Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce 62 attorneys were promoted to partner on Oct. 1, 2008. Eight attorneys of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP were also promoted to partner. The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a 1,500-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, Palo Alto, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Name Practice Area Office Kristen J. Allen Intellectual Property Chicago Chris Almand Litigation Los Angeles Jennifer Sands Atkins Litigation Washington, D.C. Rita L. Berardino Intellectual Property New York Stephanie A. Brennan Litigation Chicago Patrick M. Bryan Litigation Washington, D.C. William R. Burke Corporate Chicago Anthony J. Casey Litigation Chicago Sudwiti Chanda Litigation New York Aaron D. Charfoos Intellectual Property Chicago Andrew R. Dunlap Litigation New York Padraic B. Fennelly Litigation Washington, D.C. Ted M. Frankel Corporate Palo Alto Jeffrey W. Gettleman Restructuring Chicago Adam J. Gill Intellectual Property Chicago Warren R. Goodworth Private Funds Chicago Eric Tomas Gortner Litigation Chicago Alexis Gorton Intellectual Property New York David E. Grassmick Litigation Chicago Nicole L. Greenblatt Restructuring New York Elazar Guttman Corporate New York Audrey L. Harris White Collar/Litigation Washington, D.C. Jared E. Hedman Intellectual Property Chicago Jeanne M. Heffernan Intellectual Property New York Benjamin W. Hulse Litigation Chicago Sonali Shah Jindal Corporate San Francisco Jeffrey B. Kaplan Corporate Chicago Christopher W. Keegan Litigation San Francisco Atif N. Khawaja Litigation New York Michelle Kilkenney Corporate Chicago Hannah Kong Corporate New York Ross M. Kwasteniet Restructuring Chicago Stephanie S. Liang Corporate Chicago Matthew S. Lovell Intellectual Property Chicago Daniel J. Michaels Corporate Washington, D.C. Tom Monagan Intellectual Property Chicago Kevin L. Morris Corporate Chicago Michael C. Occhuizzo Litigation Washington, D.C. Caroline A. Paranikas Corporate Chicago Amy R. Peters Corporate Chicago Theodore A. Peto Corporate Chicago Christopher C. Posteraro Litigation Washington, D.C. John W. Reale Litigation Chicago Neal J. Reenan Corporate Chicago Roger D. Rhoten Corporate Chicago Sara A. Robinson Corporate Chicago Melanie R. Rupert Intellectual Property New York Yi (Claire) Sheng Corporate New York Nathan R. Shinn Corporate San Francisco Jessica H. Sicsu Corporate Chicago Coree Smith Real Estate Chicago William Cory Spence Intellectual Property Chicago Karen Alexandra Spindler Intellectual Property Palo Alto Brian T. Stansbury Litigation Washington, D.C. R. Bruce Steinert, Jr. Corporate San Francisco Bernard Taylor Litigation Chicago William T. Vuk Intellectual Property New York Sara B. Zablotney Tax New York Jason K. Zachary Corporate New York Jordan D. Zamir Corporate San Francisco Erica B. Zolner Litigation Chicago Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Name Practice Area Office Sophie Allen Tax London Pierfrancesco Carbone Corporate London Kate Downey Private Funds London Jennifer Kapusniak Private Funds London Sacha Luerken Corporate Munich Kate Simpson Private Funds London Oded Schein Tax Munich Joern Schnigula Corporate Munich