2022 DIVERSITY DATABASE UNDERWRITER Jones Day

A heavy hitter with a hand in most major areas of law and an internationally recognized prowess in litigation, Jones Day boasts 40 offices in 16 countries, spread over five continents. The firm’s booming practices include antitrust, appellate litigation, financial markets, international law, IP, labor and employment, M&A, private equity, securities, and securities litigation—to name a handful.

A Worldwide Firm with Midwest Roots

Founded in Cleveland in 1893 by Judge Edwin Blandin and William Lowe Rice, Jones Day made its name by representing Midwestern manufacturers and transportation companies. One of the first firms in the nation to adopt a corporate management structure, Jones Day continued its rise by opening a Washington, DC, office in 1946. The years since the firm’s founding have brought steady growth and the addition of dozens of offices around the world.

All-Stars

Jones Day has earned more #1 rankings than any other law firm in BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service A-Team report, which assesses how clients rank and compare law firms in the critical area of client service based on feedback from corporate counsel. Additionally, in 2021 and 2022, the firm had the most lawyers named to BTI’s Client Service All-Stars list. Jones Day has also been recognized as a “most recommended firm” for 20 consecutive years by BTI, the only law firm to achieve this sustained consistency. 

The firm’s practice spans multiple industries, including aviation, biotechnology, construction, defense, energy, financial services, insurance, life sciences, media, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and much more. Among the firm’s top practices is Labor & Employment. Jones Day is consistently among the top 10 of Vault’s Labor & Employment ranking and handles employment discrimination, collective bargaining, wage and hour compliance, benefits claims—and everything in between.

The firm’s Issues & Appeals practice is also highly regarded—and highly ranked, regularly placing in the top five in Vault’s Appellate Litigation ranking. The group is stacked with more than 50 former SCOTUS clerks and over 150 former federal appellate law clerks. That’s what we call experience. The firm has repeatedly been named to The National Law Journal’s Appellate Hot List.

With just over 250 lawyers in its Financial Markets group, Jones Day has a bustling cross-border transactional practice with lawyers across 15 countries. Add to that the firm’s Private Equity group—ranked among the top 25 by Vault—which counsels many of the world's leading private equity funds on the full range of complementary services relevant to sponsors, portfolio companies, and emerging companies.  

That’s A Lot of Good

Jones Day lawyers annually log more than 130,000 hours of pro bono service, assisting organizations such as The Human Trafficking Legal Center, Kids in Need of Defense, the Innocence Project, and others, while tackling issues like anti-human trafficking, access to the rule of law, constitutional policing and civil justice reform, veterans initiatives, and combating hate crimes.

• After a five-week jury trial and six hours of deliberation, Jones Day won a complete defense verdict for Sutter Health in the largest antitrust class action against a hospital system. 
• Jones Day advised SAP in its $8 billion acquisition of Qualtrics International Inc., the global pioneer in the experience management software category.
• Jones Day clients Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and the Wellcome Trust completed the sale of iQ Student Accommodation to Blackstone for £4.66 billion ($5.73 billion), representing the largest-ever private real estate transaction in the U.K.
• Jones Day is representing Hard Rock International (Hard Rock) with their $1.075 billion acquisition of The Mirage Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from MGM Resorts International.
• Jones Day represented Reynolds in a precedent-setting victory before the International Trade Commission (ITC) against its main competitors Philip Morris Products S.A. ("Philip Morris") and Altria Client Services LLC ("Altria") in a patent infringement dispute involving tobacco heating and vaping products. This win for Reynolds marks the first major decision by any court amidst a larger global patent dispute between the Reynolds and Philip Morris affiliated companies.

• Named a “Ceiling Smasher,” as measured by the firm’s percentage of female partners, for the third consecutive year, 2022—Law360
• Awarded 277 rankings across 61 practice areas and earned National Tier 1 rankings for 34 practices, 2023—Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Survey
• 398 lawyers recognized in 69 practice areas from across Jones Day's 18 U.S. offices, 2023—The Best Lawyers in America©
• Recognized among BTI’s “Fearsome Foursome,” the law firms that clients would least like to see as opposing counsel, and as a “Litigation Powerhouse” by in-house counsel in all nine litigation categories, including IP, Class Actions, Cybersecurity, Securities & Finance, Complex Employment, Employment, Product Liability, Complex Commercial and Commercial, 2023—BTI Consulting Group Litigation Outlook
• “Best of the Best" in 12 categories in the first-of-its-kind “Associate Satisfaction A-Listers” report, 2022—BTI Survey of Law Firms Where Associates are Happies