Honorable Edward J. Jones Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland The Honorable Edward J. Jones, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland. Prior to his 1999 appointment to the Multnomah County Circuit Court, Judge Jones spent nine years in private practice in Oregon City and Portland and then served 14 years as the director of MDI, a public defender office in Portland. His practice was almost exclusively in criminal defense and included cases in which his clients faced the death penalty. As a judge, he has become familiar with the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure and now supervises the court’s mandatory arbitration program. Judge Jones serves on the Multnomah County Arbitration Commission. (05/12)