“General Counsel, Boxing Visionary, and Author of 'The Gist of Bid Whist'”
Lamont Jones serves as General Counsel for Haymon Boxing Management, creator of the Premier Boxing Champions platform, and advisor for more than 100 elite professional boxing champions, contenders and prospects.
Previously, Jones established and led the legal department for the Aspen Institute. A former Olympic movement executive, Jones served as General Counsel of USA Track & Field and Executive Director of USA Boxing.
Jones started his legal career with Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles and Baker Botts in Houston before representing leading boxing industry figures in contract negotiations, litigation and trials. Before law school, Jones competed in more than 200 amateur boxing bouts.
Jones is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
Jones has enjoyed playing cards with a diverse range of people, starting in his hometown in the “Little Dixie” section of Oklahoma, as well as on Ivy League campuses, in white-shoe law firm and corporate settings, and in the rough-and-tumble of the boxing business throughout the United States and around the world.
Lamont wrote The Gist of Bid Whist:
The world's greatest card game awaits you.
Combining the strategic engagement of Bridge and the risk-taking swagger of Poker, Bid Whist has captivated luminaries like Justice Thurgood Marshall, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson—and inspired a passionate following in Black American communities for generations.
Accessible to players of all ages and backgrounds, the fast-paced game sparks camaraderie and rewards teamwork worthy of the best jazz ensembles and basketball teams.
The Gist of Bid Whist equips you with a firm grasp of the game's fundamentals and a deep understanding of Bid Whist strategy. It also enhances the "card sense" that will enable you to thrive at any of your favorite trump card games, including Spades, Hearts, Euchre, Oh Hell, Bridge—or, of course, Bid Whist.
The Gist of Bid Whist explores the fascinating role of the Pullman porters, who crisscrossed the nation, sharing the latest jazz and blues records, insights that helped fuel the Great Migration, and the card game that was integral to life as a porter, Bid Whist. Poetically, Bid Whist would prove to be vital to the porters' ultimate heroic impact on America.
Let's play Bid Whist!
