Jenner & Block Rated Nation’s Top Pro Bono Firm

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Jenner & Block was named the top law firm in the country for pro bono service for the third year in a row by The American Lawyer magazine.

Jenner & Block offered more than 69,000 hours of pro bono service in 2009 to top the AM Law rankings. Services offered included helping fledgling non-profits and representing the needy in courts across the country, Jenner & Block said in a press release.

The firm obtained the number one rank through a combination of having 161.1 average pro bono hours per attorney, and having 83.5% of its attorneys, representing 100% of associates and nearly two-thirds of partners, contribute more than 20 hours to pro bono matters.

  

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“This is a significant honor for our Firm,” said Susan C. Levy, Jenner & Block’s Managing Partner.  “It confirms the substantial commitment and effort our attorneys made in 2009 to helping the neediest in our communities, and reflects our unwavering dedication to the Firm’s core values.”

In addition to the past three years, Jenner & Block was also rates as the nation’s top pro bono law firm in 1998. Jenner & Block has around 450 attorneys with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.