Associate Professor of Law
B.A., University of Georgia
J.D., University of Michigan
LL.M., London School of Economics and Political Science
M.A., University of Virginia
E-mail:
kmjones@widener.edu Phone: 717.541.1991
Katherine M. Jones joined the faculty at Widener in 2007 as Associate Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus. Professor Jones received a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1982 where she was also elected a Phi Beta Kappa; a J.D. from Michigan Law School in 1985, where she was a member of the Michigan Law Review, and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1986. She also earned a Masters Degree in American History from the University of Virginia in 1995 and completed the coursework requirements for the Ph.D. in 1997. She is admitted to practice in Georgia and the District of Columbia.
After graduation from law school, Professor Jones practiced law extensively. She worked as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington from 1986-1989; as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) from 1989 to 1994; as a Communications Law Consultant for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the summer of 1996; as Legal Counsel to Chairman Lynn M. Bragg of the U.S. International Trade Commission, from 1997-1999; as an International Trade Consultant for the law firm of King & Spalding during 1999-2000; as a Communications Law Attorney from 2000 to 2003, for the law firm of Lawler, Metzger & Milkman; and as Legal Advisor to Chairman Stephen Koplan, U.S. ITC from 2003 to 2006.
In addition to practicing law, Professor Jones has been a fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C., and taught American History, including Constitutional and Legal History, as a Visiting Professor of History at Michigan State University. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law during 2006-2007 academic year.
Professor Jones now teaches and writes in the areas of Antitrust, International Trade and International Business, Business Associations, Contracts, Commercial Law, Insurance Regulation and Legal History, including the history of federalism. Her most recent article Federalism and Concurrent Jurisdiction in Global Markets, was published in the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business in 2010 and examines the dynamics of the current U.S. regulatory regime of dual national and state enforcement of the Sherman Act in international markets. Her current research focuses on the jurisdictional reach of state antitrust laws in international commerce.
Selected Recent Publications Articles
- Federalism and Concurrent Jurisdiction in Global Markets: Why a Combination of National and State Antitrust Enforcement is a Model for Effective Economic Regulation, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 30 (2010): 285.
- Law, Politics, and the Political Safeguards of Federalism: The Case of Insurance Regulation and the Commerce Clause, 1938-1948, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 11 (2005): 345.
- The Constitution and the New Deal (Book Review), Journal of American Studies 36 (2003): 568.