April 27, 2020 (New York) – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that eight of its practice areas and 26 lawyers were ranked in Band 1 or in the Star Individual or Senior Statespeople categories in the Chambers USA 2020 guide.

In total, the Chambers USA 2020 guide ranked 47 Proskauer practice areas and 91 of its lawyers.

Band 1-Ranked Practices:

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

Senior Statespeople and Star Individuals:

• Peter Fass (Senior Statespeople – Nationwide: REITS)
• Howard Ganz (Senior Statespeople – Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Robin Painter (Star Individuals – Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Bettina Plevan (Senior Statespeople – New York: Labor & Employment)

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 H Coleman (Nationwide: Investment funds: Registered Funds)
• Charles Dale (Massachusetts: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Steven Ellis (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Scott Faust (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• David Grunblatt (Nationwide: Immigration; New Jersey: Immigration)
• Paul Hamburger (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Edward Kornreich (New York: Healthcare)
• Joseph Leccese (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Kathleen McKenna (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Anthony Oncidi (California: Labor & Employment)
• Robert Plaze (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance)
• Marc Rosenthal (Illinois: Dispute Resolution)
• Bradley Ruskin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ronald Sernau (Real Estate: Mainly Dirt)
• Lawrence Weinstein (Nationwide: Advertising Litigation)
• Steven Weise (California Banking & Finance)
• Bart Williams (California: Litigation: General Commercial)

Inaugural Lawyer Rankings:

• Monica Arora (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• John E Failla (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Janna Manes (Nationwide: Investment funds: Registered Funds)
• David W Tegeler (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital)

Additional Practices Recognized:

• Nationwide: Advertising Litigation
• Nationwide: Banking & Finance
• Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Nationwide: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Nationwide: ERISA Litigation
• Nationwide: Healthcare
• Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Nationwide: Investment funds: Registered Funds
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital
• Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality
• Nationwide: Real Estate
• Nationwide: REITS
• Nationwide: Tax: Corporate & Finance
• California: Banking & Finance
• California: Labor & Employment
• California: Tax: Southern California
  • Los Angeles & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Illinois: Labor & Employment
• Louisiana: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Tax
• New Jersey: Immigration
• New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• New York: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional
• New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder
• New York: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
• New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Corporate
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Litigation
• 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)
• Peter J Antoszyk (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Keith Barnett (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• John P Barry (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Howard J. Beber (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring; New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Allan S Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Elise M Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ira Bogner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Sean Boulger (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Stephen Boyko (Nationwide: Banking & Finance; Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Robert D Burke (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Joseph Capraro (Massachusetts: Intellectual Property)
• Michael Choate (Nationwide: REITS)
• Aliza Cinamon (New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (California: Media & Entertainment Litigation; New York: Media & Entertainment Litigation)
• Gary Creem (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Nicole Eichberger (Louisiana: Labor & Employment)
• Steven Ellis (Nationwide: Banking & Finance)
• John Failla (New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder)
• Michael Fernhoff (California: Tax: Southern California)
• Colleen Hart (California: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Los Angeles & Surrounds)
• Jeffrey Horwitz (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Scott S Jones (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Colin Kass (District of Columbia: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists)
• Wayne Katz (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Christine Lazatin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Robert G Leonard (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Steven Lichtenfeld (New York: Real Estate: Corporate)
• Jeff Marwil (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• David Manko (New York: Healthcare)
• Michael Mavrides (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Arnold P May (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Stephen Mears (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital)
• David S Miller (New York: Tax)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery (California: Banking & Finance)
• Timothy Mungovan (Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jeffrey Neuburger (New York: Technology & Outsourcing)
• Amanda Nussbaum (New York: Tax)
• Jon Oram (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Brendan O'Rourke (New York: intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright)
• Robin A Painter (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Investment Funds: Venture Capital)
• Steven Pearlman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Steven Peck (Massachusetts: Corporate/M&A; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Bernard Plum (New York: Labor & Employment; New York: Labor Relations)
• 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 L Rosow (New York: Tax)
• Myron Rumeld (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Nicole Runyan (Nationwide: Investment funds: Registered Funds)
• Bradley Ruskin (New York: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Seth Safra (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor Relations)
• Lawrence R Sandak (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Frank Saviano (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Seth B Schafler (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder; New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder)
• Jurate Schwartz (Florida: Labor & Employment)
• Peter Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration)
• Dietrich Snell (New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• David Stephens (Nationwide: Investment funds: Registered Funds)
• David Tegeler (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Nigel Telman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• David J Weinberger (New York: Real Estate: Finance)
• Christopher M Wells (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Bart Williams (Nationwide: Litigation: Trial Lawyers; California: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)