James McClain He’s not a household name in the vein of Hollywood celebrities, but Jeff Hammes is indisputably a captain of industry.
As the longtime chairman of Kirkland & Ellis until his retirement last year, he presided over a blockbuster legal organization that astonished Wall Street with its rapid growth in recent years.
Today, Kirkland is the world’s highest-grossing law firm, with $4.2 billion in 2019 annual revenue and more than 2,300 attorneys worldwide.Back in fall 2017, Chicago-based Hammes and longtime wife Linda paid $14.8 million for a vacation home in prime Beverly Hills, sited on one of the best streets in the so-called Flats neighborhood.
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