Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 13 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 27 additional categories, in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. To compile its annual guide to the U.S. legal market Chambers & Partners conducted thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services around the world. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 76 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: James Amend Peter Armenio Daniel Attridge Jon Ballis Paul Basta David Bernick Christopher Butler Richard Cieri Steven Clemens Jeffrey Davidson John Desmarais Mark Director Edward Donovan Stuart Drake David Eaton Carter Emerson Bruce Ettelson Kevin Evanich Scott Falk Gerald Flattmann Michael Foradas Stephen Fraidin Patrick Gallagher Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Jeffrey Hammes David Handler Steven Harper Mitchell Hertz John Hickey Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Vicki Hood Garrett Johnson Stephen Johnson Andrew Kaufman Marc Kieselstein Gregg Kirchhoefer Robert Kopecky Mark Kovner Robert Krupka Andrew Langan Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Jack Levin Russell Levine Neil Levy Walter Lohmann Todd Maynes Steven McCormick James Mutchnik Linda Myers Emily Nicklin Stephen Patton Sanford Perl Greer Phillips Scott Price Kirk Radke Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Andrew Running Anup Sathy David Seligman Jeffrey Sheffield Tefft Smith George Stamas Kenneth Starr James Stempel William Streff Maureen Sweeney Stephen Tomlinson Kevin Treesh John Weissenbach William Welke Richard Wynne Thomas Yannucci