We’re proud to be on TIME’s 2025 list of “America’s Best Midsize Companies” based on employee satisfaction, revenue growth and more. We owe our success to our people, and this recognition is a testament to our ongoing commitment to building and maintaining a culture that values a variety of perspectives, supports professional growth and empowers the next generation of leaders.
We’re proud to earn the top spot on Bloomberg Law’s inaugural “Leading Law Firms” list, which recognizes nearly 100 firms across the U.S. that have demonstrated financial strength, business strategy, talent, growth and innovation. This recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to continuous growth and delivering the highest quality service to our clients. As our Chairman Jon A. Ballis put it: “The key metric is simple: ‘Are we better today than we were yesterday?’ That’s how we measure our success.”
We’ve been the recent proud recipient of awards related to our pro bono work. Lawyers Joseph Loy, Shanti Sadtler Conway, Mark McLennan and Justin Taylor attended Immigration Equality’s 2025 Safe Haven Awards to accept the “Legacy Award” for our commitment to helping LGBTQ+ immigrants, while lawyers Magdalene Beck and Tierra L. Harper attended the Catholic Charities ILS Pro Bono Appreciation Event to accept the “Outstanding Pro Bono Partnership Award.”
We’re excited to announce that five new partners led by nationally renowned litigator and trial lawyer Allison Brown will join Kirkland, and we will open a new office in Philadelphia, where Alli will be based. The team of litigators, which also includes Jessica Davidson, Geoffrey Wyatt, Nina Rose and Chris Cox, brings deep, industry-leading experience in product liability, mass torts and complex commercial litigation
Kirkland received a Band 1 distinction in 26 categories, was recognized as a leading firm in 56 additional categories and had 145 of our attorneys listed among the best in the world in the 2025 edition of Chambers and Partners Global. Clients highlighted Kirkland as “one of the best law firms,” noting our “very strong, versatile and sophisticated team” that’s “not only strong technically but also commercially minded.” View the full list of rankings: https://lnkd.in/gNNME4dR
As we wrap up 2024, we’re proud to reflect on the time and compassion our teams have devoted to serving our communities and one another. A few of the highlights include devoting hundreds of thousands of hours of pro bono legal work, donating tens of millions of dollars to charitable organizations, building four elementary schools in Honduras and taking nearly 170 million steps to raise money for the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation. Learn more about our social commitment efforts: https://www.kirkland.com/social-commitment
We’re excited to share our new microsite, which features stories about our people, commitment to DEI, life-changing pro bono work, and focus on employee wellbeing and reducing our environmental impact. Our success in these endeavors is fundamentally tied to our service-forward culture, and we invite you to explore how we’re “Serving our world.”
For nearly a decade, Kirkland has proudly hosted an annual Diversity Scholars Conference, an event that helps us continue to build an inclusive culture.
“We at Kirkland recognize the strength that comes from our differences, and we actively promote gaining new perspectives to uplift the entire Firm,” said partner Christine Okike. During Black History Month and all year long, we’re proud to celebrate the countless achievements of Black Americans, along with the attorneys and staff who have contributed to making us a leading global law firm.
