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Jones Day’s Todd Johnson among 2012 CLAY award winners honored by California Lawyer

California Lawyer magazine has named Jones Day partner R. Todd Johnson of the Firm's Silicon Valley Office as one of the winners of the 16th annual California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Awards. The awards recognize 26 accomplishments in 20 areas of legal practice, honoring lawyers throughout the state whose achievements had a significant impact in 2011. Mr. Johnson was honored as one of three lawyers in California who worked to engineer the passage of SB 201, a bill that created "Flexible Purpose Corporations," making possible in California the creation of triple-bottom line businesses or social enterprises -- those that focus on people, the planet, and profitability -- rather than the previous requirement that they consider only profits and shareholder returns. Mr. Johnson, who leads the Firm's Energy Practice and its Renewable Energy and Sustainability group, co-chaired the working group that drafted SB 201. He will be featured alongside other recipients of the CLAY Awards in the March 2012 issue of California Lawyer.
Jones Day is a global law firm practicing in the major centers of business and finance throughout the world. Ranked among the world's best and most integrated law firms, and perennially ranked among the best in client service, Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, approximately half of the Fortune 500, the Fortune Global 500, and the FT Global 500.