Candice Jones

Paralegal

Candice provides legal and administrative assistance to the program director, litigation director, and energy program director. “Through the vast range of these programs, I get to see on a large scale what SELC does to help preserve our region,” she said. “More importantly, I get to help those who call the region home.”

In more than two decades of legal work, Candice has participated on trial teams and in federal and state amicus brief preparations. A highlight was being part of the SELC trial team in 2016 that took a case to the U.S. District Court in Richmond against Dominion Virginia Power. The final decision removed toxic coal ash stored within the water table in Chesapeake, Virginia, and moved it to a lined landfill away from the Elizabeth River.

Protecting water quality for humans and our ecosystems is part of what drew Candice to SELC initially and then to return for her current stint.

“I strongly believe in the right to clean air, clean water, and beautiful natural spaces for all Southerners, not just the ones lucky enough not to live next to a coal- or gas-fired power plant, or streams untouched by chemicals or untreated agricultural or industrial runoff,” she said. “Every person deserves to have a healthy environment in which to live and raise their family.”

In her free time, Candice gravitates toward water – the Outer Banks in North Carolina, the rivers and streams that run throughout the George Washington National Forest, and the marshes and creeks of  the South Carolina Lowcountry. She says she is “happiest when I’m on a paddleboard, the beach, or hiking by a stream.”

• More than 20 years of work across several areas of law, including constitutional law and local and federal water utility work
• B.S., University of Maryland University College, and Paralegal Studies Certificate