JONES DAY: Jones Day’s Labor & Employment Practice ranked Band 1 for 15th consecutive year in Chambers USA 2021

Jones Day issued the following announcement on July 8.

For the 15th consecutive year, Chambers USA recognized Jones Day's Labor & Employment Practice with its elite "Band 1" practice ranking in its 2021 edition. 

Numerous clients commended Jones Day’s Labor & Employment work and lawyers, lauding the Practice as 

" …  an outstanding team. They are uniformly smart, creative and disciplined problem-solvers with strong business sense, absolute client dedication and innovative solutions;” "emphasizes good client service and high-quality, skilled representation;” and " … very quick to respond to questions and provide complete and very thorough advice." 

• "It is a premier firm with a very robust employment practice, which takes on the most complex high-profile cases in the country."
• "Highly strategic and highly experienced," and…the firm "consistently obtains good results and is a go-to for complex class action matters."
• “They are collaborative and always put the needs of the client first. You will always get the best lawyer in the labor and employment department for your particular challenge."
• "The Jones Day team has been able to partner together effectively to issue-spot and resolve complex matters. They work well together and complement each other well."
• "High-quality work done in an efficient and practical fashion”; "very pragmatic and useful."
• "A terrific practice, very well regarded for labor and employment."
• "The Jones Day team is collaborative and goes out of its way to ensure they are doing everything they possibly can to protect our business interests."

Practice Leaders

• Matthew Lampe (New York)
• Elizabeth McRee (Chicago)

Two Lawyers Ranked Band 1

• Eric Dreiband: Labor & Employment - District of Columbia
• Michael J. Gray: Labor & Employment – Illinois

 Sixteen Lawyers ranked

• Rick Bergstrom (San Diego)
• David Birnbaum (Chicago)
• Joanne Bush (Houston)
• Terri Chase (New York)
• Patricia Dunn (Washington)
• Eric Dreiband (Washington) 
• Roy Ginsburg (Minneapolis)
• Michael Gray (Chicago)
• Douglas Hall (Washington)
• Brian Jorgensen (Dallas)
• Jessica Kastin (New York)
• Curt Kirschner (San Francisco) 
• Matthew Lampe (New York)
• Alison Marshall (Washington) 
• Donald Munro (Washington)
• Deborah Sudbury (Atlanta)

Seven State Rankings, including two earning “Elite” status

• California
• Georgia
• Illinois (Elite)
• New York (Elite)
• Ohio
• Texas
• Washington, D.C.

 Chambers also ranked the Practice Band 1 in Washington for the 17th straight year.

Original source can be found here.