Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 13 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 33 additional categories, in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers & Partners, based in London, produces the internationally recognized guides to the legal profession described by The New York Times as "the gold standard" in legal rankings. To compile its annual guide to the U.S. legal market Chambers conducted thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services around the world. To view the rankings, please click here. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 108 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Daniel Attridge Jon Ballis James Basile Paul Basta David Breach Nader Boulos Christopher Butler David Callahan Dale Cendali Richard Cieri Steven Clemens Anthony Danti Jeffrey Davidson Brian Davis Mark Director Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Deborah Dunn David Eaton Carter Emerson Bruce Ettelson Kevin Evanich Scott Falk Mark Filip Michael Foradas David Fox Stephen Fraidin Patrick Gallagher Bruce Gelman Andrew Genser Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Samantha Good Jeffrey Hammes David Handler Jonathan Henes Andrew Herman Mitch Hertz John Hickey Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer Vicki Hood Stephen Johnson Chris Kallos Natalie Keller Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Robert Krupka Christopher Landau Andrew Langan Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine Mark Lillie Gregg LoCascio Walter Lohmann Alexander MacKinnon Todd Maynes Andrew McGaan Kenneth Morrison Timothy Muris James Mutchnik Linda Myers Granta Nakayama Emily Nicklin John O'Neil Michael Paley Sanford Perl Greer Phillips William Pratt Jay Ptashek Kirk Radke Claudia Ray Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Andrew Running Anup Sathy David Seligman Jeffrey Sheffield Leslie Smith Tefft Smith Sallie Smylie James Sprayregen George Stamas Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff Joshua Sussberg Maureen Sweeney Karen Walker Elaine Walsh John Weissenbach William Welke Christine Wilson Daniel Wolf Michael Wright Thomas Yannucci David Zott