Continuing its hiring tear of high-profile laterals, Kirkland & Ellis has hooked the chair of Winston & Strawn’s 500-attorney litigation department.
James Hurst, who spent 25 years as a trial lawyer at Winston & Strawn and served as a member of firm’s executive committee and compensation committee in addition to leading the litigation department, will begin in Kirkland’s litigation and intellectual property group at its Chicago headquarters on Dec. 15. Crain’s Chicago Business reported that Hurst will also become a member of Kirkland’s 15-person executive committee.
