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Kirkland & Ellis

law firm in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois
Organization law_firm Q1743511

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
law firm, business[3]
Official website
www.kirkland.com[11]
Legal form
limited liability partnership[12]

Status and dates

Inception
1909[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Chicago[7]
Country
United States[2]
Location of formation
Chicago[10]

Industry and activity

Industry
legal services[8]

People

Founder
Robert Rutherford McCormick[4]
More facts +3
Named after
Weymouth Kirkland, Howard Ellis[5][6]
P14750
2C73-7125-04F2-3E3A-AE25[17]
Social media followers
26k (24k–26k, n=4)[13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kirkland en Kirkland and Ellis en Kirkland & Ellis de Kirkland & Ellis LLP fa کرکلند و الیس he קרקלנד אנד אליס ja カークランド・アンド・エリス ja カークランド・アンド・エリス法律事務所 ja カークランド&エリス zh 凯易律师事务所 zh 凱易國際律師事務所 zh 柯克兰和埃利斯律师事务所 zh-hant 凱易律師事務所
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000403924102
Legal Entity Identifier
549300DO60QU86FS5U43
VIAF cluster ID
144337328
Library of Congress authority ID
n86850845
Crunchbase organization ID
kirkland-ellis-llp
Described at URL
www.fundinguniverse.com
Encyclopedia of Chicago ID
2743
Freebase ID
/m/07qsp8
LittleSis organization ID
28533
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987013317067705171
OpenSecrets organization ID
D000000811
PermID
4296229240
Show all 16 identifiers +4
Quora topic ID
Kirkland-Ellis-LLP-1, Kirkland-and-Ellis, Kirkland-Ellis-LLP, Kirkland-Ellis, Kirkland-and-Ellis-LLP
Ringgold ID
15245
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Company", "KirklandAndEllis::5pnzz"]
X (Twitter) username
Kirkland_Ellis

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🔗 Connections
Employees / affiliates 13
John Bolton, Brett Kavanaugh, William Barr, Mikie Sherrill, Dallin H. Oaks, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Christopher Landau, Christian Menefee +5 more
Country 1
United States
Headquarters location 1
Chicago
Instance of 1
law firm
Legal form 1
limited liability partnership
Location of formation 1
Chicago
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Summary

Kirkland & Ellis is a law firm[1].

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Brett Kavanaugh John Bolton United States William Barr

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2C73-7125-04F2-3E3A-AE25
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 2C73-7125-04F2-3E3A-AE25, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269256|batch #269256]]"
  2. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → —
    Industry → legal services
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987013317067705171
    Official website → https://www.kirkland.com/
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013317067705171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  3. 18w ago · ~2026-37446-11 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → law firm in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois
    Instance of → law firm, business
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: business"
  4. 21w ago · Scotcheroo · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Headquarters location → Chicago
    Instance of → —
    Headquarters → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Founder: Robert Rutherford McCormick"
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