Kirkland & Ellis LLP ranked in the first tier in 12 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 35 additional categories, in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. 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. To compile its annual guide to the U.S. legal market Chambers conducted thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services around the world. To view the rankings, please click here. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 95 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Daniel Attridge Gary Axelrod Jon Ballis James Basile Paul Basta Nader Boulos Robert Buday Christopher Butler Dale Cendali Richard Cieri Steven Clemens Anthony Danti Jeffrey Davidson Brian Davis Mark Director Edward Donovan Stuart Drake David Eaton Carter Emerson Bruce Ettelson Kevin Evanich Scott Falk Gerald Flattmann Michael Foradas David Fox Stephen Fraidin Patrick Gallagher Bruce Gelman Andrew Genser Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Jeffrey Hammes David Handler Jonathan Henes Louis Hernandez Mitch Hertz John Hickey Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer Vicki Hood Garrett Johnson Stephen Johnson Chris Kallos Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Robert Krupka Christopher Landau Andrew Langan Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine Gregg LoCascio Walter Lohmann Alex MacKinnon Todd Maynes Steven McCormick James Mutchnik Linda Myers Granta Nakayama Emily Nicklin John O'Neil Stephen Patton Sanford Perl Greer Phillips William Pratt Jay Ptashek Kirk Radke Claudia Ray Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Andrew Running Anup Sathy David Seligman Jeffrey Sheffield Leslie Smith Tefft Smith James Sprayregen George Stamas Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff Maureen Sweeney Karen Walker Elaine Walsh John Weissenbach William Welke Thomas Yannucci