The Hon. Cynthia H. Jones is an associate judge for the Baltimore City Circuit Court in Maryland. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Martin O’Malley on March 13, 2014.
She has held assignments on the Legislative Committee of the Maryland Judicial Council.
Prior to her appointment, Jones was Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement & Consumer Services in the Office of Financial Regulation for the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation. She was named to the position in 2011. Before that, Jones spent time as an assistant to the Baltimore City Comptroller for Public Affairs and an assistant clerk to the Baltimore City Board of Estimates (2003 to 2004).
Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Chatham College in 1986. She spent the next few years teaching for the New York City Department of Education before completing a J.D. at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1992.
After graduating from law school, Jones began her legal career as a staff attorney for Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. She worked in that capacity until 1995, at which time she became an assistant state’s attorney for the City of Baltimore Bureau of Investigations. During her tenure there, she rose through the ranks, holding assignments as Homicide Team Captain (2003) and Chief of Investigations (2004) before becoming a deputy state’s attorney (2005).
Her memberships have included the Maryland State Bar Association, the Baltimore City Bar Association, the Monumental City Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, and the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association. She has also served as a pro bono attorney for the Homeless Persons Representation Project.
She is a recipient of the Volunteer of Immeasurable Community Energy from the Original Northwood Community Association (2000) and the Certificate of Appreciation from the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (2013).
Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York. She has been involved with the Bazil African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.