In the 2019 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland & Ellis is ranked in Band 1 in 21 categories, and is recognized as a leading law firm in 41 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 161 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months:

Kenneth Adamo Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Christian Atwood Jon Ballis Brooksany Barrowes Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger Erica Berthou Pippa Bond 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 Armand Della Monica Henry DePippo David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Neil Eggleston Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Alexandra Farmer Bartow Farr Mark Filip Damon Fisher Robert Fleishman Michael Foradas Brian Ford David Fox Patrick Gallagher Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Asheesh Goel Sandra Goldstein Samantha Good Scott Gordon Christopher Greco Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Brendan Head Jonathan Henes Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Sean Hill Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Ian John Chris Kallos Jason Kanner Natalie Keller Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Anne Kim Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Ross Kwasteniet Brian Land Daniel Lavon-Krein Daniel Laytin Garret Leach Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy 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 Steven Napolitano 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 Kelly Ryan Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter Eric Schiele Mark Schneider David Seligman Jason Serlenga Monica Shilling Dean Shulman Joshua Simmons Andrew Small Leslie Smith Anthony Speier James Sprayregen Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Paul Tanaka Rahul Vashi Andy Veit Eric Wedel Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke David Wheat Sean Wheeler Daniel Wolf Michael Woronoff Andrew Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott