Jones Day Pro Bono Clients Sue Firm, Call Work ‘Fiasco’

July 30, 2019, 8:17 PM UTC

Two Orange County, California, mobile home owners are suing global law firm Jones Day for several violations including legal malpractice as they allege the firm’s inadequate pro bono work on their case ultimately led to their eviction.

The complaint Zona Bernier and Gary C. Hill filed on July 25 with the Superior Court of California for Orange County says the firm didn’t render “competent and adequate legal services.”

“For Plaintiffs, the Jones Day ‘work’ was a fiasco,” it said.

Bernier and Hill say that Jones Day advertises that its non-paying pro bono clients receive the same quality legal work as ...

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