NEW YORK, August 20, 2020 – Proskauer lawyers from across the Firm’s U.S. offices have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 guide. The guide has been in print for over thirty years and is the result of a sophisticated peer review survey. This year, 145 Proskauer lawyers have been ranked “Best Lawyers” and 33 are ranked in the inaugural “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” list which highlights lawyers who have practiced for 10 years or less.

In addition, four of our lawyers were recognized as the exclusive “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practices:

• Robert Burke - Tax Law (Boston)
• Siegmund Gutman - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (Los Angeles)
• David Grunblatt - Immigration Law (New York)
• Lawrence Weinstein - Advertising Law (New York)

“Lawyers of the Year” awards go to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.

Proskauer lawyers ranked as “Best Lawyers” include:

• Neil H. Abramson - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management (New York)
• Michael J. Album - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Julie M. Allen - Corporate Law (New York)
• Peter J. Antoszyk - Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Boston)
• Ehud Barak - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
• Keith R. Barnett - Real Estate Law (Boston)
• John P. Barry - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Mark W. Batten - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boston)
• Steven M. Bauer - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law (Boston)
• Joseph Baumgarten - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Howard J. Beber - Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
• Martin J. Bienenstock - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (New York)
• Allan S. Bloom - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Elise M. Bloom - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Lauren K. Boglivi - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (New York)
• Ira G. Bogner - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Sean T. Boulger - Real Estate Law (Boston)
• Stephen A. Boyko - Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Boston)
• Harold M. Brody - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Los Angeles)
• Robert D. Burke - Tax Law (Boston)
• Perry A. Cacace - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Michael E. Callahan - Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity Law (New York)
• Robert A. Cantone - Corporate Law; Technology Law (New York)
• Joseph A. Capraro, Jr. - Patent Law (Boston)
• Michael A. Cardozo - Commercial Litigation (New York)
• Fangli Chen, Ph.D. - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law (Boston)
• Michael J. Choate - Real Estate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law (Chicago)
• Robert J. Cleary - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (New York)
• Stuart H. Coleman - Mutual Funds Law (New York)
• Scott P. Cooper - Commercial Litigation; Sports Law (Los Angeles)
• Sandra A. Crawshaw-Sparks - Entertainment Law – Music; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Charles A. Dale III - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (Boston)
• Stephen M. Edwards - Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law (Boston)
• Nicole A. Eichberger - Litigation – ERISA (New Orleans)
• Steven M. Ellis - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law (Boston)
• Peter M. Fass - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Scott A. Faust - Labor Law – Management (Boston)
• Michael D. Fernhoff - Tax Law (Los Angeles)
• Ralph C. Ferrara - Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation (Washington, DC)
• Michael A. Firestein - Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
• Douglas B. Frank - Real Estate Law (Los Angeles)
• Robert E. Freeman - Sports Law (New York)
• Jacob I. Friedman - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Howard L. Ganz - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Sports Law (New York)
• Mitchell M. Gaswirth - Tax Law; Trusts and Estates (Los Angeles)
• Evandro C. Gigante - Employment Law – Management (New York)
• Kate Gold - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Los Angeles)
• Richard M. Goldstein - Litigation - Real Estate (New York)
• Ira M. Golub - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Albert W. Gortz - Trusts and Estates (Boca Raton)
• Daryn A. Grossman - Technology Law (New York)
• Deidre A. Grossman - Employment Law – Management (New York)
• David M. Grunblatt - Immigration Law (New York)
• Siegmund Gutman - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (Los Angeles)
• Paul M. Hamburger - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
• Mark D. Harris - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (New York)
• Colleen M. Hart - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Los Angeles)
• Stephanie Heilborn - Trusts and Estates (New York)
• Jeffrey A. Horwitz - Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
• Steven D. Hurd - Employment Law – Management (New York)
• Arnold S. Jacobs - Corporate Law (New York)
• David T. Jones - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
• Scott S. Jones P.C. - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Tax Law (Boston)
• Robert J. Kafin - Environmental Law (New York)
• Wayne D. Katz - Sports Law (New York)
• Andrew M. Katzenstein - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates (Los Angeles)
• Robert M. Kaufman - Health Care Law (New York)
• Michael P. Kessler - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (New York)
• Steven L. Kirshenbaum - Corporate Law (New York)
• Edward S. Kornreich - Health Care Law (New York)
• Mary B. Kuusisto - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Tax Law (Boston)
• Edward A. Kwalwasser - Litigation – Securities; Securities Regulation (New York)
• Joseph M. Leccese - Corporate Law; Sports Law (New York)
• Henry J. Leibowitz - Trusts and Estates (New York)
• Robert G. Leonard - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (New York)
• Jeffrey W. Levitan - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
• Steven L. Lichtenfeld - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Bruce L. Lieb - Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (New York)
• Leslie H. Loffman - Tax Law (New York)
• Janna Manes - Mutual Funds Law (New York)
• David A. Manko - Health Care Law (New York)
• Jeff J. Marwil - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (Chicago)
• Gregg M. Mashberg - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities (New York)
• Arnold P. May - Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Tax Law (Boston)
• Kathleen M. McKenna - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Stephen T. Mears - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
• David S. Miller - Tax Law (New York)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery - Securitization and Structured Finance Law (Los Angeles)
• Ellen H. Moskowitz - Health Care Law (New York)
• Kimberly A. Mottley - Litigation – Patent (Boston)
• Timothy W. Mungovan - Commercial Litigation (Boston)
• Jeffrey D. Neuburger - Information Technology Law; Technology Law (New York)
• Amanda H. Nussbaum - Tax Law (New York)
• Steven E. Obus - Arbitration; Mediation (New York)
• Matthew S. O'Loughlin - International Mergers and Acquisitions (Los Angeles)
• Anthony J. Oncidi - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Los Angeles
• Jon H. Oram - Sports Law (New York)
• Brendan J. O'Rourke - Advertising Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property (New York)
• Charles B. Ortner - Entertainment Law – Music (New York)
• Robin A. Painter - Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
• Ronald R. Papa - Corporate Law (New York)
• Steven J. Pearlman - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Chicago)
• Steven M. Peck - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (Boston)
• Christopher Pennington - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Kevin J. Perra - Litigation - Intellectual Property (New York)
• Robert E. Plaze - Mutual Funds Law (Washington, DC)
• Bettina B. Plevan - Appellate Practice; Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Bernard M. Plum - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management (New York)
• Jamiel E. Poindexter - Corporate Law; Tax Law (Boston)
• Gail S. Port - Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental (New York)
• Paul V. Possinger - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (Chicago)
• David Pratt - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates (Boca Raton)
• Robert M. Projansky - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Gregory I. Rasin - Employment Law – Management (New York)
• Stephen L. Ratner - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities (New York)
• Andrea S. Rattner - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Howard Z. Robbins - Labor Law – Management (New York)
• Kathy H. Rocklen - Corporate Law (New York)
• Brian S. Rosen - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
• Marc E. Rosenthal - Insurance Law (Chicago)
• Stuart L. Rosow - Tax Law (New York)
• Bradley I. Ruskin - Commercial Litigation; Sports Law (New York)
• Seth J. Safra - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Washington, DC)
• Paul A. Salvatore - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Lawrence R. Sandak - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Seth B. Schafler - Insurance Law (New York)
• Ronald D. Sernau - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Neal S. Schelberg - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New York)
• Peter J.W. Sherwin - International Arbitration – Commercial (New York)
• William C. Silverman - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (New York)
• Charles S. Sims - Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Intellectual Property (New York)
• Dietrich L. Snell - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (New York)
• David Stephens - Mutual Funds Law (New York)
• David W. Tegeler - Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (Boston)
• Nigel F. Telman - Employment Law – Management (Chicago)
• Mark Theodore - Labor Law – Management (Los Angeles)
• Jay D. Waxenberg - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (New York)
• David J. Weinberger - Real Estate Law (New York)
• Lawrence I. Weinstein - Advertising Law (New York)
• Steven O. Weise - Banking and Finance Law; Equipment Finance Law (Los Angeles)
• Christopher M. Wells - Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (New York)
• Jennifer Wexler - Immigration Law (New York)
• Bart H. Williams - Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Los Angeles)
• Peter J. Young - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy (Los Angeles)
• Richard J. Zall - Health Care Law (New York)

