Stephen Jones is an Enid, Oklahoma, attorney whose practice is limited
to trials and appeals. He attended the University of Texas, graduated
from the University of Oklahoma Law School in 1966, and was admitted to
the Bar that same year.
In 1964, he was personal assistant to Richard M. Nixon, and in 1967 was
legal counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma. From 1966 to 1969, he worked
as administrative assistant to Congressman Paul Findley and as a special
assistant to Senator Charles Percy. In 1968, he served as a member of
the United States delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly.
From 1970 to 1974, he was general counsel for the A.C.L.U. in Oklahoma.
He was the Republican nominee for Attorney General in 1974 and for the
United States Senate in 1990.
Stephen was a member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Committee on Civil
Jury Instructions, associate editor of the Oklahoma Bar Association Journal,
and a member of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Committee.
In 1979, he was appointed Special United States Attorney to investigate
allegations of criminal wrongdoing against the Administrative Director
of the United States Court System, William Foley.
Stephen practices law in Enid. A substantial portion of his practice is
devoted to commercial and criminal litigation.
On May 8, 1995, he was appointed by the United States District Court to
serve as the principal defense counsel for Timothy James McVeigh, charged
in the Oklahoma City bombing case. Mr. Jones is the author of numerous
Law Review articles on the subject of the Oklahoma City bombing case,
and is the author of Others Unknown, The Oklahoma City Bombing Case and
Conspiracy, published by Public Affairs, New York (1998), revised and
reissued in paperback in May 2001. He is also the author of a two-volume
work, Oklahoma Criminal Law Practice & Procedure published by West
Publishing Company.