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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.<ref name="law.com"/>

Founded in 1893, the firm was originally headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It has represented over half of the companies in the Fortune 500, including Goldman Sachs, General Motors, McDonald's, and Bridgestone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jones Day has also represented the campaign of current president Donald Trump.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Many attorneys from Jones Day have served as federal officials and judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former White House Counsel Don McGahn, former U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, former Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Justin Herdman, and U.S. court of appeals judges Jeffrey Sutton, Gregory G. Katsas, Timothy B. Dyk, Chad Readler, and Eric E. Murphy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Jones Day was founded in Cleveland in 1893 as Blandin & Rice by two partners, Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite news</ref> Frank Ginn joined the firm in 1899, and it changed its name to Blandin, Rice & Ginn.<ref name="ginnobit">Template:Cite news</ref> Rice was murdered in August 1910.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1912, Thomas H. Hogsett joined the firm as partner, and<ref name="ginnobit" /> it became Blandin, Hogsett & Ginn that year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="ginnobit" /> After Morley retired, in 1928, the firm adopted the name Tolles, Hogsett & Ginn.<ref name="ginnobit" />

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.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The firm's Washington, D.C., office was opened in 1946, becoming the firm's first office outside Ohio.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1967, the firm merged with D.C. firm Pogue & Neal to become Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Jones Day has a reputation for representing companies against labor unions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

International expansionEdit

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Republican Party and conservative politicsEdit

Jones Day has historically focused on corporate law, but since Stephen Brogan became managing partner in 2003, it has increasingly shifted to aiding the Republican Party and the American conservative movement.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref> In the 21st century, the firm has increasingly taken on ideologically charged cases and causes. In 2025, The Atlantic wrote that it was known for its Republican clients and for its conservative advocacy.<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the Barack Obama administration, Jones Day challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.<ref name=":4" />

During the first Donald Trump administration, Jones Day helped the administration to dismantle the administrative state, combat early voting, and place a citizenship question on the census.<ref name=":4" /> The firm provided services to Donald Trump for his personal legal problems, as well as helping his 2016 presidential campaign amid investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<ref name=":4" /> This defense included trying to control which documents to hand over to investigators and which staff members to make available for interviews.<ref name=":4" /> A substantial number of Jones Day lawyers then joined the first Donald Trump administration.<ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref> Jones Day partner Don McGahn, who was previously a member of the Federal Election Commission, served as counsel for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and was later nominated to serve as Trump's White House Counsel.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As of March 2017, at least 14 Jones Day attorneys had been appointed to work for the Trump administration.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Jones Day was outside counsel for the Trump 2016 and Trump 2020 campaigns.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref> From 2015 to November 2020, Jones Day received more than $20 million in fees from the Trump campaigns.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref> Jones Day earned more than $4.5 million for Trump 2020 campaign work between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.<ref name=":5" />

In 2020, Jones Day was hired by Trump in his legal fight to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The firm worked for Trump in trying to have courts toss out Pennsylvania mail votes.<ref name=":4" /> According to The New York Times, Jones Day "was giving voice — and legal backing — to the president’s unsubstantiated fear-mongering about the possibility of an election tainted by fraud."<ref name=":4" /> 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."<ref name="Firm denies representing Trump">Template:Cite news</ref> According to The New York Times, Jones Day's post-election justifications for its role in the 2020 election "blurred a basic fact: Jones Day and its lawyers were trying to stop votes from being counted, all in an effort to serve the client."<ref name=":4" />

After Trump left office, Jones Day hired a significant number of former Trump administration lawyers, including Don McGahn and Noel Francisco.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

When Trump became president again in January 2025, the Trump administration hired Jones Day partner Brett Shumate to lead the Civil Division of the Department of Justice.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2025, amid the second Donald Trump administration's targeting of big law firms that represented his perceived political opponents, the Trump administration did not target Jones Day.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />

OperationsEdit

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Jones Day's headquarters building 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.<ref name="law.com"/> It is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable clients and casesEdit

The firm's attorneys have argued more than 40 cases before the United States Supreme Court.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some of the firm's notable clients and cases include:

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jones Day successfully defended against the DNC's legal challenge to Arizona voting laws that had a disparate impact on racial minorities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Notable attorneys and alumniEdit

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Pro bono workEdit

  • Since 2014, representing migrants, primarily women and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with staffed office in Laredo,Texas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Enrich, David. 2022. Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice. Harper Collins.

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