Thomas G. Jones
Democratic · TX · Justice of the Peace, Dallas County Precinct 1, Place 1
Thomas G. Jones has been a Dallas County justice of the peace since 1991 and served on the Dallas school board from 1987 to 1992. He worked 10 years for the U.S. Education Department's civil rights office and says he balances the law with fairness.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 1 record
A federal jury found that he and a funeral home operator conspired to have a woman arrested without probable cause (enough legal reason) in a 1994 peace bond case (a court order to keep the peace). The jury awarded her $25. The federal judge dismissed the civil rights claim against him because judges are immune from such suits.
March 17, 1998
Source: dallasobserver.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 3 unfavorable
A state review court upheld a public reprimand and extra-training order against him. It found he ordered a man arrested for contempt in a $1,500 security-deposit case without making sure the man had notice of the contempt request.
June 17, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: scjc.texas.gov
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished him for incompetence in running his court. It found his untrained, poorly supervised staff mishandled cases and failed to recall arrest warrants that should have been cleared, and that he did not complete the required yearly judge training for 2008.
September 9, 2009Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: scjc.texas.gov
A three-judge state review court publicly admonished him and ordered him to take extra training. It found he had issued arrest orders in peace bond cases without holding hearings or having written complaints.
August 10, 2000Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: scjc.texas.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 3 records
A state review court upheld a public reprimand and extra-training order against him. It found he ordered a man arrested for contempt in a $1,500 security-deposit case without making sure the man had notice of the contempt request.
June 17, 2021
Source: scjc.texas.gov
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished him for incompetence in running his court. It found his untrained, poorly supervised staff mishandled cases and failed to recall arrest warrants that should have been cleared, and that he did not complete the required yearly judge training for 2008.
September 9, 2009
Source: scjc.texas.gov
A three-judge state review court publicly admonished him and ordered him to take extra training. It found he had issued arrest orders in peace bond cases without holding hearings or having written complaints.
August 10, 2000
Source: scjc.texas.gov
Past race Thomas G. Jones ran in:
- Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1, Place 1 · November 3, 2026 · Dallas County, Texas · incumbent