Jenner & Block is defined by the exceptional results we produce, the values we share, the clients we serve and most importantly, our attorneys.  Jenner & Block lawyers consistently deliver excellence in the most complex and demanding legal matters, both litigation and transactions. They do not consider the practice of law a job, but rather a calling to serve clients, the profession and the community.  No matter what legal challenge is presented, our powerful combination of experience, professionalism and teamwork will achieve the best possible outcome.

Founded in 1914, Jenner & Block is a national law firm of approximately 450 attorneys.  Our Firm has been widely recognized for producing outstanding results in corporate transactions and securing significant litigation victories from the trial level through the United States Supreme Court.  Companies and individuals around the world trust Jenner & Block with their most sensitive and consequential matters.  Our clients range from the top ranks of the Fortune 500, large privately held corporations and financial services institutions to emerging companies, family-run businesses and individuals.

We have earned our reputation as a litigation powerhouse.  The 350 attorneys in our nationally recognized litigation department have won impressive victories in complex and challenging cases in a broad range of substantive areas of law and across a wide variety of industries, before federal, state and administrative courts and in arbitrations.  We have achieved landmark rulings on behalf of clients in matters before the United States Supreme Court -- our appellate advocates have presented 20 oral arguments to the Court in the last nine terms, with five wins in the last two terms, alone.

Lawyers in our transactional practices represent international and domestic clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and dispositions of businesses.  We also regularly advise clients in connection with public and private securities offerings and financings and in areas such as real estate, tax, environmental, insurance, commercial law, technology, intellectual property, bankruptcy and reorganization, labor and employment, executive compensation, government contracts, health care and associations.

A commitment to public service is part of the DNA of our Firm.  We are known for our long tradition of pro bono advocacy, as well as service to the bar and to our communities.The American Lawyer magazine ranked Jenner & Block as the Number One pro bono firm in the country in 1998, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and has consistently ranked us as one of the top ten pro bono firms in the country.  The National Law Journal named the Firm to its 2011 "Pro Bono Hot List."  Many other organizations have recognized us for the pro bono work we do.  The Firm has received the prestigious Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association, the Pro Bono Institute’s John H. Pickering Award, the Public Interest Law Initiative's Pro Bono Initiative Award, the DC Bar’s Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award and numerous others.  In addition, many lawyers in the Firm have received individual awards for the pro bono work they have done.

Jenner & Block attorneys rise above the rest both in terms of their qualifications and their approach to practicing law.  We recruit our lawyers from top-tier law schools and prominent clerkships, and foster their growth and development with training, mentoring and casework.  We foster creativity in the practice of law, while also holding our attorneys to a rigorous set of performance standards.  Our culture combines entrepreneurism with an atmosphere of collegiality and teamwork.
 

In addition, the following also sets Jenner & Block apart from other firms:

• We have members of the bars of every United States Court of Appeals and members of the state bars throughout the country.
   
• Among our trial attorneys are 14 Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 6 former United States Supreme Court clerks, 66 former United States Courts of Appeals clerks, numerous state appellate court clerks, two former U.S. Attorneys and numerous former Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
   
• Several Jenner & Block lawyers currently serve as federal judges, building on a remarkable history of judicial service by members of the Firm.  One former partner is now the United States Solicitor General; another is serving as the third highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice.
   
• Our attorneys are actively involved in writing, speaking and representing clients on issues at the leading edge of the world’s business community and the practice of law.