Melissa Lin Jones

Judge Jones was appointed to the Benefits Review Board in October 2019. Prior to her appointment, Judge Jones was an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration, an Administrative Appeals Judge on the D.C. Department of Employment Services' Compensation Review Board, and an Administrative Law Judge with that agency's Office of Hearings and Adjudication, Administrative Hearings Division. Judge Jones has authored or contributed to numerous publications regarding workers' compensation law and administrative adjudication and serves on the faculty of the National Judicial College. She holds a B.A. degree in English from St. Bonaventure University, a J.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, and a M.JS. degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.