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Rick Jones

President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Executive Director and a founding member of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Rick Jones is the president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). He currently practices criminal defense in New York City, where he is the Executive Director and a founding member of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS). He is a distinguished trial lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience in complex multi-forum litigation, and he teaches the criminal defense externship at Columbia Law School as well as a trial practice course.