Hate Crimes Task Force

Initiated in 2017, Jones Day’s Hate Crimes Task Force includes a team of lawyers, one a former US Attorney and many others former prosecutors, who support and represent the victims of hate crimes, as well as their family members. They work closely with local law enforcement, civil rights organizations, and agencies and departments at various levels of government.

Jones Day represented the family of a member of the U.S. military who was targeted and killed because of his race; defended members of the Charlottesville city counsel who were sued in their individual capacity as a result of their efforts to address iconography; and provided advice to individual cities that were seeking to quell the use of unlawful private militias and unauthorized paramilitary activity at public demonstrations. Jones Day also provided educational materials on the legal parameters of peaceful protest in cities across the country.

Jones Day is also spearheading an international project to address anti-Semitism and other forms of hate and extremism that manifested themselves in the Tree of Life killings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With a multidisciplinary group of leading experts from around the world, Jones Day is working to drive global and actionable solutions to overt acts of hate and extremism.