The Best Lawyers in America 2008
In the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Kirkland has more listed lawyers in the fields of Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law than any other firm in Chicago and in Illinois. Seventy-three Kirkland lawyers, representing all five U.S. offices, are listed in this guide to the best lawyers in the country. The Best Lawyers in America is an annual referral guide based on more than two million peer-review surveys.
Chicago
James M. Amend (Intellectual Property Law)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David M. Bernick (Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation)
Jonathan Bunge (White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Frank Cicero, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Carter W. Emerson (Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Private Funds Law)
Kevin R. Evanich (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
R. Scott Falk (Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Michael P. Foradas (Commercial Litigation)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David A. Handler (Trusts & Estates)
Steven J. Harper (Commercial Litigation)
John F. Hartmann (Commercial Litigation)
Robert M. Hayward (Securities Law)
John T. Hickey, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
Vicki V. Hood (Employee Benefits Law)
Garrett B. Johnson (Commercial Litigation)
Andrew M. Kaufman (Banking Law)
Marc Kieselstein (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law; Technology Law)
J. Andrew Langan (Antitrust Law)
Jack S. Levin (Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law)
Russell E. Levine (Intellectual Property Law)
Todd F. Maynes (Tax Law)
Steven D. McCormick (Commercial Litigation)
Kenneth P. Morrison (Structured Finance Law)
James H. Mutchnik (Antitrust Law)
Dennis M. Myers (Securities Law)
Emily Nicklin (Commercial Litigation)
James N. Nowacki (Construction Law)
Stephen R. Patton (Commercial Litigation)
Sanford E. Perl (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Stephen L. Ritchie (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
J. Robert Robertson (Antitrust Law)
Donald E. Rocap (Tax Law)
James H. Schink (International Arbitration)
John A. Schoenfeld (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law)
Jeffrey T. Sheffield (Tax Law)
John H. Stassen (Derivatives Law)
Matthew E. Steinmetz (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
James A. Stempel (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
William A. Streff, Jr. (Intellectual Property Law)
Edward T. Swan (Corporate Law)
Michael G. Timmers (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Stephen G. Tomlinson (Real Estate Law)
Keith E. Villmow (Tax Law)
H. Kurt von Moltke (Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Securities Law)
William R. Welke (Tax Law)
Raymond P. Wexler (Tax Law)
Los Angeles
Jeffrey S. Davidson (Commercial Litigation)
Mark C. Holscher (Commercial Litigation; White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Robert G. Krupka (Intellectual Property Law)
Kenneth W. Starr (Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation)
John A. Weissenbach (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law)
New York
Paul M. Basta (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Matthew A. Cantor (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Richard M. Cieri (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
John M. Desmarais (Intellectual Property Law)
Stephen Fraidin (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Patrick C. Gallagher (Tax Law)
William Pratt (Commercial Litigation)
Kirk A. Radke (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law)
Frederick Tanne (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law)
San Francisco
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Washington
Daniel F. Attridge (Commercial Litigation)
John S. Irving, Jr. (Labor & Employment Law)
George P. Stamas (Corporate Law; Securities Law)
Laurence A. Urgenson (White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Edward W. Warren (Administrative Law; Appellate Law)
Thomas D. Yannucci (Commercial Litigation)
Mark D. Young (Derivatives Law)
