Mark A. Jones is a board-certified specialist (in both federal and state criminal law) who heads the firm’s White Collar and Business Crimes, General Federal Defense, and Government Investigations section. Before joining Bell, Davis & Pitt, Mark served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of North Carolina, where he represented the government in hundreds of federal criminal investigations and prosecutions.
- Wire fraud and Mail fraud
- Bank fraud
- Tax fraud and evasion
- Embezzlement
- Insider trading and Securities fraud
- Money laundering
- Mortgage fraud
- Health care fraud
Mark also heads the firm’s federal and state general criminal defense section. This practice provides zealous defense against all federal criminal charges, including drug trafficking conspiracies, firearms offenses, counterfeiting, aggravated identity theft, and racketeering (RICO) conspiracies. Mark is admitted in each of the North Carolina's three federal districts, and he provides representation pre-indictment, at trial, and on appeal.
Mark also represents whistleblowers (individuals who are personally aware of a fraud being perpetrated against the federal or state government) interested in pursuing a qui tam suit and/or claims under the False Claims Acts.
Mark received his law degree with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. While there, Mark was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, a senior-primary editor of the Georgetown Law Journal's Annual Review of Criminal Procedure (ARCP). He also worked for CQPress, covering the United States Supreme Court.