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, Londo...
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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..
The firm was founded in 1909 by attorneys Stewart G. Shepherd and Robert R. McCormick, who would later become the publisher of the Chicago Tribune. The firm's modern namesakes, Weymouth Kirkland and Howard Ellis, joined the firm in 1915. In 1938, former United States Department of Justice lawyer Hammond Chaffetz joined the firm. The firm now consists of approximately 1,500 attorneys in several domestic and foreign offices, with particular strength in San...
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