Bradley Tyler Jones

Bradley Tyler Jones, age 87, of Bainbridge Island, a founding member of what is now the Davis Wright Tremaine law firm in Seattle, died April 8 at his island home.

He was born June 24, 1917 in Vermillion, S.D., to Robert and Alice Jones.

His father was a law and journalism professor, and in 1920 the family moved to Seattle, where his father taught at the University of Washington. The family spent summers at an Arrow Point vacation home.

Bradley graduated from the UW law school in 1941 and joined the law firm at which he would practice throughout his legal career.

He turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to marry Phyllis Howard, and served with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

He returned from the war in 1945 and after recovering from a bout of malaria, went back to his law practice.

He and his family moved to Mount Vernon in 1948, and he became vice president of Pictsweet Foods. He stayed there until 1956, when he returned to the law firm.

Howe, Davis Reese and Jones merged with another firm in 1969 to become Davis Wright and Jones.

Jones practiced law for 38 years, and mentored many of the younger attorneys in that firm before retiring in 1990, at which point the firm became Davis Wright Tremaine.

During his career he served as president of the Seattle-King County Bar Association and the State Bar Association.

He moved to Bainbridge Island in 1991, after living on Hood Canal.

The family maintained a cabin near Poulsbo, and spent summer days there digging clams, rowing, sailing and fishing.

He enjoyed golfing, reading and tending rhododendrons, and also taught Sunday school.

He is survived by his son Tyler Jones of Germany; son Robert Jones of Corvallis, Ore.; daughter Carolyn Dewald of New York; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis.

Services will be held at 6 p.m. April 13 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island. His son Tyler, an ordained Episcopal priest, will officiate.