1997-present.
Director, Grupo Modelo, 1997 to present.
Director, San Luis Corporation, 1999 to present.
Chairman (non-executive), GlobeRanger Corporation, a software logistics company, 1999 to present.
Chairman, Meridian International, Washington, DC, 2001 to present.
Director, Kaiser Family Foundation, 1997-2008.
Chairman, U.S.-Mexico Business Commission, 1997-2008.
Vice Chairman for The Southwest Border Task Force 2009 to present.
National Chairman, World Affairs Councils of America, 2003-2008.
Director, Keyspan Energy Corporation, 1998-2007.
Chairman, International Business Council of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, 2000-2003.
Director, American Red Cross, 1997-2003.
HONORS AND AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in America, 2008, 2009.
Washington, D.C.’s Top Lawyers, 2009.
Distinguished Alumni Award, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 2009.
Aztec Eagle Award, the highest honor the Mexican Government can bestow on a non-Mexican, 1997.
Oklahoma Hall of Fame, inducted 1997.
Honorary Doctor of Laws from Lafayette College, 1996.
Honorary Doctor of Laws from Syracuse University, 1995.
Prime Minister’s International Trade Award from Prime Minister of Japan, 1991.
American Heritage Award from Anti-Defamation League, 1990.
Ten Outstanding Young Men of America by U.S. Jaycees, 1968.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Speaker, “The Global Economic Crisis and Mexico: Forecast for the Future,” Center for National Policy, May 28, 2009.
Speaker, “U.S.-Mexico Relations,” Council of Americas Business Conference, Mexico City, March 12, 2009.
Speaker, “U.S.-Mexico Relations, Now and Future,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Foundation, Orlando, Florida, March 2, 2009.
Speaker, “Future Budget Issues and Mexican Security Issues,” U.S. House of Representatives staff members on Obama Stimulus package, February 24, 2009.
Speaker, “US economy and Latin American Relations,” Dallas-Fort Worth World Affairs Council, January 22, 2009.
Testimony on “U.S. Security Assistance to Mexico” before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, October 25, 2007
Speaker, Keynote Address, “The Montebello Summit and the Future of North America” Conference, The Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, August 13, 2007.
Speaker, “Generational Equity & the National Interest,” Americans for Generational Equity, Washington, DC, May 1, 2007
Speaker, “Mexico: A Perspective from Washington,” American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico 6th National Convention, Mexico City, Mexico, February 27, 2007
Speaker, Keynote Address, “NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Relations in Retrospect and Prospect” Conference, The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection of The University of Texas Libraries and The Mexican Center of the Tersa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, February 22, 2007
Speaker, Keynote Address, “Issues in Securities Valuations” Conference, Bear Stearns, New York, NY, February 13, 2007
Presenter, World Affairs Councils of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 3rd Annual WACA Chairman’s Dinner, Washington, DC, February 1, 2007
Speaker, “The International Rail Boom,” The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association 2007 Conference, Miami, FL, January 7, 2007
Speaker, “George Bush’s Last Stretch: What to Expect from the U.S. in the Next Two Years,” The Mexico Business Summit, Monterrey, Mexico, October 29, 2006
Speaker, 2005 Electronic Retailing Association Mid-Winter Conference and Trade Expo, Miami, FL, March 1, 2005
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