Best Law Firms 2011
Kirkland is ranked in 44 practice areas, with a total of 30 national tier one rankings and 47 regional tier one rankings across 5 domestic offices, in U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers 2011-2012 "Best Law Firms" rankings. The survey includes rankings for 9,633 law firms in 75 national and 119 metropolitan or state practice areas.
The 2011-2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes 41,284 lawyers and is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
An addition to this year's rankings is the naming of one "Law Firm of the Year" in each of the 75 nationally ranked practice areas. Law firms receiving this designation had an impressive overall performance in the research and received the first award of this kind by U.S. News and Best Lawyers. Kirkland was named Private Equity and Litigation - Patent "Law Firm of the Year."
Tier one rankings are listed below. Kirkland was also recognized in: Construction, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment - Management, Energy, Financial Services Regulation, Insurance, International Trade and Finance, Labor - Management, Litigation - Construction and Litigation - First Amendment.
National
Tier 1
Antitrust Law
Appellate Practice
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Governmental Investigations
Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation
Environmental Law
Litigation - Antitrust
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Labor & Employment
Litigation - Patent
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Litigation - Securities
Litigation - Tax
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Patent Law
Private Equity Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Tax Law
Technology Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Venture Capital Law
Regional
Tier 1
Chicago
Antitrust Law
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Governmental Investigations
Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation
Information Technology Law
International Arbitration - Commercial
Litigation - Antitrust
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Labor & Employment
Litigation - Patent
Litigation - Securities
Litigation - Tax
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Patent Law
Private Equity Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Real Estate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Tax Law
Technology Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Venture Capital Law
Los Angeles
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Litigation
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Private Equity Law
New York City
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Antitrust
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Private Equity Law
San Francisco
Private Equity Law
Washington, D.C.
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Appellate Practice
Environmental Law
Litigation - Antitrust
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
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