Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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| Headquarters |
300 North LaSalle, Chicago,Illinois, United States |
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| No. of offices | 13 total, 5 international |
| No. of attorneys | 1,900 (2017) |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue |
 $2.65 billion (2017) |
| Date founded | 1909 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.kirkland.com |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, founded in 1909, is the world's second-highest grossing law firm, with $2.65 billion in annual revenues. Kirkland is widely considered to be one of the world's most elite law firms, and its private equity, restructuring, and intellectual property groups are largely regarded as industry leaders.
Kirkland & Ellis is also known for a globally recognized litigation practice, aimed mainly at large corporate clients that go to trial. Kirkland has offices in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.
Kirkland is the fifth most profitable law firm per partner, with estimated profits per equity partner of $4.1 million. Kirkland is also known for paying associates above-market salaries, through performance based bonuses that exceed those offered by peer firms. The starting salary for first-year associates is $180,000.
Kirkland was ranked #2 in the AmLaw 100 rankings in 2017, a ranking based on financial metrics, and #2 in the 2017 ATL Power 100 Law Firm Rankings.Vault's 2018 rankings, based on ratings of associates at peer firms, placed Kirkland as the #1 most prestigious firm in Chicago, and the #8 most prestigious firm in the U.S.
In 1909, two young attorneys, Stuart G. Shepard and Robert R. McCormick, teamed up to form the Chicago-based partnership that would eventually become Kirkland & Ellis. McCormick was the grandson of Joseph Medill, the founder of the Chicago Tribune. McCormick was an "innovative and forceful lawyer" who had also served with distinction in World War I. By 1920, McCormick had become so active in the business affairs of the Chicago Tribune that he left the Firm to take over as the Tribune's publisher.
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