The Best Lawyers in America 2014

108 Kirkland lawyers are listed in the 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The Best Lawyers in America is an annual referral guide to the best lawyers in the country based on more than 3.9 million peer-review surveys.

Additionally, four Kirkland attorneys have been named "Lawyers of the Year." They are as follows:

Kenneth R. Adamo: Chicago Litigation - Patent "Lawyer of the Year"
Jeffrey C. Hammes: Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year"
Jack S. Levin: Chicago Corporate Law "Lawyer of the Year"
Kenneth P. Morrison: Chicago Securitization and Structured Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year"

The full list of Kirkland attorneys named in the guide follows:

Chicago
Kenneth R. Adamo (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
James M. Amend (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Jonathan C. Bunge (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Christopher Butler (Banking and Finance Law)
David K. Callahan (Litigation - Intellectual Property)
Rachel Cantor (Tax Law)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Edwin S. del Hierro (Corporate Governance Law)
David Eaton (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds/Hedge Law)
R. Scott Falk (Corporate Governance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Mark Filip (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation: Securities)
Michael P. Foradas (Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law)
Bruce L. Gelman (Tax Law)
Thomas A. Geraghty (Tax Law)
Richard C. Godfrey (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David A. Handler (Trusts and Estates)
John F. Hartmann (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation - Securities)
Robert M. Hayward (Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation)
John T. Hickey, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
Neil S. Hirshman (Technology Law)
Vicki V. Hood (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Natalie H. Keller (Litigation & Controversy - Tax; Tax Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law; Technology Law)
Robert Kopecky (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities)
J. Andrew Langan (Litigation - Antitrust)
Daniel E. Laytin (Antitrust Law)
Jack S. Levin (Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Tax Law)
Russell E. Levine (Litigation - Patent; Patent Law)
William A. Levy (Tax Law)
Todd F. Maynes (Litigation & Controversy - Tax; Tax Law)
Kenneth P. Morrison (Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law)
James H. Mutchnik (Antitrust Law; Litigation - Antitrust)
Dennis M. Myers (Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Linda Myers (Banking and Finance Law)
Patrick Nash (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Emily Nicklin (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
James N. Nowacki (Construction Law; Litigation - Construction)
Michael D. Paley (Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law)
Mark Pals (Litigation - Patent)
Sanford E. Perl (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Daniel J. Perlman (Real Estate Law)
Stephen L. Ritchie (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Donald E. Rocap (Tax Law)
Andrew Running (Litigation - Environmental)
Anup Sathy (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
James H. Schink (International Arbitration - Commercial)
Edward J. Schneidman (Corporate Governance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
John A. Schoenfeld (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
David R. Seligman (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Jeffrey T. Sheffield (Tax Law)
Brian Sieve (Commercial Litigation)
Andrew D. Small (Real Estate Law)
James H.M. Sprayregen (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Matthew E. Steinmetz (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
James A. Stempel (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
William A. Streff, Jr. (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Edward T. Swan (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Michael G. Timmers (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Kevin Van Wart (Commercial Litigation)
Keith E. Villmow (Tax Law)
H. Kurt von Moltke (Corporate Governance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
William R. Welke (Tax Law)
Ted Zook (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
 
Los Angeles
Luke L. Dauchot (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Jeffrey S. Davidson (Commercial Litigation)
Mark C. Holscher (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Diana Torres (Litigation - Intellectual Property)
 
New York
Gregory S. Arovas (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Paul M. Basta (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Leora Ben-Ami (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law)
Scott A. Berger (Real Estate Law)
Dale Cendali (Litigation - Intellectual Property)
Steven Cherny (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Richard M. Cieri (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Thomas F. Fleming (Copyright Law)
David Fox (Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Stephen Fraidin (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Patrick C. Gallagher (Tax Law)
Jonathan S. Henes (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Frank Holozubiec (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities)
Marc Kieselstein (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation -  Bankruptcy)
Christopher J. Marcus (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Christian O. Nagler (Securities/Capital Markets Law)
William Pratt (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Securities)
Scott D. Price (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Kirk A. Radke (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Jonathan Schechter (Real Estate Law)
Frederick Tanne (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Stephen G. Tomlinson (Real Estate Law)
 
San Francisco
Samantha Good (Banking and Finance Law)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Eric R. Lamison (Litigation - Patent)

Washington, D.C.
W. Neil Eggleston (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
John S. Irving, Jr. (Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management)
Michael D. Jones (Commercial Litigation)
Mark L. Kovner (Antitrust Law)
Brian R. Land (Environmental Law)
Christopher Landau (Appellate Practice)
Walter H. Lohmann, Jr. (Environmental Law)
Michael W. McConnell (Appellate Practice)
Timothy J. Muris (Antitrust Law)
Granta Nakayama (Litigation - Environmental)
George P. Stamas (Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Karen N. Walker (Commercial Litigation)
Thomas D. Yannucci (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - First Amendment)