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Kirkland & Ellis

Law firm
Firm nameKirkland & Ellis LLP
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
No. of offices9 total, 3 international
No. of attorneys1,316 (2007)
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Revenue$1.15 billion (2006)
Date founded1909
Company TypeLimited liability partnership

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an international law firm with headquarters in Chicago, known for its profitability and its renowned litigation, bankruptcy, and intellectual property departments. Kirkland & Ellis is currently ranked as the tenth most prestigious law firm in the United States by Vault. As of 2008, it was the seventh largest law firm in the U.S. and the 11th largest in the world by revenue. Kirkland has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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Reuters--James Sprayregen, a restructuring partner in the Chicago and New York offices of -Kirkland- & -Ellis- LLP, poses after speaking at the Reuters Restructuring ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:02:09 GMT+00:00
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Washington Post--Mafia chiefs send their thugs to break a few legs; corporate chiefs send in the litigators from -Kirkland- & -Ellis-. Recent revelations about the foreclosure ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:17:21 GMT+00:00
Path Is Set for General Growth's Bankruptcy Exit - New York Times (blog) Tweet this news
New York Times (blog)--The company has been advised by UBS, Miller Buckfire and the law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and -Kirkland- & -Ellis-.--- - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:09:59 GMT+00:00

2010 VAULT RANKINGS
General Commercial Litigation Bankruptcy/Creditor's Rights Intellectual Property Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions
Practice Area Rankings
(as voted on by partners of peer firms):
1
2
1
1
Best in Practice
(as voted on by all attorneys surveyed):
3
2
3
2
10
Chicago New York City Washington Southern California
Regional Rankings
(as voted on by peers at regional firms):
1
11
8
8
Overall Prestige Pay Formal Training
Other Rankings
10
3
1

Seniority Base Salary Bonus (median in 2006)
1st year $160,000 Merit + Hours (median: $52,000)
2nd year $170,000 Merit + Hours (median: $68,000)
3rd year $185,000 Merit + Hours (median: $75,000)
4th year $210,000 Merit + Hours (median: $95,000)
5th year $230,000 Merit + Hours (median: $110,000)
6th year $250,000 Merit + Hours (median: $125,000)

Illinois-based Corporations

Fortune 500
Corporations
(by size - 2010)
Archer Daniels Midland * Boeing * Walgreen Company * State Farm Insurance Cos. * Sears Holdings Corporation * Kraft Foods * Caterpillar Inc. * Allstate * Abbott Laboratories * Deere & Company * McDonald's * Motorola * Exelon * UAL Corporation * Illinois Tool Works * Sara Lee Corporation * Baxter International * Navistar International * RR Donnelley * Discover Financial * Aon Corporation * Integrys Energy Group * OfficeMax * W. W. Grainger * Fortune Brands * Smurfit-Stone Container * Telephone and Data Systems * Anixter International * United Stationers * Tenneco * Northern Trust
Fortune 1000
Corporations
(by size - 2010)
Companies listed above, plus: Hospira * Old Republic International * Nalco Holding Company * Corn Products International * Pactiv * Hyatt Hotels Corp. * Country Financial * General Growth Properties * Hewitt Associates * Unitrin Inc * Nicor * CME Group * CF Industries Holdings * Molex * Jones Lang LaSalle * Packaging Corp. of America * Brookdale Senior Living * Equity Residential * Career Education Corporation * AptarGroup * True Value * Gardner Denver * Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Other major private and
public companies
(alphabetically)
Ace Hardware * ACCO Brands * Amsted Industries * Baker & McKenzie * Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association * CDW * CNA Financial * Dot Foods * Eby-Brown * Electro-Motive Diesel * Flex-N-Gate * Follett Corporation * Global Hyatt * Grant Thornton LLP * Health Care Service Corporation * Heico Cos. * Jenner & Block * Kirkland & Ellis * Marmon Group * Mayer Brown * Medline Industries * OSI Group * Reyes Holdings * Sauer-Danfoss * Schiff Hardin LLP * Sidley Austin * Skidmore, Owings and Merrill * Solo Cup Company * Tellabs * Tribune Company * U.S. Foodservice * Walsh Group * Wirtz Corp.



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