Kirkland & Ellis LLP Ranked a Top-Tier Firm by Chambers & Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 13 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 27 additional categories, in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. To compile its annual guide to the U.S. legal market Chambers & Partners conducted thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services around the world.

Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 76 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months:

James Amend
Peter Armenio
Daniel Attridge
Jon Ballis
Paul Basta
David Bernick
Christopher Butler
Richard Cieri
Steven Clemens
Jeffrey Davidson
John Desmarais
Mark Director
Edward Donovan
Stuart Drake
David Eaton
Carter Emerson
Bruce Ettelson
Kevin Evanich
Scott Falk
Gerald Flattmann
Michael Foradas
Stephen Fraidin
Patrick Gallagher
Douglas Gessner
Richard Godfrey
Jeffrey Hammes
David Handler
Steven Harper
Mitchell Hertz
John Hickey
Neil Hirshman
Mark Holscher
Vicki Hood
Garrett Johnson
Stephen Johnson
Andrew Kaufman
Marc Kieselstein
Gregg Kirchhoefer
Robert Kopecky
Mark Kovner
Robert Krupka
Andrew Langan
Daniel Laytin
Jay Lefkowitz
Jack Levin
Russell Levine
Neil Levy
Walter Lohmann
Todd Maynes
Steven McCormick
James Mutchnik
Linda Myers
Emily Nicklin
Stephen Patton
Sanford Perl
Greer Phillips
Scott Price
Kirk Radke
Stephen Ritchie
Donald Rocap
Andrew Running
Anup Sathy
David Seligman
Jeffrey Sheffield
Tefft Smith
George Stamas
Kenneth Starr
James Stempel
William Streff
Maureen Sweeney
Stephen Tomlinson
Kevin Treesh
John Weissenbach
William Welke
Richard Wynne
Thomas Yannucci