Stephen Jones (born July 1, 1940), is an American attorney who took on a series of high-profile civil rights cases beginning with his defense of a Vietnam War protester.
Jones later represented Timothy McVeigh, and then the fraternity involved in the 2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident.
[1] After 12 lawyers had refused to defend the student, Jones took the case and was promptly dismissed from the Enid, Oklahoma, law firm where he was employed.
[citation needed] Jones ran unsuccessfully for public office four times, including a U.S. Senate race against David L. Boren in 1990.
[3] He also served as the defense lawyer for Raye Dawn Smith in the trial concerning the rampant abuse and eventual murder of her daughter Kelsey Smith-Briggs.