Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 13 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 31 additional categories, in the 2009 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, 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. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 89 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Adam Alper James Amend Peter Armenio Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Daniel Attridge Jon Ballis James Basile Paul Basta David Bernick Robert Buday Christopher Butler Dale Cendali Richard Cieri Steven Clemens Jeffrey Davidson John Desmarais Mark Director Edward C. Donovan Stuart Drake David Eaton Carter Emerson Bruce Ettelson Kevin Evanich Scott Falk Gerald Flattmann Michael Foradas David Fox Stephen Fraidin Pat Gallagher Bruce Gelman Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Jeffrey Hammes David Handler Steven Harper Jonathan Henes Louis Hernandez Mitchell Hertz John Hickey Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Vicki Hood Garrett Johnson Stephen Johnson Chris Kallos Andrew Kaufman Marc Kieselstein Gregg Kirchhoefer Robert Kopecky Mark Kovner Robert Krupka Christopher Landau Andrew Langan Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Jack Levin Russell Levine Walter Lohmann Todd Maynes Steven McCormick James Mutchnik Linda Myers Emily Nicklin Stephen Patton Sandy Perl Greer Phillips Kirk Radke Claudia Ray Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Andrew Running Anup Sathy David Seligman Jeffrey Sheffield Tefft Smith James Sprayregen George Stamas Kenneth Starr Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff Maureen Sweeney Kevin Treesh Karen Walker Elaine Walsh John Weissenbach William Welke Thomas Yannucci