Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue is ICANN's law firm, and has been so since the day of
ICANN's birth. Indeed Jones-Day actually performed the incorporation ceremony
in its Los Angeles offices.Jones, Day, in the person of its principle man-on-the-ICANN-scene,
Joe Sims, was present for at least half a year before ICANN was born, working in
the shadows, responding to unknown interests and possibly making unknown deals.
About all we know about that period is that those who were not insiders to Joe Sims
process were ignored and that those who objected were treated with condescension
and abuse.
Over the life of ICANN, Jones, Day has been the the dominant creditor
of ICANN.
Even now Jones, Day continues to receive a lion's share of every dollar
that flows into ICANN.