KIRKLAND & ELLIS as FEC employer text: $11.6 million

A partnership name on individual receipts

LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. KIRKLAND & ELLIS is the ampersand form as committees stored it. The $11,552,865 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not the firm’s partnership profits, not Am Law ranking revenue, and not a NAICS 5411 rollup of all law offices.

People who typed KIRKLAND AND ELLIS without the ampersand, ATTORNEY without the firm, SELF/ATTORNEY, or another partnership name sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into KIRKLAND & ELLIS.

524 donors and 12,815 lines

524 unique donors produced 12,815 KIRKLAND & ELLIS contribution lines totaling $11,552,865. Dollars per unique person run high compared with the 2,138-donor SELF/ATTORNEY slash row. Receipts per donor run near 24. The packet does not publish a mean gift as its own FEC field.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. The firm’s committee PAC filings, if any, are other FEC documents.

Generic legal titles are other keys

ATTORNEY, LAWYER, ATTY, and SELF/ATTORNEY capture people who put a title in the employer box instead of this partnership. Combining them with KIRKLAND & ELLIS would mix a firm name and generic titles. This page stays at $11,552,865 for KIRKLAND & ELLIS only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the firm — partner, associate, counsel — as typed. Those occupation words also exist as industry keys when they were placed in the employer box.

Donor table

The KIRKLAND & ELLIS donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. With 524 unique donors, the table is narrower than 4,000-person accounting rows. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a matter name, a court docket, or a motive to that line. Alumni who still type the firm share the string with current lawyers. The FEC field is not an HR export.

Repeat names among 12,815 lines are expected. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the firm string.

KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s 12,815 lines from 524 donors totaling $11,552,865 are the ampersand partnership grouping, not ATTORNEY, ATTY, LAWYER, or SELF/ATTORNEY. Ampersand-free spellings, if stored separately, are other keys. Unitemized gifts and firm PAC filings stay out. Alumni who still type the firm remain in the 524. Occupation pages show partner, associate, and counsel as typed. The donor table does not attach a matter name to a large gift. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 5411.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $11,552,865, 12,815 contributions, 524 donors, top employer KIRKLAND & ELLIS. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Compare ATTORNEY, ATTY, SELF/ATTORNEY, and LAWYER on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles next to this employer. Ampersand-free spellings, if stored separately, are other keys.

Keep KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s $11,552,865, 12,815 contributions, and 524 donors on this partnership string. ATTORNEY, ATTY, and SELF/ATTORNEY stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside KIRKLAND & ELLIS. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not the firm PAC and not NAICS 5411.

Partnership-name coverage versus generic lawyer strings

KIRKLAND & ELLIS’s $11,552,865 from 524 donors and 12,815 lines is the ampersand partnership grouping, not NAICS legal services and not Am Law revenue. ATTORNEY, LAWYER, ATTY ($12,586,849, 731 donors), and SELF/ATTORNEY ($14,212,696, 2,138 donors) are generic-title or slash-pair rows. Combining them with KIRKLAND & ELLIS would mix a firm name and titles. People who typed KIRKLAND AND ELLIS without the ampersand sit in other rows if stored that way.

Dollars per unique person run high compared with the wider SELF/ATTORNEY row. Receipts per donor run near 24. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and committee PAC documents are outside the $11,552,865. Alumni who still type the firm remain in the 524. The FEC field is not an HR export of partners and associates.

The donor table is narrower than 4,000-person accounting rows. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a matter-name inference. Occupation pages show partner, associate, counsel, and other titles as typed. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, $11,552,865, 12,815 contributions, 524 donors. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS 5411.

Questions

How much have KIRKLAND & ELLIS-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $11,552,865 to the KIRKLAND & ELLIS employer string, from 12,815 contributions and 524 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS legal-services total. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is this Kirkland & Ellis corporate or partnership political spending?

No. The $11,552,865 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to KIRKLAND & ELLIS. Partnership treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include every attorney who donated?

No. ATTORNEY, LAWYER, ATTY, and SELF/ATTORNEY are separate strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text KIRKLAND & ELLIS. The 524 donors are unique contributors in this firm string, not a national bar census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique donors listed KIRKLAND & ELLIS?

The rollup counts 524 donors and 12,815 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an attorney headcount from the firm. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.