ADAMS AND JONES, P.L.C.

   A Professional Limited Liability Company of Professional Corporations

   The attorneys of ADAMS AND JONES, P.L.C., consist of Nate L. Adams, III, Michelle Morris Jones, and Timothy M. Mayfield.

Nate L. Adams, III

Nate L. Adams, III, was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1981. Since that time, he has tried or argued cases at every level of the Virginia Courts and, with the sole exception of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Courts. He concentrates his practice in business law, incorporation law, workers' compensation, bankruptcy and creditor's rights, employment law for both employers and employees, criminal law and personal injury.

Mr. Adams is a graduate of the College of William and Mary (A.B., 1977) and the Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1981).

Mr. Adams is active in the Winchester community, currently serving on the Winchester Planning Commission as its Vice-Chairman,  the Winchester-Frederick Economic Development Commission and its Executive Committee, the Blue Ridge Hospice Board of Directors, and the President's Roundtable for Shenandoah University. He has previously served on the Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals as its Chairman, Blue Ridge Hospice as its President, and is a co-founder and former director of the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum.

Mr. Adams has been featured in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America.  His legal efforts were recognized in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a statewide legal publication. He has participated in seminars sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce and Blue Ridge Hospice addressing employment issues and end of life legal issues.

                                                             

Michelle Morris Jones

Michelle Morris Jones was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1994. She concentrates her practice in domestic relations, divorce, separation agreements, premarital agreements, business formation, trusts, estate planning, and wills.

Ms. Jones is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A., 1989) and the University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., 1994). She is a member of the Virginia State Bar  (Family Law and Trusts and Estates Sections), the Virginia Bar Association (Domestic Relations and Wills and Trust and Estates Sections), and the Winchester-Frederick County Bar Association.

Timothy M. Mayfield

Timothy M. Mayfield was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2003 and the Virginia State Bar in 2005. He engages in a general trial practice, including civil litigation, criminal defense and domestic disputes.

Mr. Mayfield graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 2000 and the University of Maryland School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2003. At the University of Maryland, he was active in the International Moot Court, was a member of the international legal honors fraternity Phi Delta Phi, and, upon graduation, was inducted into the Order of the Barristers.

Mr. Mayfield is a native of the Winchester area and graduated from Handley High School. He currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for The Laurel Center (formerly known as The Shelter for Abused Women) and is President of the Winchester Musica Viva, a chamber choir performing works of music in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.