Award Los Angeles Business Journal

Minority Leaders of Influence 2021

The Los Angeles Business Journal named Kirkland & Ellis partners Sierra Elizabeth and Ellisen Turner to its 2021 list of “Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys.” Sierra was recognized for serving as co-chair of Kirkland’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity subcommittee, as well as for taking a leading role in many complex and high-profile commercial litigations. Ellisen was recognized for completing more than $320 million in patent licences and technology transactions in 2020, as well as for serving as co-chair of the Firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.