May 3, 2018 (NEW YORK) – In the 2018 edition of Chambers USA Proskauer was once again recognized as a top-tier law firm, earning praise in 78 practice areas, with 98 individuals achieving leading lawyer rankings. The Firm achieved Band 1 rankings in nine practice areas and Band 1, Star Individual and Senior Statesmen rankings for 33 individual lawyers.

Band 1-Ranked Practices:

• Advertising Litigation (Nationwide)
• Banking & Finance (Massachusetts)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York)
• ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
• Healthcare (New York)
• Insurance: Dispute Resolution (Illinois)
• Labor & Employment (Nationwide and New York)
• Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)
• Sports Law (Nationwide)

Senior Statesmen and Star Individuals:

• Peter Fass (Senior Statesman) (Nationwide: REITs and New York: Real Estate: Finance)
• Howard Ganz (Senior Statesman) (Nationwide: Sports Law and New York: Labor & Employment)
• Steven Gilford (Star Individual) (Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Robin Painter (Star Individual) (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Howard Shapiro (Star Individual) (Louisiana: Labor & Employment: EBEC)
• Michael Sirkin (Star Individual) (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)

Band 1-Ranked Lawyers:

• Mark Batten (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• Steven Bauer (Massachusetts: Intellectual Property)
• Robert Cleary (New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Stuart Coleman (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds)
• Monte Dube (Illinois: Healthcare)
• Steven Ellis (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Zachary Fasman (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Scott Faust (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• David Grunblatt (Nationwide and New York: Immigration)
• Paul Hamburger (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Edward Kornreich (New York: Healthcare)
• Joseph Leccese (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Jeff Marwil (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Kathleen McKenna (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Anthony Oncidi (California: Labor & Employment)
• Bettina Plevan (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Marc Rosenthal (Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Bradley Ruskin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ronald Sernau (New York: Real Estate)
• Howard Shapiro (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Michael Sirkin (Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Mark Thomas (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Lawrence Weinstein (Nationwide: Advertising Litigation)
• Steven Weise (California: Banking & Finance)
• Michael Woronoff (California: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
• Richard Zall (New York: Healthcare)

 

 

Inaugural Lawyer Rankings:

• Michael Choate (Nationwide: REITS)
• Nicole Eichberger (Louisiana: Labor & Employment)
• Nicole Runyan (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds)

 

Additional Practices Recognized:

• Nationwide: Banking & Finance
• Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• Nationwide: Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
• Nationwide: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Nationwide: Healthcare
• Nationwide: Healthcare: Transactional
• Nationwide: Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation
• Nationwide: Immigration
• Nationwide: Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder
• Nationwide: International Arbitration
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
• Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality
• Nationwide: Privacy & Data Security
• Nationwide: Private Equity: Buyouts
• Nationwide: Real Estate
• Nationwide: REITS
• Nationwide: Securities Regulation Enforcement
• Nationwide: Tax: Corporate & Finance
• California: Banking & Finance
• California: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• California: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
• California: Corporate/M&A: Southern California
• California: EBEC
• California: Labor & Employment
• California: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
• California: Litigation: General Commercial
• California: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• California: Real Estate
• California: Tax
• District of Columbia: Antitrust
• District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• District of Columbia: Labor & Employment
• Florida: Labor & Employment
• Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Illinois: Healthcare
• Illinois: Labor & Employment
• Louisiana: Labor & Employment
• Louisiana: Labor & Employment: EBEC
• Massachusetts: Corporate/M&A
• Massachusetts: Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial
• Massachusetts: Tax
• New Jersey: Labor & Employment
• New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• New York: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York: Environment
• New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional
• New York: Immigration
• New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder
• New York: Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
• New York: Latin American Investment
• New York: Litigation: General Commercial
• New York: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
• New York: Litigation: White Collar & Government Investigation
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Corporate
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation
• New York: Real Estate
• New York: Real Estate: Corporate
• New York: Real Estate: Finance
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
• New York: Tax
• New York: Technology & Outsourcing

 

Additional Lawyers Ranked:

• Neil Abramson (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Julie Allen (Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Peter Antoszyk (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• John Barry (New Jersey: Labor & Employment)
• Robert Batterman (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Howard Beber (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Connie Bertram (District of Columbia: Labor & Employment)
• Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring; New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Allan Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Elise Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ira Bogner (Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Pippa Bond (California: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Stephen Boyko (Nationwide: Banking & Finance; Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Stuart Bressman (Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Joseph Capraro Jr (Massachusetts: Intellectual Property)
• Aliza Cinamon (New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Erika Collins (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (New York: Media & Entertainment: (Copyright & Contract Disputes))
• Gary Creem (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Monte Dube (Nationwide: Healthcare: Transactional; Illinois: Healthcare)
• Steven Ellis (Nationwide: Banking & Finance)
• John Failla (New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder)
• Michael Fernhoff (California: Tax)
• Daniel Ganitsky (New York: Latin American Investment)
• Steven Gilford (Nationwide: Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder; Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Siegmund Gutman (California: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• Michael Hackett (Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Paul Hamburger (Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Colleen Hart (California: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Jeffrey Horwitz (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Brian Huber (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Colin Kass (District of Columbia: Antitrust)
• Wayne Katz (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Anne Kim (California: Tax)
• Edward Kornreich (Nationwide: Healthcare: Transactional; Nationwide: Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; New York: Healthcare)
• Robert Leonard (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Steven Lichtenfeld (New York: Real Estate: Corporate)
• Frank Lopez (Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• David Manko (New York: Healthcare)
• Carlos Martinez (New York: Latin American Investment)
• Jeff Marwil (Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Kristen Mathews (Nationwide: Privacy & Data Security)
• Arnold May (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Stephen Mears (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David Miller (New York: Tax)
• Sandra Montgomery (California: Banking & Finance)
• Timothy Mungovan (Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jeffrey Neuburger (New York: Technology & Outsourcing)
• Malcolm Nicholls III (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Amanda Nussbaum (New York: Tax)
• Jon Oram (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Brendan O’Rourke (Nationwide: Advertising Litigation; New York: Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright)
• Robin Painter (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation)
• Steven Peck (Massachusetts: Corporate/M&A; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Steven Pearlman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Robert Plaze (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds)
• Bernard Plum (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Jamiel Poindexter (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Gail Port (New York: Environment; New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Paul Possinger (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Andrea Rattner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Stuart Rosow (New York: Tax)
• Myron Rumeld (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Bradley Ruskin (New York: Litigation: White Collar & Government Investigation; Litigation: General Commercial; Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Seth Safra (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Lawrence Sandak (New Jersey: Labor & Employment)
• Frank Saviano (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Seth Schafler (Nationwide: Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder; New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder)
• Jurate Schwartz (Florida: Labor & Employment)
• Ronald Sernau (Nationwide: Real Estate)
• Peter Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration)
• Monica Shilling (California: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; California: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
• Charles Sims (New York: Media & Entertainment: (Copyright & Contract Disputes))
• Dietrich Snell (New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Albert Stemp (California: Real Estate)
• David Stephens (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Registered Funds)
• David W Tegeler (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Nigel Telman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Mark Theodore (California: Labor & Employment)
• Mark Thomas (Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Christopher Wells (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• David Weinberger (New York: Real Estate: Finance)
• Bart Williams (California: Litigation: General Commercial; California: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Michael Woronoff (California: Corporate/M&A: Southern California; California: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity; Nationwide: Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Peter Young (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Richard Zall (Nationwide: Healthcare: Transactional; New York: Healthcare)