Does Jones Day lean conservative?

Grok says: Jones Day, a major international law firm, has been associated with conservative causes and clients, particularly in recent decades. Under the leadership of managing partner Stephen Brogan since 2003, the firm has taken on high-profile cases and roles aligned with the Republican Party and conservative interests. For instance, it represented Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020, challenged the Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality, and worked on issues like restricting early voting and adding a citizenship question to the census during Trump’s first administration. The firm has also been noted for placing numerous lawyers in key roles within Republican administrations, including Trump’s White House and Justice Department, and for its ties to conservative organizations like the Federalist Society.

However, the firm’s broader practice remains focused on corporate law, serving a wide range of clients across industries, and not all of its lawyers or offices share a uniform ideological stance. Some reports indicate internal tensions, with certain lawyers expressing discomfort over the firm’s conservative-leaning political work. Studies, like one by Bonica, Chilton, and Sen, suggest that while Jones Day is among the more conservative of top-tier law firms, its overall ideological score still leans slightly liberal, comparable to a moderate Democrat, reflecting the diversity of its large workforce.

So, while Jones Day has a notable conservative tilt in its political and high-profile legal engagements, it’s not a monolith, and its corporate practice often operates independently of ideological lines.