Proskauer lawyers ranked in the inaugural “Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch” include:

• Brittany Benavidez - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (New York)
• Nat Birdsall - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (New York)
• Alexander Bondarenko - Banking and Finance Law (Boston)
• James Boumil III - Intellectual Property Law (Boston)
• Kimberly Ann Braun - Trusts and Estates (New York)
• Tulio D. Chirinos - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boca Raton)
• Joseph E. Clark - Litigation - Labor and Employment (New York)
• Lindsey Olson Collins - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Washington, DC)
• Daniel Desatnik - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
• Joshua S. Fox - Entertainment and Sports Law (New York)
• Pinchos Goldberg - Labor and Employment Law – Management (New York)
• Laura E. Goldsmith - Technology Law (New York)
• David Hanna - Intellectual Property Law (Los Angeles)
• Atoyia S. Harris - Litigation - Labor and Employment (New Orleans)
• David Heck - Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law (New York)
• Philip A. Kaminski - Banking and Finance Law (New York)
• Lucy F. Kweskin - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
• Philippe A. Lebel - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Los Angeles)
• Steve Ma - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Los Angeles)
• Vanessa Maczko - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (New York)
• Danielle J. Moss - Labor and Employment Law – Management (New York)
• Bryan Nance - Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (New York)
• Andrew C. Nightingale - Corporate Law; Entertainment and Sports Law (New York)
• Jie Pan - Corporate Law (New York)
• Lee Popkin - Commercial Litigation (New York)
• Jennifer Rigterink - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (New Orleans)
• Elizabeth Rosen Siegel - Health Care Law (New York)
• Rebecca J. Sivitz - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Boston)
• Krista Whitaker - Entertainment and Sports Law (New York)
• Tiffany Woo - Intellectual Property Law (New York)
• Jennifer Yang - Intellectual Property Law (New York)
• Edward C. Young - Litigation - Labor and Employment (Chicago)