Jenner & Block
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| Headquarters |
353 North Clark Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| No. of offices | 5 |
| No. of attorneys | 434 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Anton R. Valukas, Chairman; Terrence J. Truax, Managing Partner |
| Revenue | $408M (2014) |
| Date founded | 1914 |
| Founder | Jacob Newman, Conrad Poppenhusen, and Henry Stern |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Slogan | When it's a matter of importance. |
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Jenner & Block is a United States-based law firm with offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. The firm is active in corporate litigation, business transactions, the public sector and other legal fields. It has litigated several prominent cases before the United States Supreme Court. As of 2014, it is the 103rd largest law firm in the US, based on The American Lawyer's annual ranking of firms by headcount.
The firm was founded in Chicago in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern. Since its founding, the firm has had ten names. Name partner Albert E. Jenner, Jr., a former assistant counsel to the Warren Commission, established Jenner & Block's longstanding relationship representing General Dynamics in the 1950s. The name of the firm was changed to Raymond Mayer Jenner & Block in 1964 after Samuel W. Block became a name partner. In 1969, it was shortened to its present title.
In late 1928, the former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Floyd Thompson joined the firm. Known plainly as “The Judge,” Thompson handled several high-profile cases for the firm.
Jenner & Block was one of the first national law firms to establish a Washington D.C. practice specifically focused on appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. It was once headed by Bruce Ennis, Jr., who argued more than a dozen cases before the Supreme Court, including three cases arising under different provisions of the same law, the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996. The appellate practice is led by Paul M. Smith, a partner with the firm. The outgoing U.S. solicitor general, Donald Verrilli Jr., is a former member of the practice. A number of lawyers in the Washington D.C. office have served as clerks to the US Supreme Court.
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