In the 2018 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland & Ellis is ranked in Band 1 in 20 categories, and is recognized as a leading law firm in 42 additional categories. Chambers & Partners produces the internationally recognized guide to the legal profession in the U.S. market by conducting thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and clients. A summary of Kirkland's rankings is here. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 157 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Richard Aftanas Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Christian Atwood Jon Ballis Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger Erica Berthou William Bos Nader Boulos Paul Brinkman Robert Brock Rachel Brown Christopher Butler Andrew Calder Rachel Cantor David Castro Dale Cendali Rohit Chaudhry Eunu Chun Paul Clement Henry DePippo Mark Director David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Bartow Farr David Feirstein Mark Filip Damon Fisher Michael Foradas David Fox Patrick Gallagher Andrew Genser Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Asheesh Goel Sandra Goldstein Samantha Good Scott Gordon Christopher Greco Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Robert Luke Guerra Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Jonathan Henes Andrew Herman Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Sean Hill Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Ian John Scott Jones Chris Kallos Jason Kanner Natalie Keller Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Ross Kwasteniet Brian Land Daniel Laytin Garrett Leach Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy Daniel Lewis Russell Light Jeremy Liss Gregg LoCascio Rick Madden Mario Mancuso Christopher Marcus Aaron Marks Peter Martelli Todd Maynes Hamed Meshki Lee Morlock Kenneth Morrison Erin Murphy Jordan Murray James Mutchnik Linda Myers Patrick Nash David Nemecek Emily Nicklin James Nowacki John O'Neil Matthew Pacey Francesco Penati Sanford Perl Daniel Perlman John Pitts Scott Price Craig Primis Jay Ptashek Claudia Ray Matt Reilly Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Sean Rodgers Anna Rotman Andrew Running Jared Rusman Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter Eric Schiele David Seligman Jason Serlenga Jeffrey Sheffield Dean Shulman Andrew Small Leslie Smith William Sorabella Anthony Speier James Sprayregen George Stamas Sarah Stasny Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Paul Tanaka Seth Traxler Andy Veit Eric Wedel Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke Daniel Wolf Andrew Wright Michael Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott