Jenner & Block is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Over 450 attorneys serve a wide range of clients in corporate litigation, business transactions, and in the public sector. Jerold S. Solovy was the longtime Chair of the firm, but on Sept. 26, 2007, the firm announced that Solovy will step down from that post after 17 years in favor of Anton "Tony" Valukas. The voting partners did not reelect Sol...
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Jenner & Block is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Over 450 attorneys serve a wide range of clients in corporate litigation, business transactions, and in the public sector. Jerold S. Solovy was the longtime Chair of the firm, but on Sept. 26, 2007, the firm announced that Solovy will step down from that post after 17 years in favor of Anton "Tony" Valukas. The voting partners did not reelect Solovy to the firm's Policy Committee in 2008. Susan C. Levy became Managing Partner on June 30, 2008. Thomas J. Perrelli is the managing partner for the Washington, DC office which was established in 1982.
Founded as a partnership in 1914, the firm has undergone several name changes. During the period from the 1920s to the 1950s, the firm was known as Johnston, Thompson, Raymond & Mayer, led by a leading Chicago trial lawyer, Edward R. Johnston, and a former Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Floyd E. Thompson. Their early successes...
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