Tyree Jones, Jr

Practice Areas

Tyree is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience litigating commercial disputes in the consumer finance, employment, housing and information management sectors. His national practice spans transportation, financial services, health care and defense contracting. He chairs Reed Smith’s Labor and Employment Group and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Tyree navigates clients through a labyrinth of equitable rights-related disputes, including predatory and fair lending issues, sexual and racial harassment matters as well as discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour and equal pay issues. Tyree also negotiates executive compensation agreements and conducts due diligence on labor and employment issues connected with corporate transactions.

Tyree has been counselling clients on environmental, social and governance issues and is part of Reed Smith’s global ESG practice.

Active in his community, Tyree has served as the board chair of the San Francisco Suicide Prevention Society, Wiley Manuel Law Foundation and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Georgetown University; serving on its Audit Committee and as Chair of its Law Center Affairs Committee. Tyree also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College and is a member of Reed Smith’s Audit and Innovation and Strategy Committees.