Overview
Sarah Clinton Jones is a founding partner of Merkley Jones Eastham, PLLC, in Houston, Texas. Sarah has over 25 years of courtroom experience as a trial lawyer. Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies to excess carriers and businesses. Her book of business is vast and diverse. As first chair or solo trial counsel, she has tried numerous lawsuits to verdict in state and federal court, with cases ranging from catastrophic injury to commercial disputes. Sarah and her law partner, David Merkley, are often hired to parachute in as monitoring or trial counsel shortly before high-exposure trials.
Sarah’s expansive practice ranges from commercial litigation and energy to transportation, insurance, premises and products liability and employment law. She is a problem-solver whose clients know she will answer the phone day or night.
Sarah is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas and the U.S. District Courts for all four districts in the state. On a national scale, she acts as outside counsel for several companies on both coasts, monitoring litigation and stepping in as trial counsel. Prior to her professional career, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston and earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Professional Information & Education
Practice Areas
- Energy
- Catastrophic Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
- Commercial Litigation
- Products Liability
- Transportation
- Trucking
- Premises Liability
- Labor and Employment
Education
- J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Editor in Chief—American Indian Law Review
- OU Moot Court Competition Team Member
- B.S., University of Houston
Court Admissions
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Honors and Distinctions
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2026
- Best Lawyers in America, 2025-2026