Jones Day

Jones Day traces its beginnings to the firm of Blandin & Rice, formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1893. Edward J. Blandin was one of the most noted litigators in Cleveland; he later was elected President of the Cleveland Bar Association, becoming the first of nine Jones Day partners to be so honored. William Rice was a successful business lawyer. They took on one associate, Frank Ginn, and the Firm rapidly expanded. Tragedy struck in 1910, when Rice was mysteriously murdered while walking home from dinner. Despite an investigation led by his close friend William Cromwell (of New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell), the murder was never solved.

Jones Day now is a legal institution with more than 2,500 lawyers on four continents, is based on a set of core principles - the most critical of which is a relentless focus on client service that transcends individual interests. We are One Firm Worldwide.