Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Four Kirkland Partners Among Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America

Benchmark Litigation named Kirkland & Ellis partners Mike Brock, Mark Holscher, Jim Hurst and Michael Slade to its 2025 list of the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America." Honorees were selected as being the elite trial strategists in their respective fields based on a geographically diverse and intensive peer-and-client review-driven study.

In the most recent edition of Benchmark Litigation U.S., Mike Brock was noted by the publication as a “marquee trial lawyer,” Mark as a “trial star” and Jim as a “famed and prolific … trial luminary noted for prodigious courtroom acumen.” Michael Slade, meanwhile, was lauded by clients as “a leader” in the bankruptcy litigation space.