The Best Lawyers in America 2018

113 Kirkland lawyers are listed in the 24th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, an annual referral guide of the top lawyers in the country based on more than 7.4 million peer-reviewed surveys.

Additionally, 10 Kirkland partners were named 2018 “Lawyers of the Year” in Chicago and New York. The Lawyer of the Year distinction is awarded to only one attorney with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. Kirkland’s honorees include:

Chicago
Bruce I. Ettelson (Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law)
R. Scott Falk (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Mark Filip (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
John F. Hartmann (Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
Robert J. Kopecky (Litigation - Securities)
Russell E. Levine (Patent Law)
Todd F. Maynes (Litigation and Controversy - Tax)
Kenneth P. Morrison (Securitization and Structured Finance Law)
David R. Seligman (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)

New York
Gregory S. Arovas (Litigation - Patent)

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

Chicago
Kenneth R. Adamo (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Rachel S. Brown (Real Estate Law)
Christopher Butler (Banking and Finance Law)
Rachel L. Cantor (Tax Law)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Dawn H. Dawson (IT Outsourcing Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law)
R. Scott Falk (Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and 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)
Richard C. Godfrey (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
David A. Handler (Trusts and Estates)
Joshua P. Hanna (Real Estate Law)
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)
James F. Hurst (Commercial Litigation)
Natalie H. Keller (Tax Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law; Technology Law)
Robert J. Kopecky (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities)
J. Andrew Langan (Litigation - Antitrust)
John Lausch (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
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 and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law)
Steven D. McCormick (Litigation - Intellectual Property)
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 K. Myers (Banking and Finance Law)
Patrick J. Nash, Jr. (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 A. Pals (Litigation - Patent)
Sanford E. Perl (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Daniel J. Perlman (Real Estate Law)
Stephen L. Ritchie (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Donald E. Rocap (Tax Law)
Andrew R. 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 and 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 D. Sieve (Commercial Litigation)
Andrew D. Small (Real Estate Law)
Leslie M. Smith (Commercial Litigation)
James H. M. Sprayregen (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
Matthew E. Steinmetz (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and 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 and Acquisitions Law)
Kevin T. Van Wart (Commercial Litigation)
Keith E. Villmow (Tax Law)
William R. Welke (Tax Law)
Michael D. Wright (Banking and Finance Law)
Ted H. Zook (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
David J. Zott (Antitrust Law)

Houston
Matthew R. Pacey (Securities/Capital Markets Law)

Los Angeles
Michael Beinus (Tax Law)
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)
Rick C. Madden (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
Diana Torres (Litigation - Intellectual Property)

New York
Richard B. Aftanas (Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Gregory S. Arovas (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Leora Ben-Ami (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law)
Scott A. Berger (Real Estate Law)
Dale Cendali (Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property)
Henry J. DePippo (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Thomas F. Fleming (Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property)
David Fox (Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets 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)
Jared M. Rusman (Tax Law)
Jonathan A. Schechter (Real Estate Law)
Stephen G. Tomlinson (Real Estate Law)
Daniel E. Wolf (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

San Francisco
Samantha Good (Banking and Finance Law)

Washington, D.C.
Daniel F. Attridge P.C. (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
Robert C. Brock P.C. (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants)
Paul D. Clement (Appellate Practice)
Ian R. Conner (Antitrust Law)
John S. Irving, Jr. (Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management)
Michael D. Jones P.C. (Commercial Litigation)
Mark L. Kovner (Antitrust Law)
Brian R. Land (Environmental Law)
Christopher Landau P.C. (Appellate Practice)
Walter H. Lohmann, Jr. (Environmental Law)
Michael W. McConnell (Appellate Practice)
F. Chadwick Morriss (Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants)
Erin E. Murphy  (Appellate Practice)
George P. Stamas P.C. (Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Timothy Stephenson (Employment Law - Management)
Karen N. Walker (Commercial Litigation)
Thomas D. Yannucci P.C. (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - First Amendment; Media Law)