Joshua Jones
United States Attorney's Office
A native of St. Louis, Joshua attended Truman State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. After law school, Joshua spent two years working as a staff attorney for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals before joining the Missouri Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit. While there, Joshua prosecuted civil and criminal cases of consumer and securities fraud. Eventually, Joshua was promoted to lead the Attorney General’s no-call and telemarketing fraud enforcement unit, where he successfully prosecuted the first ever trial under Missouri’s telemarketing statutes. In April 2015, Joshua joined the United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri. Joshua’s role includes all ranges of financial litigation matters, including representing the United States in bankruptcy proceedings, pursuing assets of defendants owing criminal restitution to crime victims, and defending the United States’ interests in general civil litigation.
