Jones Day Explained

Jones Day
Headquarters:	51 Louisiana Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Num Offices:	40^[1]
Num Attorneys:	2,302
Practice Areas:	Full service
Revenue:	$2.5 billion (2022)
Date Founded:	(as Blandin & Rice) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Company Type:	General partnership^[2]
Slogan:	"One Firm Worldwide"^[3] -->
Homepage:	jonesday.com

Jones Day is an American multinational law firm based in Washington, D.C. As of 2023, it is one of the largest law firms in the United States with 2,302 attorneys, and among the highest grossing in the world with revenues of $2.5 billion.^[1] It was originally headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm has represented over half of the companies in the Fortune 500, including Goldman Sachs, General Motors, McDonald's, and Bridgestone.^{[4] [5]} Jones Day has also represented the campaign of former president Donald Trump.^[6]

Many attorneys from the firm have served as federal officials or judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former White House Counsel Donald McGahn, and former U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco.^{[7] [8] [9]}

History

Jones Day was founded as Blandin & Rice in 1893 by two partners, Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice, in Cleveland, Ohio.^[10] Frank Ginn joined the firm in 1899, and it changed its name to Blandin, Rice & Ginn.^[11] Rice was murdered in August 1910.^[12] In 1912, Thomas H. Hogsett joined the firm as partner, and it became Blandin, Hogsett & Ginn that year,^[13] and Tolles, Hogsett, Ginn & Morley a year later after the retirement of Judge Blandin and the addition of partners Sheldon H. Tolles and John C. Morley. After Morley retired, in 1928, the firm adopted the name Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn.

In its early years, the firm was known for representing major industries in the Cleveland area, including Standard Oil and several railroad and utility companies.^[14]

In November 1938, then managing partner Thomas Jones led the merger of Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn with litigation-focused firm Day, Young, Veach & LeFever to create Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. The merger was effective January 1, 1939.^[15] The firm's Washington, D.C., office was opened in 1946, becoming the firm's first office outside Ohio.^[16] In 1967, the firm merged with D.C. firm Pogue & Neal to become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.^[17]

Jones Day has a reputation for representing companies against labor unions.^{[18] [19] [20]}

International expansion

The international expansion of Jones Day began in 1986 when the firm merged with boutique law firm Surrey & Morse, a firm of 75 attorneys with international offices in New York City, Paris, London, and Washington, D.C. In the following years, the firm expanded to Hong Kong, Brussels, Tokyo, Taipei, and Frankfurt.^[21]

Operations

As of 2018, Jones Day was the fifth largest law firm in the U.S. and the 13th highest grossing law firm in the world.^[1] It is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Compensation

The firm compensates each associate (after their first year) uniquely, based on the quality of their work and jurisdiction. Unlike many peer firms, Jones Day does not pay a year-end or mid-year bonus, compensating associates entirely with salary;^[22] salaries are not public and are not determined by class-year, and the firm has long said that its "black box" compensation system breeds collegiality, and that its associates—even though they are not paid a bonus—generally earn the same as, or more than, associates at other major firms.^[22] New associates have a starting salary of US$225,000.^[23] Some associates have said that they are under-compensated compared to their peers at other firms, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars, and that their compensation is much lower than what they were promised when they interviewed.^[24]

Notable clients and cases

The firm's attorneys have argued more than 40 cases before the United States Supreme Court.^[25] Some of the firm's notable clients and cases include:

