The 2025 edition of Chambers USA: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business recognizes Jones Day with 55 Band 1 & 2 rankings as part of 107 leading practice rankings in total. Eighty-five of the Firm's elite lawyers received rankings in Bands 1 & 2 among more than 200 who ranked as leading lawyers in the United States. Other highlights from the 2025 edition include 24 Band 1 practice rankings, including five Nationwide and 19 spread across seven states, the District of Columbia, and two regional metropolitan areas. These honors reflect the Firm's unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional client service, legal excellence, and innovative solutions to the most complex challenges faced by clients across industries.
Clients and market sources say, "Jones Day has stellar lawyers with a strong commitment to providing good advice and risk management to its clients," adding that the Firm's "breadth and depth of niche expertise is second to none."
Impressed with Jones Day's "creative solutions and outstanding customer service," clients also say:
- "Jones Day has exceptional attorneys with an extreme commitment to client service. They are some of the brightest, most knowledgeable and creative lawyers with whom I worked."
- "Jones Day has an unmatched ability to navigate through extremely complex issues. The team has come to understand the business and is always mindful of aligning strategies to help meet our objectives."
- "Their team combines an exceptional depth of experience with an unparalleled understanding of the industry's complexities."
- "Jones Day offers exceptional expertise, but their availability, responsiveness and creativity truly set them apart."
- "Their ability to work seamlessly across jurisdictions in multiple countries is of enormous value when trying to coordinate to ensure consistency in positions taken."
- "Jones Day provides consistently superior work product. It has the breadth of experience and the flexibility needed to handle the largest and most complex matters."
USA Nationwide Band 1 Rankings
- Appellate Law
- International Arbitration: Highly Regarded
- Labor & Employment
- Product Liability: Tobacco
- Retail: Corporate & Transactional
- USA State and Regional Metropolitan Area Band 1 Rankings
- California: Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
- District of Columbia: Labor & Employment
- Georgia: Corporate/M&A
- New York: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- New York: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Ohio: Antitrust
- Ohio: Banking & Finance
- Ohio: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Ohio: Healthcare
- Ohio: Insurance: Policyholder
- Ohio: Intellectual Property
- Ohio: Litigation: General Commercial
- Ohio: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Ohio Northern: Corporate/M&A
- Pennsylvania: Insurance
- Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds: Litigation: General Commercial
- Texas: Antitrust
- Texas: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
39 Band 1 Lawyer Rankings
- Mark J. Andreini: Insurance – Ohio
- Tyrone R. Childress: Insurance: Policyholder – California; Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder - USA – Nationwide
- Theodore T. Chung: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Illinois
- Eric S. Dreiband: Labor & Employment – District of Columbia
- James R. Dutro: Healthcare – California
- Michelle K. Fischer: Antitrust – Ohio
- Noel J. Francisco: Appellate Law - USA – Nationwide
- Louis P. Gabel: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Michigan
- Michael H. Ginsberg: Insurance – Pennsylvania
- Michael R. Gladman: Litigation: General Commercial – Ohio
- Gregory M. Gordon: Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Texas
- Michael J. Gray: Labor & Employment – Illinois
- Calvin P. Griffith: Intellectual Property – Ohio
- Theodore M. Grossman: Product Liability: Toxic Torts - USA – Nationwide
- Charles W. Hardin Jr.: Corporate/M&A - Ohio: North
- Justin E. Herdman: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – Ohio
- Karen P. Hewitt: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations – California
- Jeffrey L. Kapp: Healthcare – Ohio
- Jessica Kastin: Labor Relations - USA – Nationwide
- Rebekah Byers Kcehowski: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds
- Todd P. Kelly: Healthcare – Texas
- Kathy Keneally: Tax: Fraud - USA – Nationwide
- John M. Kirsner: Healthcare – Ohio
- Laura F. Laemmle-Weidenfeld: Healthcare – District of Columbia
- Matthew W. Lampe: Labor & Employment – New York
- Heather Lennox: Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Ohio (also as a ranked Star Individual, for "exceptional recommendations in their field.")
- Michael J. McConnell: Litigation: Securities – Georgia
- J. Bruce McDonald: Antitrust – Texas
- Daniel D. McMillan: Construction – California
- Warren L. Nachlis: Intellectual Property: Transactional – New York
- Stephanie E. Parker: Litigation: Product Liability – Georgia; Product Liability: Tobacco - USA – Nationwide
- Rachel L. Rawson: Banking & Finance - Massachusetts; Banking & Finance – Ohio
- Edward R. Reines: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation – California
- Geoffrey J. Ritts: Litigation: General Commercial - USA – Nationwide
- Kevin M. Samuels: Banking & Finance - Ohio
- Michael J. Solecki: Corporate/M&A – Ohio: North
- Andy Stanton: Litigation: General Commercial – Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & surrounds
The Chambers USA rankings, based on interviews with lawyers and clients, look at a broad range of qualities, including legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and commitment to the client, to provide an independent assessment of counsel throughout the region.