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 31 additional categories, in the 2009 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, based in London, produces the internationally recognized guides to the legal profession described by The New York Times as "the gold standard" in legal rankings.

Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 89 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months:

Adam Alper
James Amend
Peter Armenio
Gregory Arovas
Eugene Assaf
Daniel Attridge
Jon Ballis
James Basile
Paul Basta
David Bernick
Robert Buday
Christopher Butler
Dale Cendali
Richard Cieri
Steven Clemens
Jeffrey Davidson
John Desmarais
Mark Director
Edward C. Donovan
Stuart Drake
David Eaton
Carter Emerson
Bruce Ettelson
Kevin Evanich
Scott Falk
Gerald Flattmann
Michael Foradas
David Fox
Stephen Fraidin
Pat Gallagher
Bruce Gelman
Douglas Gessner
Richard Godfrey
Jeffrey Hammes
David Handler
Steven Harper
Jonathan Henes
Louis Hernandez
Mitchell Hertz
John Hickey
Neil Hirshman
Mark Holscher
Vicki Hood
Garrett Johnson
Stephen Johnson
Chris Kallos
Andrew Kaufman
Marc Kieselstein
Gregg Kirchhoefer
Robert Kopecky
Mark Kovner
Robert Krupka
Christopher Landau
Andrew Langan
Daniel Laytin
Jay Lefkowitz
Jack Levin
Russell Levine
Walter Lohmann
Todd Maynes
Steven McCormick
James Mutchnik
Linda Myers
Emily Nicklin
Stephen Patton
Sandy Perl
Greer Phillips
Kirk Radke
Claudia Ray
Stephen Ritchie
Donald Rocap
Andrew Running
Anup Sathy
David Seligman
Jeffrey Sheffield
Tefft Smith
James Sprayregen
George Stamas
Kenneth Starr
Matthew Steinmetz
James Stempel
William Streff
Maureen Sweeney
Kevin Treesh
Karen Walker
Elaine Walsh
John Weissenbach
William Welke
Thomas Yannucci