Overview
Harmony Jones assists in managing Steptoe's pro bono program. She is responsible for guiding and supporting firm-wide participation in the program, which seeks to increase access to justice by providing legal services to low-income individuals and charitable organizations. She provides representation and mentorship on a variety of pro bono matters, including those involving civil rights and public benefits law. She also works to develop and maintain innovative partnerships with legal service organizations, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Harmony has extensive experience in providing legal services on behalf of indigent clients. As a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society, she represented clients at both the federal and local level on public benefits matters. As a staff attorney at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program, she provided brief legal services in the areas of housing, family, and public benefits law. Harmony previously worked with an international law firm as a pro bono fellow, where she represented clients in civil rights, criminal defense, and federal habeas corpus cases at the trial and appellate level. She also served as counsel for amici clients before the US Supreme Court. In addition to her pro bono work, Harmony has represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation cases.
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Virginia
- US District Court, District of Columbia
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- US District Court, Western District of Virginia
- Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2004-2005
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004, Dean's Award for Community Leadership; Editor-in-Chief, Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal
- B.A., University of Maryland, 2000, magna cum laude, Criminal Justice
News & Publications
Press Releases
Lauren Azebu and Harmony Jones Named DCA Live's 2024 Emerging Women Leaders in Law
April 12, 2024
Press Releases
The American Lawyer Ranks Steptoe Among Top 20 Pro Bono Law Firms in the US
July 11, 2023
Press Releases
Steptoe Announces Partner and Counsel Promotions for January 1, 2023
December 13, 2022