Press Release

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Appoints New Partners

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce 62 attorneys were promoted to partner on Oct. 1, 2008. Eight attorneys of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP were also promoted to partner.

The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 1,500-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex corporate and tax, litigation, restructuring, dispute resolution and arbitration, and intellectual property and technology matters.  The Firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Palo Alto, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Name

Practice Area

Office

Kristen J. Allen

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Chris Almand              

Litigation

Los Angeles

Jennifer Sands Atkins

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

Rita L. Berardino

Intellectual Property

New York

Stephanie A. Brennan

Litigation

Chicago

Patrick M. Bryan

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

William R. Burke

Corporate

Chicago

Anthony J. Casey

Litigation

Chicago

Sudwiti Chanda

Litigation

New York

Aaron D. Charfoos

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Andrew R. Dunlap

Litigation

New York

Padraic B. Fennelly

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

Ted M. Frankel

Corporate

Palo Alto

Jeffrey W. Gettleman

Restructuring

Chicago

Adam J. Gill

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Warren R. Goodworth

Private Funds

Chicago

Eric Tomas Gortner

Litigation

Chicago

Alexis Gorton

Intellectual Property

New York

David E. Grassmick

Litigation

Chicago

Nicole L. Greenblatt

Restructuring

New York

Elazar Guttman

Corporate

New York

Audrey L. Harris

White Collar/Litigation

Washington, D.C.

Jared E. Hedman

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Jeanne M. Heffernan

Intellectual Property

New York

Benjamin W. Hulse

Litigation

Chicago

Sonali Shah Jindal

Corporate

San Francisco

Jeffrey B. Kaplan

Corporate

Chicago

Christopher W. Keegan

Litigation

San Francisco

Atif N. Khawaja

Litigation

New York

Michelle Kilkenney

Corporate

Chicago

Hannah Kong

Corporate

New York

Ross M. Kwasteniet

Restructuring

Chicago

Stephanie S. Liang

Corporate

Chicago

Matthew S. Lovell

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Daniel J. Michaels

Corporate

Washington, D.C.

Tom Monagan

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Kevin L. Morris

Corporate

Chicago

Michael C. Occhuizzo

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

Caroline A. Paranikas

Corporate

Chicago

Amy R. Peters

Corporate

Chicago

Theodore A. Peto

Corporate

Chicago

Christopher C. Posteraro

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

John W. Reale

Litigation

Chicago

Neal J. Reenan

Corporate

Chicago

Roger D. Rhoten

Corporate

Chicago

Sara A. Robinson

Corporate

Chicago

Melanie R. Rupert

Intellectual Property

New York

Yi (Claire) Sheng

Corporate

New York

Nathan R. Shinn

Corporate

San Francisco

Jessica H. Sicsu

Corporate

Chicago

Coree Smith

Real Estate

Chicago

William Cory Spence

Intellectual Property

Chicago

Karen Alexandra Spindler

Intellectual Property

Palo Alto

Brian T. Stansbury

Litigation

Washington, D.C.

R. Bruce Steinert, Jr.

Corporate

San Francisco

Bernard Taylor

Litigation

Chicago

William T. Vuk

Intellectual Property

New York

Sara B. Zablotney

Tax

New York

Jason K. Zachary

Corporate

New York

Jordan D. Zamir

Corporate

San Francisco

Erica B. Zolner

Litigation

Chicago

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Name

Practice Area

Office

Sophie Allen

Tax

London

Pierfrancesco Carbone

Corporate

London

Kate Downey

Private Funds

London

Jennifer Kapusniak

Private Funds

London

Sacha Luerken

Corporate

Munich

Kate Simpson

Private Funds

London

Oded Schein

Tax

Munich

Joern Schnigula

Corporate

Munich