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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 12 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 35 additional categories, in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. 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. To compile its annual guide to the U.S. legal market Chambers conducted thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services around the world.

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Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 95 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months:

Adam Alper
Gregory Arovas
Eugene Assaf
Daniel Attridge
Gary Axelrod
Jon Ballis
James Basile
Paul Basta
Nader Boulos
Robert Buday
Christopher Butler
Dale Cendali
Richard Cieri
Steven Clemens
Anthony Danti
Jeffrey Davidson
Brian Davis
Mark Director
Edward Donovan
Stuart Drake
David Eaton
Carter Emerson
Bruce Ettelson
Kevin Evanich
Scott Falk
Gerald Flattmann
Michael Foradas
David Fox
Stephen Fraidin
Patrick Gallagher
Bruce Gelman
Andrew Genser
Douglas Gessner
Richard Godfrey
Jeffrey Hammes
David Handler
Jonathan Henes
Louis Hernandez
Mitch Hertz
John Hickey
Neil Hirshman
Mark Holscher
Walter Holzer
Vicki Hood
Garrett Johnson
Stephen Johnson
Chris Kallos
Marc Kieselstein
Michelle Kilkenney
Gregg Kirchhoefer
Robert Kopecky
Joshua Korff
Mark Kovner
Robert Krupka
Christopher Landau
Andrew Langan
Daniel Laytin
Jay Lefkowitz
Russell Levine
Gregg LoCascio
Walter Lohmann
Alex MacKinnon
Todd Maynes
Steven McCormick
James Mutchnik
Linda Myers
Granta Nakayama
Emily Nicklin
John O'Neil
Stephen Patton
Sanford Perl
Greer Phillips
William Pratt
Jay Ptashek
Kirk Radke
Claudia Ray
Stephen Ritchie
Donald Rocap
Andrew Running
Anup Sathy
David Seligman
Jeffrey Sheffield
Leslie Smith
Tefft Smith
James Sprayregen
George Stamas
Matthew Steinmetz
James Stempel
William Streff
Maureen Sweeney
Karen Walker
Elaine Walsh
John Weissenbach
William Welke
Thomas Yannucci