Kirkland ranked in the first tier in 15 categories, and was recognized as a leading firm in 24 additional categories, in the 2007 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 also recognized the following 72 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: James Amend Peter Armenio Jon Ballis Paul Basta David Bernick Christopher Butler Matthew Cantor Eunu Chun Richard Cieri Steven Clemens Jeffrey Davidson John Desmarais Stuart Drake David Eaton Carter Emerson Bruce Ettelson Kevin Evanich R. Scott Falk Gerald Flattmann Michael Foradas Stephen Fraidin Theodore Freedman Patrick Gallagher Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Jeffrey Hammes David Handler Mitchell Hertz John Hickey Neil Hirshman Vicki Hood Garrett Johnson Stephen Johnson Andrew Kaufman Marc Kieselstein Gregg Kirchhoefer Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Robert Krupka J. Andrew Langan Daniel Laytin Jack Levin Neil Levy Walter Lohmann Todd Maynes Steven McCormick James Mutchnik Emily Nicklin Stephen Patton Sanford Perl Greer Phillips Scott Price Kirk Radke Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Andrew Running Anup Sathy David Seligman Jeffrey Sheffield Tefft Smith George Stamas Kenneth Starr James Stempel William Streff Maureen Sweeney Stephen Tomlinson Kevin Treesh William Welke Richard Wynne Thomas Yannucci