• The firm has represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company since 1985.^[26] At one point, R.J Reynolds accounted for 19% of Jones Day's annual revenue. Jones Day continues to represent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in high-profile litigation around the country.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}
• In 2012, the firm challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.^[31]
• the firm served as outside counsel for the Trump 2016 and Trump 2020 campaigns.^[32] Jones Day collected more than $19 million from Trump's operation since 2020.^[33]
• the firm represented the North American Coal Corporation in a legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's rule-making power under the Clean Air Act (West Virginia v. EPA).^[34]
• the firm represented the Alabama Association of Realtors in a successful legal challenge to the Center for Disease Control's nationwide eviction moratorium (Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services).^{[35] [36]} The CDC eviction moratorium covered approximately 30-40 million renters at risk of eviction.^[37]
• it represented National Public Radio in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's ("FEMA") withholding of critical information. National Public Radio, Inc., et al. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency, et al., No. 1-17-cv-00091 (D.D.C.)^[38]
• the firm represented the Arizona Republican Party in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee.^[39] Jones Day successfully defended against the DNC's legal challenge to Arizona voting laws that had a disparate impact on racial minorities.^[40]
• The firm submitted a brief of amicus curiae on behalf of its client Chevron in Nestle v. Doe, a 2020 case raised the pleading requirements for plaintiffs stating a claim under the Alien Tort Statute.^[41]
• it served as lead restructuring counsel to the City of Detroit in connection with its chapter 9 bankruptcy case filed in July 2013 In re City of Detroit, Michigan, No. 13-bk-53846 (Bankr. E.D. Mich.)^[42]
• the firm represented Access Industries^[43]
• the firm represented Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation^[44]
• the firm represented the National Rifle Association of America^[45]
• Jones Day represented the losing party – a startup Myriad Genetics, Inc. – at the US Supreme Court in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Notable attorneys and alumni

• Marvin Bower, McKinsey & Co. consultant^[46]
• Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, former U.S. congresswoman^[47]
• James Brokenshire, Northern Ireland Secretary under Prime Minister Theresa May^[48]
• Yvette McGee Brown, first African-American female justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio^[49]
• David L. Carden, former U.S. ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)^[50]
• Timothy Dyk, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit^[51]
• Noel Francisco, former United States Solicitor General in the Donald Trump administration^[52]
• Benjamin Ginsberg, lawyer^[53]
• Erwin Griswold, former United States Solicitor General and Harvard Law School Dean^[54]
• Jane Harman, former U.S. Congresswoman^[55]
• Justin Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio^[56]
• Sundaresh Menon, Chief Justice of Singapore^[57]
• Gregory Katsas, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit^[58]
• Megyn Kelly, journalist^[59]
• Deborah Platt Majoras, former Procter & Gamble Chief Legal Officer; former Federal Trade Commission chair^{[60] [61]}
• Donald McGahn, former White House Counsel in the Donald Trump administration^[62]
• Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean, associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia^[63]
• Eric E. Murphy, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[64]
• Morgan E. O'Brien, former co-founder and chairman of Nextel Communications^[65]
• Kevyn Orr, former emergency financial manager for Detroit, Michigan^[66]
• Chaka Patterson, fundraiser for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, former Chief of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Civil Division^{[67] [68] [69]}
• L. Welch Pogue, former Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board^[70]
• Chad Readler, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[71]
• Antonin Scalia, former Supreme Court Associate Justice
• Jeffrey Sutton, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[72]

Pro bono work

• Since 2014, representing migrants, primarily women and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with staffed office in Laredo,Texas.^{[73] [74]}
• Launched Global Compendium of Laws on human trafficking- the first standardized collection of the relevant laws, on a country-by-country basis with the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS).^[75]
• With the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children wrote "The Attorney Manual: Guide to Representation of Children Victimized by the Online Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material," a more than 400-page document free to lawyers looking to help victims on a pro bono basis.^[76]
• With the American Bar Association, created VetLex, a national pro bono legal network to help veterans find volunteer attorneys that provide free and low-cost legal services.^[77]

Rankings and awards

BTI has ranked Jones Day as the only firm to earn "Most Recommended Law Firm" for 20 consecutive years and also ranked it as "Fearsome Foursome" nine times since 2011.^{[78] [79]}

Law360 named Jones Day a "Ceiling Smasher" in 2022 as one of the top 10 firms having the highest representation of women in equity partnership and as M&A Group of the Year in 2015.^{[80] [81]}

The American Lawyer named Jones Day winner of the Litigation Department of the Year in 2017.^[82]

See also

• List of largest United States-based law firms by head count

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jones Day . Law.com . 2 July 2023.
2. https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/JDvBlockshopper/JonesDayAmicusBrief.pdf Jones Day Amicus Brief
3. News: MacKimm . Nancy . Manning . George . 'One Firm Worldwide' Approach Unites Jones Day's Dallas And Houston Offices . Corporate Counsel Business Journal . September 1, 2009 . 30 April 2019.
4. Web site: Jones Day Limited Partnership . 2023-07-11.
5. Web site: Jones Day | Company Profile | Vault.com . Vault.
6. Web site: Thomas . David . 2020-11-12 . Law firm Jones Day, counsel to past Trump campaigns, picks new leader . en . Reuters .
7. Web site: Journal . A. B. A. . Scalia's BigLaw stint was 'like asking Michelangelo to work for a company that paints fences' . 2023-07-11 . ABA Journal . en.
8. Web site: Vogue . Ariane de . 2019-03-04 . Former White House counsel Don McGahn returns to law firm CNN Politics . 2023-07-11 . CNN . en.
9. Web site: 2018-11-09 . Solicitor General: Noel Francisco . 2023-07-11 . www.justice.gov . en.
10. Book: Reed, George Irving . Bench and Bar of Ohio: A Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 2 . Chicago . Century Publishing and Engraving Co. . 1897 . 222–223.

    News: Cho . Janet H. . Jones Day names Heather Lennox its Cleveland Partner-in-Charge, 1st woman in that role . The Plain Dealer . January 19, 2016 . May 6, 2016 .

11. News: F. H. Ginn, 69, Lawyer, Arts Patron, Dies . The Plain Dealer . February 7, 1938 . 4.
12. News: William L. Rice Murdered . The New York Times . August 6, 1910 . 1 . May 6, 2016 .
13. News: Law Firms Will Merge . The Plain Dealer . January 27, 1912 . 14.
14. News: Donald Trump's Favorite Law Firm . 2017-03-16 . Bloomberg.com . 2017-03-31.
15. News: Form New Law Firm . The Plain Dealer . November 18, 1938 . A12.
16. Book: Djordjevich, Vera . Vault Guide to the Top Washington, D.C. Law Firms 2008 . New York . Vault Reports Inc. . 2007 . 978-1-58131-501-1 . 122.
17. News: George C. Neale Dies; Law Firm Founder . The Plain Dealer . May 13, 1971 . B2.
18. News: Boston Globe hires law firm known for taking hard line with unions . 2021-12-17 . Boston Business Journal.
19. Web site: A law firm in the trenches against media unions . 2021-12-17 . Columbia Journalism Review . en.
20. News: Politics and Prose Bookstore Employees Move To Unionize . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215194120/https://dcist.com/story/21/12/14/politics-prose-bookstore-employees-unionize/ . 2021-12-15 . 2021-12-17 . DCist . en.
21. Web site: locations . Jones Day . 2019-04-10.
22. Web site: Associates . https://web.archive.org/web/20150303140656/http://www.jonesday.com/principlesandvalues/associates/ . 3 March 2015 . Jones Day . 9 October 2019.
23. Web site: United States . Jones Day.
24. Web site: Rubino . Kathryn . 29 June 2016 . 'The Jig Is Up'—Opening Up Jones Day's Black Box . . en-US . 9 October 2019.
25. Web site: Jones Day's Issues & Appeals Practice . 2022-04-12 . Jones Day . en.
26. Web site: Miller . Brady . The Corruption of the Legal Profession . The American Prospect . 12 July 2024.
27. Web site: $9.3M+ Verdict Against RJR in Retrial Over Florida Smoker's Death . Courtroom View Network . 12 July 2024.
28. Web site: R.J. Reynolds secures $135 million victory in the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands . Jones Day . Jones Day . 12 July 2024.
29. Web site: R.J. Reynolds wins complete defense verdict reversing $23.4 billion punitive damages award . Jones Day . Jones Day . 12 July 2024.
30. Web site: R.J. Reynolds wins complete defense verdict in Jones wrongful death lawsuit . Jones Day . Jones Day . 12 July 2024.
31. News: Enrich . David . 2022-08-25 . How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution . 2022-08-25 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331 . It is not uncommon for partners at corporate law firms to dabble in politics. Nor is it rare for a firm itself to throw its weight behind causes on the left or the right... What sets Jones Day apart is the degree to which it penetrated the federal government under Trump and is now taking advantage of a judicial revolution that it helped set in motion..
32. News: Merken . Sara . 2022-06-22 . Jones Day lawyer who worked for Bill Barr in Jan. 6 probe switches firms . en . Reuters . 2023-07-11.
33. Web site: Anna Massoglia . 2023-09-22 . Prosecutors allege pressure tactics after Trump's political operation paid over $44 million to witness lawyers . 2023-09-22 . OpenSecrets News . en.
34. Web site: West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency . 2022-04-12 . SCOTUSblog . en-US.
35. Web site: 2021-08-26 . Court lifts federal ban on evictions . 2022-04-12 . SCOTUSblog . en-US.
36. Web site: Alabama Association of Realtors v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Briefs & Arguments . 2022-04-12 . Jones Day . en.
37. Web site: 2020-08-07 . The COVID-19 Eviction Crisis: an Estimated 30-40 Million People in America Are at Risk . 2022-04-12 . The Aspen Institute . en-US.
38. Web site: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC. et al v. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY et al and 15 other new FOIA lawsuits. The FOIA Project . 2023-07-11 . en.
39. Web site: Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic National Committee. Briefs & Arguments . 2022-04-12 . Jones Day . en.
40. Web site: Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee . 2022-04-12 . SCOTUSblog . en-US.
41. Web site: Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I . 2022-04-12 . SCOTUSblog . en-US.
42. Web site: Janet H. Cho . The Plain Dealer . 2014-11-08 . Cleveland Jones Day partners David Heiman and Heather Lennox led City of Detroit's exit from $18 billion bankruptcy . 2023-07-11 . cleveland . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803182618/https://www.cleveland.com/business/2014/11/cleveland_jones_day_partners_david_heiman_and_heather_lennox_led_city_of_detroits_exit_from_18_billion_bankruptcy.html . August 3, 2022 . live.
43. News: 2009-01-06 . LyondellBasell stuck in debt restructuring talks . en . Reuters . 2023-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240129145700/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lyondellbasell-idUSTRE5054O520090106/ . 2024-01-29 . live.
44. Web site: Law.com . 2023-07-11 . Law.com . en.
45. News: Scarcella . Mike . 2021-09-01 . Gun makers tap Jones Day, Cozen to defend against Mexico lawsuit . en . Reuters . 2023-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901214458/https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/gun-makers-tap-jones-day-cozen-defend-against-mexico-lawsuit-2021-09-01/ . 2021-09-01 . live.
46. News: Marvin Bower, 99; Built McKinsey & Co. . . January 24, 2003 . November 12, 2020 . Martin, Douglas.
47. News: August 20, 1987 . LOS ANGELES COUNTY . . April 12, 2023 . Former California Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke has been named a partner in the Los Angeles office of the law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue..
48. News: Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire resigns . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/41245316-d162-3ee6-a5c3-007f38b944db . 2022-12-10 . subscription . live . . January 8, 2018 . November 12, 2020 . Mance . Henry . Megaw . Nicholas.
49. Web site: Yvette McGee Brown . . April 13, 2023 . After leaving the Supreme Court, Justice McGee Brown joined the Columbus office of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue as a partner practicing business and tort litigation..
50. News: Brennan . Tom . February 12, 2014 . Former Partner Rejoins Jones Day as Asia Head . . April 12, 2023 . Former Jones Day New York partner David Carden served for two years as the United States' first ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations..
51. Web site: Timothy B. Dyk, Circuit Judge . United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . November 12, 2020.
52. Web site: Meet the Solicitor General . September 29, 2017 . . November 12, 2020.
53. News: POLITICO Playbook: Two sneak peeks from Michael Schmidt's new book . . August 31, 2020 . 13 November 2020 . Palmer . Anna . Sherman . Jake.
54. News: Hevesi . Dennis . Erwin Griswold Is Dead at 90; Served as a Solicitor General . November 12, 2020 . Page B10 . . November 21, 1994.
55. News: Harman downplays her role as lobbyist . . March 29, 1998 . November 12, 2020 . Salladay . Robert . Williams . Lance.
56. News: President Donald J. Trump Announces United States Attorney Candidate Nominations. June 21, 2017. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. June 12, 2017.
57. News: Power & Purpose Asia's Most Influential SG Sundaresh Menon . . April 13, 2023 . Menon left to co-found Wong Partnership in 1992, and also worked at Rajah & Tann and Jones Day in subsequent roles..
58. Web site: Gregory Katsas to rejoin Jones Day. Jones Day. October 2009. 2020-11-13. 2018-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722184911/http://m.jonesday.com/gregory-katsas-to-rejoin-jones-day-10-29-2009/.
59. Web site: ZARY MAREKH, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EQUIFAX; EXPERIAN, formerly, TRW; TRANS UNION, (2nd Cir. 2001) . vLex . https://web.archive.org/web/20160202120441/http://federal-circuits.vlex.com/vid/zary-marekh-herself-equifax-experian-trw-18531486 . February 2, 2016 . mdy-all.
60. News: Castro Wyatt . Melissa . September 27, 2022 . Plotting Her 'Rewirement' . . April 13, 2023 . Majoras had joined the firm's Chicago office as a litigation associate after a clerkship at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia..
61. Web site: Deborah Platt Majoras, Former Chairman . 18 July 2013 . . April 13, 2023 . Prior to her government service, Majoras was a partner in Jones Day's antitrust section..
62. News: Terris . Ben. Trump's own Beltway establishment guy: The curious journey of Don McGahn . The Washington Post. April 11, 2016.
63. Web site: President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia . September 27, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181126103513/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/27/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-superior-court-district-columbia . . . November 26, 2018.
64. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation Eric E. Murphy, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit) . . March 17, 2019 . April 28, 2021.
65. Web site: Morgan E. O'Brien . . April 13, 2023 . Mr. O'Brien had been with the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, an international law firm, from January 1986 to January 1990, where he served as partner-in-charge of the firm's telecommunications section..
66. News: March 14, 2013 . Who is Kevyn Orr? . . April 13, 2023 . Gov. Rick Snyder announced Thursday that he had chosen Kevyn Orr, a partner in the law and restructuring Jones Day firm, as Detroit's emergency manager. . May 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130517215444/http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/21638382/who-is-kevyn-orr . bot: unknown .
67. News: High-ranking Cook County prosecutor resigns after inquiry into case referrals to former employer . . December 15, 2017 . December 16, 2017.
68. News: Cook County's top civil attorney Chaka Patterson resigns . . December 15, 2017 . December 16, 2017 . December 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171216012624/https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cook-countys-top-civil-attorney-chaka-patterson-resigns/ .
69. News: Top Kim Foxx aide resigns amid investigation . . December 15, 2017 . December 16, 2017.
70. News: The Split . . March 23, 1980 . November 12, 2020 . Lemann, Nicholas.
71. Web site: PN248 — Chad A. Readler — The Judiciary . . March 6, 2019 . April 27, 2021.
72. Web site: Confirmation Hearing on Federal Appointments . . January 29, 2003 . November 12, 2020.
73. Web site: In Remote Immigrant Detention Centers, It's Pro Bono Or Bust - Law360 . 2023-07-11 . www.law360.com . en.
74. Web site: 2023-07-02 . The Biden administration guaranteed attorney access for all migrant screenings. Most don't have it . 2023-07-11 . AP News . en.
75. Web site: Human Trafficking Laws Ragas Online . 2023-07-11 . en-US.
76. Web site: Jones Day Crafts Guide For Child Image Exploitation Cases - Law360 . 2023-07-11 . www.law360.com . en.
77. Web site: Harper . Lauren . 2017-03-10 . PILI Pro Bono Spotlight: VetLex Project by Jones Day . 2023-07-11 . Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) . en-US.
78. Web site: BTI Most Recommended Law Firms 2022 . 2023-07-11 . The BTI Consulting Group . en-US.
79. Web site: The 4 Law Firms That GCs Most Hate To Face In Court - Law360 . 2023-07-11 . www.law360.com . en.
80. Web site: These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships - Law360 . 2023-07-11 . www.law360.com . en.
81. Web site: M&A Group Of The Year: Jones Day - Law360 . 2023-07-11 . www.law360.com . en.
82. Web site: No Egos Allowed: Jones Day, Winner of the Litigation Department of the Year . 2023-07-11 . The American Lawyer . en.