Dionne (Dee) M. Jones, JD, PhD, is a 1992 graduate of the University of Florida and a 1995
graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was a Council on Legal
Education Opportunity Fellow. Dee is also a certified Florida Supreme Court mediator.
In 2013, Attorney Jones graduated from the University of South Florida with a PhD in Higher
Education Leadership. As faculty, she served as the Co-Director of the Law and Medicine
Scholarly Concentration program and taught leadership courses. She was selected by the Provost
to serve on the Diversity Task Force for the recruitment and retainment of faculty of color. In 2016,
Attorney Jones was 1 of 30 selected (out of 6,000) for Harvard University's Governance for Non-Profit Leaders Fellows program.
As native of Tampa, Attorney Jones has served as the Co-Chair of the Community Action
Committee for the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers. She was awarded the Pro Bono
Attorney-of-the-Year for Bay Area Legal Services. As a member of the George Edgecomb Bar
Association, in 2002, Attorney Jones served as Co-Chairman of the Community Action as well as
Chairman of the Scholarship Banquet Committee. She was awarded the President’s Award for
outstanding leadership and dedication for the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2020-21 bar year and
most recently received the Trailblazer Award in 2023. As a former prosecutor, Dee’s most
meaningful experience included serving as the lead prosecutor for aggravated assault and battery
cases on the felony level. Furthermore, Dee conceptualized, developed, and moderated several
symposiums on mental health, prosecution and recidivism. She also completed a fellowship
through Stanford Business School Prosecutors Leaders Now program.
Attorney Jones is the past Vice President of the George Edgecomb Bar Association. On a national
level, Attorney Jones was installed as a founding Executive Board member of the National Black
Prosecutor’s Association and chaired the organization’s 2025 Strategic Plan. She was the Tampa
chapter’s Vice President.
Attorney Jones continues to be intimately engaged in the community where she is President of the
Board of Trustees for Abe Brown Ministries, Inc.. Attorney Jones was also appointed to the
University of Florida Law Alumni Council Board where she serves as an ambassador for the law
school. Moreover, Attorney Jones served as a faithful volunteer with Bay Area Legal Services
iLawyer program, Family Law forms clinic and Domestic Violence clinic.
Dee recently completed a 7-year term on the Board of Trustees for Tampa Preparatory School,
where she was appointed to the Executive Board. As a trustee, she demonstrated her commitment
and passion for education as the Chair for the Vision 2020 Strategic Plan Committee, which
resulted in a $27M capital campaign. Dee also dedicated her time to the Governance Committee.
Dee is a thirty-three-year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., where she is the Vice
President and provides oversight for all of the sorority’s international program initiatives. Dee is
also a member of the Athena Society where she is engaged with the Community Affairs Committee
and recently joined the Board of Directors for The Spring of Tampa Bay.
Dee is the proud mother of two beautiful daughters, Lauren and Kaitlyn, who are law students at
University of Miami School of Law and Georgetown School of Law, respectively
