Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that the following attorneys were promoted to partner on Oct. 1, 2007. The names, ages and practice groups of the attorneys follows. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 1,300-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex corporate and tax, litigation, restructuring, dispute resolution and arbitration, and intellectual property and technology matters.  The Firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Office Eliot A. Adelson Litigation San Francisco Arshad A. Ahmed Corporate San Francisco Kon M. Asimacopoulos Restructuring London Anu Balasubramanian Corporate London Justin A. Barker Litigation Chicago Ryan Blaine Bennett Restructuring Chicago Patricia E. Betterly Corporate New York Noah D. Boyens Corporate San Francisco Erin N. Brady Restructuring Los Angeles Jonathan D. Brightbill Litigation Washington, D.C. Lauren Oland Casazza Litigation New York Albert S. Cho Corporate New York Tobias  D. Chun Corporate Washington, D.C. Jeanne T. Cohn-Connor* Corporate Washington, D.C. Philip David Crump Corporate London Tiffany P. Cunningham Intellectual Property Chicago Dawn H. Dawson Intellectual Property Chicago Jason P. Desai Corporate Chicago David L. Dixon Corporate San Francisco Michael J. Frishberg Restructuring New York Patrick Edward Groomes Corporate Washington, D.C. Mark S. Hamill Litigation Chicago Bradley M. Hanna Corporate Chicago Jennifer K. Hardy Litigation Washington, D.C. Michael J. Hauswirth Corporate Washington, D.C. Stephen E. Hessler Restructuring New York Andrew G. Horne Litigation New York Tai Hsia** Corporate Hong Kong Julie Brennan Jacobs Litigation Washington, D.C. A. Katrine Jakola Litigation Chicago Jenny N. Lee Intellectual Property San Francisco Russell S. Light Corporate Chicago James MacArthur Corporate London James J. Mazza, Jr. Restructuring Chicago Galia Messika Litigation New York Wolfgang M. Nardi** Corporate Munich Howard Steven Norber Corporate Chicago Lucy K. Park Corporate Chicago Paul Douglas Patrow Corporate Chicago Matthew J. Richards Corporate Chicago Bruce L. Richardson* Corporate Washington, D.C. Laura A. Rupenian Corporate San Francisco Christian D.H. Schultz Litigation Washington, D.C. Ellen Agnes Scordino Intellectual Property New York Nicholas J. Secco Litigation Chicago Kalpesh K. Shah Intellectual Property Chicago Christopher T. Shannon Corporate Chicago Howard D. Shatz Intellectual Property New York Josh B. Simon Litigation New York Nyika O. Strickland Intellectual Property Chicago Kathryn F. Taylor Litigation Chicago Anne S. Toker Intellectual Property New York Thaddeus J. Tracy Corporate New York Daniel Sean Trainor* Intellectual Property Washington, D.C. Derek W. Vander Heide Corporate Chicago Rebecca J. Wahlquist Litigation Los Angeles Ann Marie T. Wahls Intellectual Property Chicago Rachel Pernic Waldron Intellectual Property Chicago Christine Willgoos Intellectual Property New York Michael F. Williams Litigation Washington, D.C. Jeffrey  J. Zeiger Litigation Chicago Scott R. Zemnick Restructuring Chicago

• Transfer from Of Counsel to Partner ** Promotion pending approval by the Law Society of England & Wales