Diversity of attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis LLP U.S. 2023, by race and gender

In 2023, the majority of attorneys working for Kirkland & Ellis in the United States were white. The next most represented race were Asians, with almost 800 fewer attorneys in the firm’s workforce. The race with the least amount of representation were native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders, with a total of three people from this race working as an attorney for Kirkland & Ellis in 2023. Kirkland & Ellis remained one of the largest law firms in the world going by both number of attorneys and revenue.

Specialized law services

Since the founding of the law firm in 1909, Kirkland & Ellis have prided themselves on personalized services to its clients and dealing with intellectual property matters, restructurings, white collar and government disputes, and several other areas of BigLaw. Lawyers working for Kirkland & Ellis are therefore allowed to charge premium prices for their services, making their lawyers some of the most well paid in the United States.

Notable alumni

Kirkland & Ellis have had several significant public figures working for their law firm including William Barr who was the United States Attorney General under Donald Trump, and Brett Kavanaugh who was controversially appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, splitting American public opinion as to whether he was an appropriate figure to be representing the United States on a juridical level.