N. Shelton Jones is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and the State of North Carolina, and was previously employed as a Certified Public Accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co. in its Houston office. Shelton was born in Clayton, North Carolina, on the 4th of July; admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1971 and the Texas Bar in 1973; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in 1981.

Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S. Accounting,1969; J.D.,1971). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1971. Instructor: Accounting, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1970. With Price Waterhouse, CPA’s 1971-1973. Co-Founder (and President 1975 and 1985), Greater Houston Tax Forum, 1973. Member: Board of Advisors, J. Nelson Young Tax Institute UNC Law School, 1988 to present. Past member of Houston Society of Certified Public Accountants & American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Practice areas:
Acquisitions and Mergers; Contract Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Oil and Gas Law; Taxation Law; Planning; Controversy and litigation; Trust; Estate Planning and Probate Law; International Business; Mass and Class Action Tort Litigation.