Elijah Stone is a trusted advisor to business clients navigating complex commercial disputes, financial markets and securities litigation, and policyholder-side insurance recovery counseling and litigation.
Elijah has substantial experience managing complex cases throughout all phases of litigation and appeals, and he excels at developing comprehensive litigation plans, crafting persuasive arguments, and guiding teams of associates, contract reviewers, and e-discovery counsel through discovery and motion practice. He also has extensive research and writing experience, routinely drafting compelling briefs and critical motions covering a wide range of novel and complex issues. His appellate experience includes drafting briefs to the California Court of Appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Texas.
As a seasoned Jones Day litigator, Elijah combines his strategic insight with his creative problem-solving skills to consistently deliver exceptional results that are tailored to clients' business objectives.
Experience
Additional Publications
- June 7, 2019
Why Label Talent? Leveraging the Strengths of Every Generation in a Legal Practice, Dallas Bar Association - July 1, 2018
Bankruptcy Treatment of LLC Member Interests, Headnotes, Dallas Bar Association - June 1, 2017
Soggy Debt: The Seventh Circuit Widens the Split on FDCPA Liability for Filing Time-Barred Claims in Bankruptcy, 70 SMU L. Rev. 213 (2017)
Additional Speaking Engagements
- June 5, 2019
Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, ethics CLE presentation
- Southern Methodist University (J.D. cum laude 2018; Managing Editor, SMU Law Review); The University of Texas at Tyler (B.B.A. in Accounting summa cum laude 2015)
- Texas and U.S. District Courts for Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- Extern to Judge Harlin D. Hale, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas (Summer 2016)