All law firms seek to serve clients effectively. Some do it more consistently than others. Jones Day topped BTI Consulting Group's 2012 "Client Service A-Team" ranking, which identifies the top 30 law firms for client service through a national survey of corporate counsel. "BTI welcomes Jones Day to the number one spot for the 7th time - and into The BTI Client Service 30 for the 11th straight year," says the BTI report. "Jones Day secures its position in the top spot for the second year in a row by earning an exceptional 10 Best of the Best honors in the activities driving superior client relationships." And in the 2009 Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting annual survey of almost 300 corporate board members asking who is the best law firm in America, Jones Day was ranked second.  These are just two indications that our focus on serving our clients' needs, and not on the financial metrics that are so commonly used today to measure law firm performance, are recognized by our clients, who reward us with more opportunities to help them meet their interests.

Jones Day is organized as a true partnership, and it operates as such, not as an LLP or LLC or some other quasi-corporate entity. We see ourselves as a global legal institution based on a set of principles to which a large number of men and women can commit – principles that have a social purpose and permanence, that transcend individual interests. While this may well be a more sociological description than you would see on most law firm web sites, and no doubt is subject to a skeptical reaction from many when they first read or hear it, we believe it accurately describes one important aspect of what makes Jones Day the client service organization that it is.