Jones was born in Fairfield , Alabama , and is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Cumberland School of Law at Samford University . After graduating law school , he worked as a congressional staffer and then as a federal prosecutor before moving to private practice . In 1997 , Jones was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama by President Bill Clinton . Jones ' most prominent cases were the successful prosecution of two Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four African-American girls and the indictment of domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph . He returned to private practice at the conclusion of Clinton 's term in 2001
1963 Birmingham church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Doug Jones (politician)