Education

University of Wales, Swansea, LLB

University of Wales, Cardiff, Bar Vocational Course

Bar Admissions

New York

Bar of England and Wales

Memberships

Monroe County Bar Association

Criminal Justice Section

Family Law Section

The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple

The General Council of the Bar

Court Admissions

All Courts of the State of New York

Rhian D. Jones, Esq.

Rhian graduated from the University of Wales, Swansea with a Bachelor of Laws with high honors in 1998. Having completed the Bar Vocational Course required to train as a Barrister and having been admitted To the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, Rhian was called to the Bar of England and Wales in October 1999.

Seeking an opportunity to litigate more extensively, she moved from South Wales to Rochester, New York. She passed the New York State Bar in 2002, and worked as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Rochester. Thereafter, Rhian joined the Monroe County Office of the Conflict Defender in 2003.

For over six years, Rhian litigated on behalf of individuals accused of child abuse, child neglect and those charged with domestic violence offenses. Rhian has tried nearly one hundred cases in Monroe County Family Court, and is therefore mindful of the correlation between certain Family Court cases and related criminal offenses.

Since the Spring of 2009, Rhian has developed an independent practice in Criminal and Family Law, including second chairing the defense in a multiple murder trial. Rhian continues to maintain an independent practice in conjunction with being of counsel to Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin LLP.