Chanelle Jones practices complex commercial litigation with a focus on federal antitrust litigation and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. In her antitrust practice, Chanelle has defended clients in matters involving claims of price-fixing, wage-fixing, information exchanges, and tying claims. She also has represented banks and others in fiduciary litigation, in which claims were asserted against the client based on its role as a trustee or personal representative of an estate. Chanelle is involved in all aspects of litigation and the discovery process, including drafting pleadings, motions, and briefs; supervising significant document review projects; and legal research.
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Chanelle maintains an active pro bono practice. Her pro bono work includes representing clients in prisoners’ rights cases, voting rights, and civil rights matters. She also has experience investigating debtors’ prisons, filing name change petitions for transgender clients, researching juvenile justice policy matters, and drafting expungement and pardon applications.
Judicial Internships
Hon. Theodore A. McKee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2019-2020
Professional Activities
Ballard Spahr Black Lawyers Group, Steering Committee
LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, Keepers Class of 2021
The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, Inc.
Publications
“#LivingWhileBlack: Racially Motivated 911 Calls as a Form of Private Racial Profiling,” Temple Law Review Online, Volume 92
Credentials
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2020)
Black Law Students' Association, President 2018-2019
Temple Law Review, Managing Editor and Diversity Editor (Vol. 92)
2018 Law and Public Policy Scholar
Rubin-Presser Social Justice Fellow
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (B.A., cum laude, 2017)
Sondheim Public Affairs Scholar
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania