Jones Day was founded in Cleveland in 1893 as Blandin & Rice by two partners, Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice.[9] Frank Ginn joined the firm in 1899, and it changed its name to Blandin, Rice & Ginn.[10] Rice was murdered in August 1910.[11] In 1912, Thomas H. Hogsett joined the firm as partner, and[10] it became Blandin, Hogsett & Ginn that year,[12] 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.[10] After Morley retired, in 1928, the firm adopted the name Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn.[10]
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.[13]
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.[14] The firm's Washington, D.C., office was opened in 1946, becoming the firm's first office outside Ohio.[15] In 1967, the firm merged with D.C. firm Pogue & Neal to become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.[16]
Jones Day has a reputation for representing companies against labor unions.[17][18][19]
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.[21] Unlike many peer firms, Jones Day does not pay a year-end or mid-year bonus, compensating associates entirely with salary;[21] 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.[21] New associates have a starting salary of US$225,000.[22] 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.[23]
Notable clients and cases
The firm's attorneys have argued more than 40 cases before the United States Supreme Court.[24] Some of the firm's notable clients and cases include:
As of 2022[update] the firm served as outside counsel for the Trump 2016 and Trump 2020 campaigns.[31] Jones Day collected more than $19 million from Trump's operation since 2020.[32]
As of 2021[update] 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).[34][35] The CDC eviction moratorium covered approximately 30-40 million renters at risk of eviction.[36]
As of 2017[update] 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.)[37]
As of 2014[update] 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.)[41]
Chaka Patterson, fundraiser for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, former Chief of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Civil Division[66][67][68]
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 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]
^Enrich, David (2022-08-25). "How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution". The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-25. 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.
^"LOS ANGELES COUNTY". Los Angeles Times. August 20, 1987. Retrieved 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.
^"Yvette McGee Brown". Supreme Court of Ohio. Retrieved 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.
^Brennan, Tom (February 12, 2014). "Former Partner Rejoins Jones Day as Asia Head". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 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.
^Castro Wyatt, Melissa (September 27, 2022). "Plotting Her 'Rewirement'". University of Virginia School of Law. Retrieved 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.
^"Morgan E. O'Brien"(PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 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.
^"Who is Kevyn Orr?". WJBK. March 14, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
