The Best Lawyers in America 2011

In the 17th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Kirkland has more listed lawyers in the field of Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law than any other firm in United States. Kirkland also has more listed lawyers in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Tax Law than any other firm in Chicago or Illinois. Kirkland also has more listed lawyers in the field of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law than any firm in San Francisco.

93 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 2.8 million peer-review surveys.

Chicago
James M. Amend (Intellectual Property Law)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Jonathan C. Bunge (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Christopher Butler (Banking Law)
Frank Cicero, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Edwin S. del Hierro (Banking Law; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law)
Carter W. Emerson (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity 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)
Mark Filip (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Michael P. Foradas (Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law)
Willard G. Fraumann (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Bruce L. Gelman (Tax Law)
Thomas A. Geraghty (Tax Law)
Richard C. Godfrey (Commercial Litigation)
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 (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
Robert M. Hayward (Securities Law)
John T. Hickey, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
Neil S. Hirshman (Technology Law)
Vicki V. Hood (Employee Benefits Law)
Garrett B. Johnson (Commercial Litigation)
Andrew M. Kaufman (Banking Law)
Natalie H. Keller (Tax Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law ; Technology Law)
Robert Kopecky (Commercial Litigation)
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; Tax Law)
James H. Mutchnik (Antitrust Law)
Dennis M. Myers (Securities Law)
Emily Nicklin (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
James N. Nowacki (Construction Law)
Michael D. Paley (Private Funds Law)
Stephen R. Patton (Bet-the-Company Litigation; 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)
Anup Sathy (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
James H. Schink (International Arbitration)
John A. Schoenfeld (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
David R. Seligman (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Jeffrey T. Sheffield (Tax 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; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity 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)
Ted Zook (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

Los Angeles
Jeffrey S. Davidson (Commercial Litigation)
Mark C. Holscher (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Robert G. Krupka (Intellectual Property Law)
Diana Torres (Intellectual Property Law)
John A. Weissenbach (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

New York
Gregory S. Arovas (Intellectual Property Law)
Paul M. Basta (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Dale Cendali (Intellectual Property Law)
Steven Cherny (Intellectual Property Law)
Richard M. Cieri (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
David Fox (Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law)
Stephen Fraidin (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Patrick C. Gallagher (Tax Law)
Frank Holozubiec (Commercial Litigation)
Marc Kieselstein (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Christopher J. Marcus (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
Christian O. Nagler (Securities Law)
William Pratt (Commercial Litigation)
Scott Price (Employee Benefits)
Kirk A. Radke (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Robert H. Scheibe (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights 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)
Granta Nakayama (Environmental Law)
Tefft W. Smith (Antitrust Law)
George P. Stamas (Corporate Law; Securities Law)
Laurence A. Urgenson (Criminal Defense, White Collar)
Edward W. Warren (Administrative Law; Appellate Law)
Thomas D. Yannucci (Commercial Litigation)