Celeste Jones

Practice Areas

Class Action

Health Care

Manufacturing

Commercial Litigation

White Collar Crime

PPP and CARES Act Audit, Investigations, & Defense

Career

Celeste Jones has tried numerous civil and white collar cases and has more than 30 years in practice. Her practice focuses on business litigation, healthcare-related cases and commercial claims including class actions and regulated industries. She has an extensive healthcare practice representing parties in compliance, reimbursement and licensing matters, as well as medical products liability and catastrophic injuries.

Celeste is likewise experienced in antitrust litigation, labor, banking and lending cases. She has tried to verdict white collar criminal cases involving tax crimes, healthcare fraud, bank fraud, interstate gambling and RICO. She regularly advises healthcare providers concerning compliance, oversight and regulatory matters.

She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit. Both of these organizations admit members based upon nomination from members of the bar and the federal judiciary.

Celeste’s dedication to her profession and service to her community are indicated by her civic and professional involvement. Celeste has for more than ten years been ranked amongst the country’s top lawyers by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and South Carolina Super Lawyers for her achievements in the legal profession in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Health Care Law and Litigation – Antitrust.

Professional Memberships

Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)

American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

American Bar Association, Litigation, Health Care, and Criminal Law Sections

Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC), Board of Visitors

South Carolina Bar, Memory Hold the Door Section

Personal

South Carolina Ovarian Cancer Foundation, SCOCF, Riverbanks Region, Board Member

Experience

US Foodservice Inc Pricing Litigation

Marion Nursing Center, Inc. v. Sebelius

Baugh v. Bayer Corp.

Weston v. Kim's Dollar Store

Robertson v. Sea Pines Real Estate Companies, Inc.

Estate of Gill ex rel. Grant v. Clemson University Foundation

Elmore v. Bender Corp.

Doe v. New Leaf Academy of North Carolina LLC

Bowen v. Houser

Butler v. Neumag

Home Medical Systems, Inc. v. South Carolina Dept. of Revenue

Byerson v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

In re Hospital Pricing Litigation, King v. AnMed Health

Harris v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Marcum v. Bowden

Shah v. Palmetto Health Alliance

Slachta v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.

Angus v. Burroughs & Chapin Co.

Island Packet v. Kittrell

Welchlin v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Burnside v. Matthews

Will Ray O'Neal v. International Paper Company and Warren Caldwell

Jacobsen v. American Agviation, Inc.

In re Baycol

Coastal Rehabilitation Services, P.A. v. Cooper

U.S., ex rel. Abbott-Burdick v. University Medical Associates

In re Integrated Health Services, Inc.

Bryant v. Food Lion Inc.

Floyd v. Floyd

Futch v. McAllister Towing of Georgetown, Inc.

U.S. v. Suba

U.S. v. Ward

Georgetown Mfg. and Warehouse Co. v. South Carolina Dept. of Agriculture by Tindal

Tall Tower, Inc. v. South Carolina Procurement Review Panel

Purdie v. Smalls

Lebovitz v. Mudd

Mohasco Corp., Dixiana Mill Div. v. Rising

Hinson-Barr, Inc. v. Pinckard

Arnold v. South Carolina Public Service Authority

South Carolina Public Service Authority v. Arnold

SCPH Legacy Corporation v. Palmetto Health, et al.

SCPH Legacy Corporation v. Palmetto Health, et al.

Education

Awards