Jones Day

Jones Day is an international law firm based in the United States. As of 2018, it was the fifth largest law firm in the U.S. and the 13th highest grossing law firm in the world.[1]

Jones Day
No. of offices43[1]
No. of attorneys2,513[1]
Major practice areasFull service
Revenue$2.05 billion (2018)[2]
Date founded1893 (1893) (as Blandin & Rice)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Company typeGeneral partnership[3]
Websitejonesday.com

Jones Day ranks first in both M&A league tables and the 2017 U.S. Law Firm Brand Index.[4] Jones Day has numerous high-profile clients, including Donald Trump and Fox News.[5] It has represented over half of the companies in the Fortune 500, including Goldman Sachs, General Motors, McDonald's, and Bridgestone.[6][7]

Jones Day was outside counsel for the Trump 2016 and Trump 2020 campaigns.[8] In 2020, Jones Day reportedly worked for Trump in his legal fight to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden.[9] However, the firm said it "is not representing President Trump, his campaign, or any affiliated party in any litigation alleging voter fraud." Jones Day also said it "is not representing any entity in any litigation challenging or contesting the results of the 2020 general election" and that "media reports to the contrary are false." The firm said it is representing the Pennsylvania GOP in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the legality of certain ballots cast in the commonwealth,[10] specifically mail-in votes received after Election Day but postmarked before the end of Election Day.[11]

History

Jones Day was founded as Blandin & Rice in 1893 by two partners, Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice, in Cleveland, Ohio.[12] Frank Ginn joined the firm in 1899, and it changed its name to Blandin, Rice & Ginn.[13] Rice was murdered in August 1910.[14] In 1912, Thomas H. Hogsett joined the firm as partner, and[13] it became Blandin, Hogsett & Ginn that year,[15] 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.[13] After Morley retired, in 1928, the firm adopted the name Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn.[13]

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.[16]

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.[17] The firm's Washington, D.C., office was opened in 1946, becoming the firm's first office outside Ohio.[18] In 1967, the firm merged with D.C. firm Pogue & Neal to become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.[19]

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. The following years the firm expanded to Hong Kong, Brussels, Tokyo, Taipei, and Frankfurt.[20]

Operations
Jones Day offices in Washington, D.C.

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]

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$190,000. 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.[22]

Notable Clients

Donald Trump

Jones Day partner Don McGahn, who was previously a member of the Federal Election Commission, served as counsel for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign and was later nominated to serve as Trump's White House Counsel.[23][24] As of March 2017, at least 14 Jones Day attorneys had been appointed to work for the Trump administration.[16]

Jones Day was outside counsel for the Trump 2016 and Trump 2020 campaigns.[8] From 2015 to November 2020, Jones Day received more than $20 million in fees from the Trump campaigns.[9] Jones Day earned more than $4.5 million for Trump 2020 campaign work between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.[8]

In 2020, Jones Day was reportedly[9] hired by Trump in his legal fight to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden.[9] However, the firm said it "is not representing President Trump, his campaign, or any affiliated party in any litigation alleging voter fraud." Jones Day also said it "is not representing any entity in any litigation challenging or contesting the results of the 2020 general election" and that "media reports to the contrary are false."[10]

International clientele

As of 2018, Jones Day's client list includes individuals reported as notably close to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, his inner circle, and the Kremlin:[25]

German office raid

In March 2017, the firm's Munich office was raided in order to obtain confidential client documents held by the firm in relation to its Munich-based Volkswagen emissions scandal internal investigation. The public prosecutor's office seized electronic data and "a large number of paper files" for use in the Brunswick, Germany-based investigation of Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi AG. German courts upheld the legality of the raid, and no further charges resulted, as of March 2019.[28]

Gender discrimination suit

In 2019, six plaintiffs, who were former Jones Day Associates, filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the firm in Washington DC federal court.[29] The plaintiffs allege unfair pay between female and male associates at the firm. Jones Day has denied the allegations made by the plaintiffs and the case is currently pending further litigation.[30]

Notable alumni

Notes
  1. William Sessions, former FBI Director from 1987 to 1993, was Mogilevich's attorney in the United States.[26][27]

References
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  8. Spiezio, Caroline (2020-11-12). "Blowback against Trump campaign law firm targets clients, recruiting". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  9. Silver-Greenberg, Jessica; Abrams, Rachel; Enrich, David (2020-11-09). "Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
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  11. Abrams, Rachel; Enrich, David; Silver-Greenberg, Jessica (2020-11-13). "Once Loyal to Trump, Law Firms Pull Back From His Election Fight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  12. Reed, George Irving (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: A Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Co. pp. 222–223.; Cho, Janet H. (January 19, 2016). "Jones Day names Heather Lennox its Cleveland Partner-in-Charge, 1st woman in that role". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  13. "F. H. Ginn, 69, Lawyer, Arts Patron, Dies". The Plain Dealer. February 7, 1938. p. 4.
  14. "William L. Rice Murdered". The New York Times. August 6, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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  25. Unger 2018, pp. 216-7.
  26. Unger 2018, p. 218.
  27. Heffernan, Virginia (January 14, 2018). "Column: A close reading of Glenn Simpson's Trump-Russia testimony". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  28. "Documents seised in raid of law firm Jones Day - Allen & Overy". www.allenovery.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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  39. "Gregory Katsas to rejoin Jones Day". Jones Day. October 2009.
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