In the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland is ranked in Tier 1 in 17 categories, and is recognized as a leading firm in 43 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 sophisticated end-users of legal services. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 139 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Richard Aftanas Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Jon Ballis Paul Basta Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger William Bos Nader Boulos Robert Brock Rachel Brown Christopher Butler Andrew Calder Rachel Cantor Dale Cendali Eunu Chun Paul Clement Andrew Clubok Michael De Vries Henry DePippo Mark Director David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Bartow Farr David Feirstein Mark Filip Damon Fisher Michael Foradas David Fox Patrick Gallagher Bruce Gelman Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Samantha Good Scott Gordon Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Robert Luke Guerra Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Jonathan Henes Andrew Herman Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer Vicki Hood James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Chris Kallos Natalie Keller Robert Khuzami Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Brian Land Christopher Landau Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy Daniel Lewis Russell Light Mark Lillie Gregg LoCascio Walter Lohmann Rick Madden Mario Mancuso Todd Maynes Hamed Meshki Kenneth Morrison Erin Murphy James Mutchnik Linda Myers Patrick Nash David Nemecek Emily Nicklin John O'Neil Francesco Penati Sanford Perl Daniel Perlman John Pitts Scott Price Craig Primis Jay Ptashek Claudia Ray Matt Reilly Yosef Riemer Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Sean Rodgers Andrew Running Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter David Seligman Joseph Serino Jeffrey Sheffield Dean Shulman Andrew Small Leslie Smith Matthew Solum William Sorabella Anthony Speier James Sprayregen George Stamas Sarah Stasny Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Seth Traxler Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke Daniel Wolf Andrew Wright Michael Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott