D. Shane Jones

D. Shane Jones is a partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP who advises public-sector clients on education, labor, employment, and governance matters. Jones works with school districts, community colleges, municipalities, and other public agencies on collective bargaining, employee and student investigations, discipline, board governance, municipal issues, and open-government requirements. His practice combines counseling and litigation with a focus on practical solutions for institutions facing sensitive personnel, student, labor, or political challenges.

Jones earned a J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and a B.A. in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He later completed a Washington University certificate in ADR Skills-Effective Mediation and Negotiation. This academic background supports a practice that frequently requires legal analysis, public-sector administration knowledge, negotiation strategy, and structured dispute resolution in education and employment settings.

Jones represents employers in collective bargaining, grievance processing, arbitration, employment investigations, discipline, dismissals, reductions in force, and compliance matters involving major workplace statutes. He also handles student discipline and expulsion matters and counsels on open meetings, public records, and Sunshine law issues. His litigation experience includes proceedings before agencies such as the EEOC, MCHR, and IDHR, as well as arbitration and court cases involving public-sector employers.

D. Shane Jones has been recognized as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in School Law, Labor Law, Employment Law, and Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying and Administrative Law. He regularly presents training and leadership programs for education and public-sector organizations. His work combines education-law knowledge with labor and employment experience, helping institutions manage disputes, negotiations, investigations, governance questions, and compliance concerns while preserving the long-term relationships that are important to schools and other public organizations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, The Missouri Bar

Licensed State

• Illinois
• Missouri

Education

• Washington University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Oklahoma
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Public Administration

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