Elizabeth Ames Jones, immediate past chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas, has joined Patton Boggs LLP as a senior policy advisor.

Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Jones joins Patton Boggs’ public policy and energy and natural resources practice groups.

According to the release, Jones spent seven years as an energy commissioner in Texas, an elected position, prior to joining the firm. During her tenure, she served as chairman of the commission twice. Prior to her election to the Railroad Commission, she served four years in the Texas ...