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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1909, Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue and the seventh-largest by number of attorneys. [5] It was the first law firm in the world to reach US$7 billion in annual revenue. [6]
Jon A. Ballis is the Chairman of Kirkland & Ellis, [1] the largest law firm in the world by revenue. [2] In 2018 Ballis was named to succeed Jeffrey Hammes as Chairman beginning in February, 2020. [3]
Rank by PPEP Firm Equity partners 2021/22 PPEP (US$) 1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: 91 $8,400,000 2 Kirkland & Ellis: 490 $7,388,000 3 Davis Polk
Chicago: 4795 2865 1518 $2,900 2 DLA Piper: New York City: 4028 2492 1317 $2,634 3 Norton Rose Fulbright: New York City: 3084 1928 1087 $1,958 4 Latham & Watkins: New York City: 3078 2004 821 $3,063 5 Kirkland & Ellis: Chicago: 3025 1772 1158 $3,165 6 Hogan Lovells: Washington, D.C. 2532 1757 793 $2,036 7 White & Case: New York City: 2464 1589 ...
The firm is a spin-off of Chicago-based law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The American Lawyer magazine named the firm its litigation boutique of the year for 2009. [ 6 ] In 2018, the firm named Jason Peltz as managing partner to replace founding partner Skip Herman. [ 7 ]
Mark Robert Filip (born June 1, 1966) is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at Skadden, Arps, he currently practices in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland and Ellis. [1]
Weymouth Kirkland (June 4, 1877 – February 3, 1965) was a Chicago lawyer and one of the name partners of the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. Background, 1877–1901 [ edit ]
He was educated at the University of Chicago, receiving an LL.B. in 1914 and an LL.D. in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1915. After law school, Ellis was hired by Weymouth Kirkland and, with Kirkland, joined the Chicago law firm of McCormick, Kirkland, Patterson & Fleming, the predecessor firm of Kirkland & Ellis.