Above The Law

MAY 1, 2025

According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, what are the profits per equity partner at Kirkland & Ellis? Hint: The firm is the richest by gross revenue by a hefty margin, so it’s not surprising they also clocking with the highest PEP in Biglaw. See the answer on the next page.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 19, 2024

Law firm Kirkland & Ellis brought multibillion-dollar cases to David R. “This Judge Made Houston the Top Bankruptcy Court. Then He Helped His Girlfriend Cash In. Jones’s court, aided by a local attorney who lived with the judge; ‘Why did no one look into it?’”

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HowAppealing

JUNE 23, 2022

“Kirkland & Ellis to Drop 2nd Amendment Cases After SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law; Former U.S. In a press release, the firm also said Clement and Murphy are leaving the firm to continue their ‘full range of existing representations.'” Solicitor General Paul D.

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Law 360

MAY 22, 2025

A Texas federal judge told Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP that they were stuck in a "circular firing squad" in a debate over whether the former CEO of a defunct barge companycould sue the firms over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

At Kirkland & Ellis, 75% of U.S. partners earned their JDs in the 2000s, more than any other law firm in the Am Law 200,…

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2023

Kirkland & Ellis is letting associates go following performance reviews. The post Stealth Layoffs Strike Once Again At World’s Wealthiest Biglaw Firm appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JULY 12, 2024

What it's really like being a partner at the world's richest law firm. The post Billable Hours And Booze In Viral Kirkland & Ellis Video appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Kirkland & Ellis is letting associates go following performance reviews. The post Stealth Layoffs Arrive At World’s Richest Biglaw Firm appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Assuming there is a market for what they offer — and they deliver high-quality work — these firms dominate and earn healthy profits. Law firms also benefit from a narrow focus. The objective of narrow positioning is to be perceived as less interchangeable, and Kirkland & Ellis has few counterparts in the PE space.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Kirkland & Ellis enters the associate compensation war. The post Richest Law Firm In The World Announces Associate Raises appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Kirkland & Ellis charges clients more for in-house copying services that do other BigLaw firms, according to a review of bankruptcy filings by Law.com. Kirkland…

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Forty-eight hours before go-time, the firm apparently decided it couldn't risk it. The post Kirkland & Ellis Cancels Holiday Party Set For Tomorrow appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 21, 2021

This push to return to “normal” is inevitable, even as many employers, including law firms, struggle with evolving guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and local authorities. To date, some firms are offering choices to their employees while others aren’t quite as open to the “new normal.”. But what should “normal” look like?

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When it comes to Kirkland & Ellis, he says the firm is just misunderstood. The post Chairman Of Biglaw’s #1 Firm Is Concerned About Its Bad Reputation appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 25, 2023

Kirkland & Ellis is arguing that a fired associate’s lawsuit against the firm should be tossed partly because a harassment claim under Title VII of…

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My Shingle

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ordinarily, you’d expect a large law firm to celebrate one of its lawyers securing a major victory at the United States Supreme Court. But that wasn’t Kirkland & Ellis reaction last June following then-partner Paul Clement’s win in a major gun rights case.

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Law 360

MAY 21, 2024

The 400 largest law firms by headcount in the U.S. grew more slowly in 2023 than in the previous two years, while Kirkland & Ellis LLP surpassed the 3,000-attorney threshold, according to the latest Law360 ranking.

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Law 360

MARCH 10, 2023

A former attorney with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has rejoined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice in Chicago after a stint at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was also a partner, Faegre Drinker announced.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and 80 other law firms on Tuesday backed Covington & Burling LLP's opposition to releasing the names of clients targeted by a cyberattack to the U.S.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 15, 2025

Proskauer Sandbags Their Bonus Criteria: Another Biglaw firm skimps out on paying their associates by changing hours requirements. Love Has Its Consequences: Kirkland & Ellis partner deposed as part of a $23M DOJ disgorgement suit.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Even Boutique Firms Are Joining In On The Fun!: Norton Rose Fulbright and Kirkland & Ellis. : Sidley , Davis Polk , Fried Frank , Mayer Brown , Debevoise , O'Melveny , Akin , Willkie. Shouts out to Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP ! Working Here? A Good Salary Is Enough, Right?:

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added a corporate partner in its insurance transactions and regulatory and financial institutions practice groups, bringing on a former Sidley Austin LLP attorney who said he "couldn't be more excited" to join the firm's Chicago office.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Don't Envy The Firm PR Team : Mayer Brown was helping China crackdown on Hong Kong. Never Mind : Kirkland & Ellis is bringing folks back to the office, but at least you get free breakfast and lunch. Where The REAL Money Is : Wingnuts think Merrick Garland is using the DOJ to get rich off critical race theory or something.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million pre-seed funding round led by two venture capital firms, Maple , which invests in companies with Canadian roots, and Haystack , which invests in early-stage companies. firms, Ovbiagele said, although he is not currently free to identify which firms. The Toronto-based company recently closed a $2.1 federal courts.

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Patently O

MARCH 31, 2021

She is a member of the Patent Litigation practice and serves on the 17-member Executive Committee of the firm. From 2002 to 2014, she worked in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP as an associate until she was elevated to partner in 2007. Cunningham is a registered patent attorney before the U.S. Dyk on the U.S.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The following list ranks the top 25 firms with the most registered patent law professionals. All of these firms have 100+ patent attorneys/agents. I also include a note following the firm with some information about how the numbers have changed since 2010. Kilpatrick Townsend (Big growth from merger of firms).

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ABA Journal

MAY 24, 2021

The three most desirable law firms to land a summer associate position with are Latham & Watkins; Kirkland & Ellis; and Skadden, Arps Slate, Meagher…

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Law 360

JULY 16, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has strengthened its corporate practice in Houston with a partner who came aboard following an in-house role at private equity firm Stonepeak.

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Law 360

JANUARY 28, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has picked up the longtime co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's digital infrastructure, data center and cloud computing industry group, who has joined the firm's corporate practice group in Washington, D.C.

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Law 360

MARCH 13, 2025

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired a private funds attorney in New York who spent the past four years at Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising fund sponsors on operational and other matters, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The result here does not necessarily mean that all of these attorneys worked on patent prosecution because many firms use a comprehensive customer number that lists all registered attorneys in the firm’s patent group. Some firms with lots of patent attorneys don’t do much patent prosecution work.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has welcomed an expert in leveraged finance from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, saying Wednesday that his diverse practice will strengthen the firm's liability management and opportunistic credit practices and support its position in the growing private credit sector.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Tuesday it has added an experienced debt finance partner in New York who most recently worked as a managing director for Goldman Sachs, in the firm's latest move to bulk up its structured finance and structured private credit practice.

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Law 360

MAY 8, 2024

A former Kirkland & Ellis partner has joined Reed Smith LLP's Houston office as a capital markets and corporate lawyer, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Greenberg Traurig LLP brought on a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner who's experienced in the tax aspects of complex business transactions to the firm's tax practice in Chicago.

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Monday that the firm has hired a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP mergers and acquisitions partner as a partner in its own M&A practice in New York.

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Law 360

MAY 26, 2021

Haynes and Boone LLP has hired a former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder and Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner who joins the firm's capital markets and securities, mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices as part of its West Coast growth strategy.

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