Clients from around the world rely on Jenner & Block for their most complex and challenging cases.  The 320 attorneys in our Litigation Department have tried virtually every kind of litigation across a wide variety of industries.  We have represented clients in matters before all 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, in federal and state courts, and before arbitration panels and administrative tribunals throughout the country and abroad, including the American Arbitration Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the New York Stock Exchange.

Our trial prowess in high-profile, bet-the-company litigation is well known.  In January of 2006, The American Lawyer selected Jenner & Block as one of the top five litigation departments in the United States over the past two years.  Citing our impressive business victories for Fortune 500 clients, the magazine singled out Jenner & Block for our "astonishing" trial results and "hardfought" settlements, as well as our "extraordinary" pro bono efforts. Chambers Global legal directory has described Jenner & Block as a firm with "bedrock strength in trial work," while reporting that our clients "...remain steadfast in their support, describing the group as 'absolutely outstanding.'"

Among our attorneys are 13 fellows of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, over two dozen lawyers recognized as "America's Leading Lawyers" by Chambers USA, and numerous leaders of national, state and local bar associations.  More than 50 percent of the attorneys in our Litigation Department have clerked for judges in the federal and state systems – including 10 who clerked for United States Supreme Court Justices.

We also have a very active Appellate and Supreme Court Practice, which has argued 20 cases before the Supreme Court over the last seven terms, including Lawrence v. Texas, recognized by Legal Times as a decision "destined to be a landmark of the decade if not the century," and the much publicized Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. case against file-sharing services which The National Law Journal described as "the most important copyright challenge in decades."  To view news about our Litigation Department, please click here.  To view events involving our litigation attorneys, please click here.  To view publications by Litigation Department attorneys, please click here.

Among the litigation practice groups in the Firm are attorneys focusing on: