Jones Walker partner Alida C. Hainkel has been selected as a member of New Orleans CityBusiness' Leadership in Law class of 2011. Each year, New Orleans CityBusiness selects 50 legal professionals practicing as either Educators, In-house Counsel, Court Associated lawyers, or Firm Associated lawyers in the Greater New Orleans Area. Honorees are chosen based on their contributions to the legal profession, as well as their contributions to the community.

Past Jones Walker recipients of this award include Robert Bailey Acomb, Jr., Jesse "Jay" R. Adams, Edward B. Benjamin, Jr., J. Kelly Duncan, Janice Martin Foster, Covert J. Geary, Harry Simms Hardin, III, Pauline F. Hardin, William H. Hines (Hall of Fame), Grady S. Hurley, Andrew R. Lee, Marjorie A. McKeithen, Dionne M. Rousseau, and Robert B. Worley, Jr.