McKool Smith is pleased to announce that Rachael Joneshas joined the firm as a Principal in its Dallas office. Rachael previously served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division at the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas. She has more than two decades of experience handling high-stakes criminal matters.
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“Rachael is a seasoned trial lawyer with a stellar track record of success in the courtroom,” said David Sochia, Chair and Managing Principal of McKool Smith. “She will be an asset to our clients across a broad range of complex commercial litigation and white-collar disputes. We are very excited about her arrival.”
“McKool Smith has an outstanding reputation and is well known for its trial excellence and fierce advocacy,” said Ms. Jones. “I look forward to joining the team, building my practice, and contributing to the firm's success.”
Rachael served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Texas from 2015 to 2025 and was named Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in 2024. In that role, she supervised federal prosecutors, helped manage the division's hiring and budget, and maintained an active caseload involving complex federal criminal matters. Rachael has tried more than 80 jury trials across cases involving a range of issues from capital murder, child sexual assault, and arson- to securities, healthcare, and wire fraud. She has also tried two death penalty cases and conducted major investigations and prosecutions involving international drug trafficking conspiracies, tax fraud, and money laundering among other matters.
Before her federal service, Rachael spent more than a decade at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, where she held several leadership positions, trained prosecutors, launched community-based prosecution initiatives, and served in the child abuse division. She began her career at the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and has been Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009.
Rachael is a graduate of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and earned her B.A. in Business Communication from Westminster College in Missouri.
With more than 130 trial lawyers across offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Marshall, New York, and Washington, D.C., McKool Smith has established a reputation as one of America's leading trial firms. The firm has secured 18 nine-figure jury verdicts and 16 eight-figure jury verdicts, obtaining moreVerdictSearchandThe National Law Journal”Top 100 Verdicts” than any other law firm. McKool Smith represents clients in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, insurance recovery, and white-collar defense matters.
For more information, please contact Keith Hill at (903) 923.9005 or emailkhill@mckoolsmith.com
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