Caylin W. Jones

Caylin Jones is a partner in Burke’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses exclusively on the defense of law enforcement officers and local governments in civil rights litigation.

Caylin has defended nearly every type of litigation that a law enforcement agency could face, including officer-involved shootings, class action litigation, malicious prosecution claims, allegations of excessive force, and allegations of unconstitutional jail conditions.

Practices

Representative Matters

Obtained a defense verdict in February 2026 in a challenging jail suicide case, which is believed to have set a southern California record for the largest rejected pretrial settlement offer in a single-plaintiff wrongful death civil rights case that ended in a defense verdict.
Obtained an Order granting Motion for Summary Judgment involving an inmate-on-inmate homicide in November 2025.
Obtained a defense verdict in March 2023 in a fatal officer-involved shooting case in which the plaintiffs sought $20 million at the close of the three-week trial. This victory in Rusanovskaya v. City of Los Angeles was selected as a Daily Journal Top Verdict.

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, Southwestern Law School, 2019
B.A., Sociology, California State University, Northridge, 2015

Admissions

State Bar of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Central District of California
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
United States District Court for the Southern District of California

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