History
Jones Day was founded in 1893 in Cleveland, Ohio as Blandin & Rice. In its early days, major Ohio-based clients included the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company, major utilities and railroads.
In 1944, an explosion at the East Ohio Gas Company killed 130 people and destroyed 600 homes. Jones, Day lawyers counseled the gas company and settled many claims before trial.
In 1946, it opened its first office outside of Ohio in Washington, D.C.
By 1952, the firm represented the Youngstown, Ohio steel mill in the celebrated case testing the limits of executive power, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer.
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