
T. Scott Jones
Banks & Jones, Attorneys at Law 2125 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville, TN 37921 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Criminal Defense call (865) 546-2141 fax (865) 546-5777 visit website
Biographical Information
T. Scott Jones was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Outside of the courtroom, you can often find T. Scott on the weekends attending services at Concord United Methodist Church or hunting (he is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association).
T. Scott is a skydiver, scuba diver, and motorcycle racer, piloting high-performance motorcycles at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. T. Scott holds verified records from the following tracks:
200 MPH Club – Motorcycle Racing World Record Clubs
- ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) – Wilmington, Ohio
- Texas Mile – Goliad, Texas
- Texas Mile – Beeville, Texas
- Mile Marker One – Everglades, Florida
- Loring Timing Association – Limestone, Maine
- Scott is also a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Squire and a Kentucky Colonel. He also enjoys traveling throughout the world with Victoria, his wife of 33 years, and their two children, Abby (daughter, 26) and Spenser (son, 22).
Education
Graduating from Farragut High School in 1984, T. Scott attended and graduated from Oxford College in 1986, and then Emory University in 1988, all while working as well as maintaining a full social calendar with the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. After graduation, T. Scott headed home to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law, becoming a member of The International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi, and graduating early in two and a half years in 1990.
Honors & Awards
Well-regarded in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, T. Scott has received numerous accolades and awards. Multiple times, his peers in the legal field have voted him one of Knoxville’s Top Attorneys in polls conducted by CityView magazine. The American Institute of Criminal Attorneys named him one of Tennessee’s 10 Best Attorneys, and the American Society of Legal Advocates named him one of Tennessee’s Top 100 Litigation Lawyers. He has also been nationally recognized as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America by the National Trial Lawyers. T. Scott’s successful litigations of his clients have also qualified him for the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Professional Associations
T. Scott knows the importance of interacting with colleagues to stay abreast of developments and changes in the legal world. T. Scott frequently teaches CLE courses on trial strategy, teaching other lawyers his methods for success in the courtroom, and is certified as a Rule 31 Mediator in the Tennessee Supreme Court. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Trial Lawyers, and both the Tennessee and American Associations for Justice. In addition, T. Scott is licensed to practice in all three United States District Courts for the state of Tennessee, the United State Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Other organizations T. Scott is a member of:
America’s Top 100 Attorneys
American Board of Trial Advocates
American Society for Legal Advocates
American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys
American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys – Life Member
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
National College for DUI Defense
Service Activities
T. Scott gives back to his community through numerous pro bono cases each year, and works extensively with the Kerbela Shriners of Knoxville. He is on the Advisory Board of the University of Tennessee College of Law Institute for Professional Leadership, has received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award from Lions Club International, and is also an active member of these fraternal organizations:
Shriners International – Kerbela Shrine Center – Legal Counsel
A&A Scottish Rite of Freemasonry – Valley of Knoxville, Orient of Tennessee
Masons Cherokee Lodge #728 Free to Accepted Masons
Royal Order of Jesters – Knoxville Court #57
Order of Quetzalcoatl – Tenasi #138 – National Legal Counsel
Lions Clubs International
Rotary Club of Downtown Knoxville
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks – Knoxville Lodge #160