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Jones Day
Jones Day: 5 tracked AI moves since 2024 across infrastructure & platform, GenAI Assistant and compliance & regulatory, involving 2 named technologies.
Capability Index
39
Rising
Market rank
50
of 285 tracked firms
- Tracked since
- 2024
- Evidence records
- 5
- Capability areas
- 6
- Named technologies
- 2
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Jones Day shows rising visible AI activity, with the strongest recorded concentration in infrastructure & platform. 2 named technologies appear across the evidence.
Analysis based only on published evidence tracked by TVPi; it is not a claim about unobserved firm activity.
Capability intelligence
Tracked capabilities and adoption
Areas inferred from public moves, with recency and supporting evidence visible at a glance.
Infrastructure & Platform
2 movesGenAI Assistant
2 movesCompliance & Regulatory
2 movesJones Day adds cybersecurity/AI litigator Alexander Southwell
Knowledge Management
1 moveLegal Research
1 moveAgentic & Workflow
1 moveJones Day Named BTI 'Innovation Icon' for Generative AI Deployment by Client Survey
Activity intelligence
Momentum and strategy mix
Activity by quarter
Strategy move mix
- Partnership40%
- Key Hire20%
- Other20%
- Internal Build20%
Technology ecosystem
Named platforms in the evidence
A vendor appears here only when it is connected to a tracked move.
Outcome evidence
Proof points and verified case studies
“We have seen extensive AI adoption across the Firm, and it is clear that it works best when pointed at trusted, curated knowledge. - Giles Elliott, Global Chair of AI and Innovation, Jones Day”
“We already have extensive individual AI adoption across the Firm. We are continually exploring ways to combine the relationships, judgment and experience of our lawyers with advances in AI to deliver exceptional client service." — Giles Elliott, Global Chair of AI and Innovation, Jones Day”
Evidence ledger
Tracked activity
Every published record for this firm, newest first.
- PartnershipOct 27, 2026Observed
Jones Day becomes a founding partner of Draftwise's Ontonomi legal ontology, deploying it first in M&A and private equity
Jones Day and Draftwise will deploy Ontonomi, Draftwise's legal ontology offering, across multiple practice areas, starting with M&A and private equity. The aim is to structure and connect the firm's precedents, positions and experience so lawyers and associates can draw on senior judgment. Ropes & Gray was named a founding partner at the Sept 29 launch, so Ontonomi now has two of the largest US firms behind it.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- PartnershipOct 22, 2026Observed
Jones Day selects Legora as strategic AI partner, with firmwide access for 2,500+ lawyers over the coming months and a design-partner role on Legora's forthcoming legal research product
On 22 October 2026 Jones Day and Legora announced a strategic AI partnership: lawyers in all 40 offices will gain access to Legora over the coming months, and the firm will act as design partner for Legora's forthcoming ontological legal research product. They will also run a structured learning and development program with Prof. Dan Hunter (King's College London), including collaboration with clients. The announcement is a rollout plan, not evidence that every lawyer has access today, and it follows a structured evaluation and is framed alongside Jones Day's own systems and knowledge infrastructure.
Vendor Announcement · Confirmed confidence
- Key HireSep 18, 2026Observed
Jones Day adds cybersecurity/AI litigator Alexander Southwell
Jones Day hired Alexander H. Southwell as partner in its Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection practice in New York; his practice explicitly spans AI governance, digital assets, and regulatory investigations alongside cyber incident response.
Trade Press · Confirmed confidence
- OtherJul 8, 2025Observed
Jones Day Named BTI 'Innovation Icon' for Generative AI Deployment by Client Survey
BTI Consulting's inaugural 'Law Firm Innovation Icons 2025' report, based on over 350 corporate counsel, named Jones Day a top-tier Innovation Icon with the highest ranking in the 'Generative AI Innovators' category, citing AI-enabled case assessment, predictive analytics, automated drafting, and multilingual client briefings -- though Jones Day itself does not name the underlying tools.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
- Internal BuildJan 1, 2024Observed
Jones Day Operates Formal Global AI and Innovation Practice with Internal Tool Vetting Program
Jones Day operates a cross-practice AI team led by Giles Elliott (Global Chair of AI and Innovation), Karen Hewitt, and Craig Waldman, plus a Firm Technology Partner role vetting AI tools for internal use. The firm does not publicly disclose which vendors/products are approved.
Firm Press Release · Confirmed confidence
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