Pro Bono

Ukraine

Within a week of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Jones Day established a Ukraine Task Force comprised of lawyers across the US, Europe and the Middle East. That Task Force meets regularly to strategize on providing charitable contributions, legal assistance to refugees and supporting efforts to rebuild Ukraine. Lawyers across the US and Europe have been working at legal clinics to provide advice directly to refugees and lawyers across Europe have taken in refugee families, volunteered at events organized to support refugees and contributed goods shipped to the borders of Ukraine. Our corporate clients are also joining in to provide legal assistance to refugees in Germany. Offices have undertaken initiatives to hire Ukrainian law students and lawyers displaced by the war. The Jones Day Foundation has provided grants for hundreds of law students to facilitate their continued legal education as well as significant grants to organizations providing humanitarian relief.

As a part of the Firm's support of Ukraine, the Financial Markets practice group and Paris Office hosted a roundtable event at the Marshall Center in Paris entitled, "The Key Role of the Private Sector in the Reconstruction of Ukraine." Representatives of major financial institutions, energy and infrastructure corporates, multilateral and development agencies, and the Ukrainian and French governments joined Jones Day to discuss issues related to the rebuilding and reconstruction of Ukraine in the same room where U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall and others originally crafted the vision for Europe’s post-World War II economic recovery. Discussion centered on Ukraine’s reconstruction needs, how the private sector can support the recovery effort, and the issues to be navigated in connection with such private sector support. The Firm remains committed to helping Ukraine and the private sector deploy a wide array of financial products in support of the nation’s rebuilding and continues to focus on these issues.

Home Security: Cleveland Office Team Counteracts Fraudsters and Forgery

Two fraudsters scammed Lender Salone—a retired senior citizen on a fixed income—out of the title to her home. Then they tried to evict her. Fortunately for Lender, the City of Cleveland provides a right to counsel for anyone facing eviction. And unfortunately for the fraudsters, the Cleveland Legal Aid Society referred Lender to Jones Day. Now, after two years of litigation in four different courts, a team of Jones Day lawyers has secured and defended on appeal a judgment quieting title in Lender's favor.