The Best Lawyers in America 2009

In the 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Kirkland has more listed lawyers in the fields of Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law than any other firm in Chicago or Illinois. Kirkland also has more listed lawyers in the field of Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law than any other firm in San Francisco.

Seventy-nine Kirkland lawyers, representing all six U.S. offices, are listed in this guide to the best lawyers in the country. The Best Lawyers in America is an annual referral guide based on more than two million peer-review surveys.

Chicago
James M. Amend (Intellectual Property Law)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David M. Bernick (Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation)
Jonathan Bunge (White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Frank Cicero, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Carter W. Emerson (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Private Funds Law)
Kevin R. Evanich (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
R. Scott Falk (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Michael P. Foradas (Commercial Litigation)
Willard G. Fraumann (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Bruce L. Gelman (Tax Law)
Thomas A. Geraghty (Tax Law)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David A. Handler (Trusts and Estates)
Steven J. Harper (Commercial Litigation)
John F. Hartmann (Commercial Litigation)
Robert M. Hayward (Securities Law)
John T. Hickey, Jr. (Commercial Litigation)
Neil S. Hirshman (Technology Law)
Vicki Vallen Hood (Employee Benefits Law)
Garrett B. Johnson (Commercial Litigation)
Andrew M. Kaufman (Banking Law)
Michael H. Kerr (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Marc Kieselstein (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law; Technology Law)
J. Andrew Langan (Antitrust Law)
Jack S. Levin (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law)
Russell E. Levine (Intellectual Property Law)
Todd F. Maynes (Tax Law)
Steven D. McCormick (Commercial Litigation)
Kenneth P. Morrison (Banking Law; Structured Finance Law)
James H. Mutchnik (Antitrust Law)
Dennis M. Myers (Securities Law)
Emily Nicklin (Commercial Litigation)
James N. Nowacki (Construction Law)
Stephen R. Patton (Commercial Litigation)
Sanford E. Perl (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Stephen L. Ritchie (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Donald E. Rocap (Tax Law)
James H. Schink (International Arbitration)
John A. Schoenfeld (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Jeffrey T. Sheffield (Tax Law)
John H. Stassen (Derivatives Law)
Matthew E. Steinmetz (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
James A. Stempel (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
William A. Streff, Jr. (Intellectual Property Law)
Edward T. Swan (Corporate Law)
Michael G. Timmers (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Stephen G. Tomlinson (Real Estate Law)
Keith E. Villmow (Tax Law)
H. Kurt von Moltke (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Securities Law)
William R. Welke (Tax Law)
Raymond P. Wexler (Tax Law)

Los Angeles
Jeffrey S. Davidson (Commercial Litigation)
Mark C. Holscher (Commercial Litigation; White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Robert G. Krupka (Intellectual Property Law)
Kenneth W. Starr (Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation)
John A. Weissenbach (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Richard L. Wynne (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)

New York
Gregory S. Arovas (Intellectual Property Law)
Paul M. Basta (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Richard M. Cieri (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
John M. Desmarais (Intellectual Property Law)
Stephen Fraidin (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Patrick C. Gallagher (Tax Law)
Christian Nagler (Securities Law)
William Pratt (Commercial Litigation)
Kirk A. Radke (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Frederick Tanne (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

San Francisco
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)

Washington
Daniel F. Attridge (Commercial Litigation)
John S. Irving, Jr. (Labor and Employment Law)
Christopher Landau (Appellate Law)
George P. Stamas (Corporate Law; Securities Law)
Laurence A. Urgenson (White-Collar Criminal Defense)
Edward W. Warren (Administrative Law; Appellate Law)
Thomas D. Yannucci (Commercial Litigation)
Mark D. Young (Derivatives Law)