August 15, 2013 (New York) – One hundred and twenty-two Proskauer lawyers across all the firm’s U.S. offices and representing more than 45 different practice areas have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 20th annual The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 guide. 

The following is a full list of lawyers receiving the accolade:

Proskauer’s Best Lawyers in America 2014:

Advertising Law
Brendan J. O'Rourke (New York)
Lawrence I. Weinstein (New York)

Antitrust Law
Helene D. Jaffe (New York)

Appellate Practice
Bettina B. Plevan (New York)

Arbitration
Bruce E. Fader (New York)
Steven E. Obus (New York)

Banking and Finance Law
Steven O. Weise (Los Angeles)

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Martin J. Bienenstock (New York)
Michael P. Kessler (New York)
Jeffrey W. Levitan (New York)
Paul Possinger (Chicago)
Mark Thomas (Chicago)
Martin S. Zohn (Los Angeles)

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)

Commercial Litigation
Scott P. Cooper (Los Angeles)
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)
Michael A. Firestein (Los Angeles)
Gregg M. Mashberg (New York)
Timothy W. Mungovan (Boston)
Stephen L. Ratner (Commercial Litigation)

Copyright Law
William M. Hart (New York)
Corporate Compliance Law
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)

Corporate Governance Law
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)

Corporate Law
Julie M. Allen (New York)
Robert A. Cantone (New York)
Steven M. Ellis (Boston)
Klaus Eppler (New York)
Jeffrey A. Horwitz (New York)
Arnold S. Jacobs (New York)
Steven L. Kirshenbaum (New York)
Joseph M. Leccese (New York)
Bruce L. Lieb (New York)
Robin A. Painter (Boston)
Ronald R. Papa (New York)
Vincenzo Paparo (New York)
Kathy H. Rocklen (New York)
Richard H. Rowe (Washington, DC)
Richard L. Spinogatti (New York)
Christopher M. Wells (New York)
Michael A. Woronoff (Los Angeles)

Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Mark J. Biros (Washington, DC)
Robert J. Cleary (New York)
Arnold J. Levine (New York)
Dietrich L. Snell (New York)

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Rory Judd Albert (New York)
Michael J. Album (New York)
Ira G. Bogner (New York)
Jacob Friedman (New York)
Paul M. Hamburger (Washington, DC)
Michael S. Sirkin (New York)

Employment Law – Management
Neil H. Abramson (New York)
Rory Judd Albert (New York)
John P. Barry (Newark)
Mark Batten (Boston)
L. Robert Batterman (New York)
Joseph Baumgarten (New York)
Elise M. Bloom (New York)
Edward A. Brill (New York)
Allen I. Fagin (New York)
Howard L. Ganz (New York)
Alan S. Jaffe (New York)
Lawrence Z. Lorber (Washington, DC)
Kathleen M. McKenna (New York)
Anthony J. Oncidi (Los Angeles)
Martin J. Oppenheimer (New York)
Katharine H. Parker (New York)
Bettina B. Plevan (New York)
Bernard M. Plum (New York)
Gregory I. Rasin (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Lawrence R. Sandak (Newark)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Allan H. Weitzman (Boca Raton)

Entertainment Law – Music
Charles B. Ortner (New York)

Environmental Law
Robert J. Kafin (New York)
Gail S. Port (New York)

Equipment Finance Law
Steven O. Weise (Los Angeles)

Health Care Law
Monte I. Dube (Chicago)
Herschel Goldfield (New York)
Malcolm J. Harkins III (Washington, DC)
Robert M. Kaufman (New York)
Edward S. Kornreich (New York)
Ellen H. Moskowitz (New York)
Richard J. Zall (New York)

Immigration Law
David M. Grunblatt (Newark)

Information Technology Law
Jeffrey D. Neuburger (New York)

Insurance Law
Nancy Sher Cohen (Los Angeles)
Steven R. Gilford (Chicago)
John H. Gross (New York)
Paul L. Langer (Chicago)
Marc E. Rosenthal (Chicago)

International Trade and Finance Law
Richard H. Rowe (Washington, DC)

Labor Law – Management
Neil H. Abramson (New York)
Rory Judd Albert (New York)
Mark Batten (Boston)
L. Robert Batterman (New York)
Joseph Baumgarten (New York)
Edward A. Brill (New York)
Allen I. Fagin (New York)
Howard L. Ganz (New York)
Bernard D. Gold (Los Angeles)
Marvin M. Goldstein (Newark)
Alan S. Jaffe (New York)
Kathleen M. McKenna (New York)
Martin J. Oppenheimer (New York)
Katharine H. Parker (New York)
Bernard M. Plum (New York)
Gregory I. Rasin (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Lawrence R. Sandak (Newark)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Allan H. Weitzman (Boca Raton)

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Lauren K. Boglivi (New York)

Litigation – Bankruptcy
Martin J. Bienenstock (New York)
Michael P. Kessler (New York)
Jeff J. Marwil (Chicago)
Mark Thomas (Chicago)
Martin S. Zohn (Los Angeles)

Litigation – Environmental
Gail S. Port (New York)

Litigation – ERISA
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)

Litigation – First Amendment
Charles S. Sims (New York)

Litigation – Intellectual Property
Steven M. Bauer (Boston)
William M. Hart (New York)
Brendan J. O'Rourke (New York)
Kenneth Rubenstein (New York)
Charles S. Sims (New York)

Litigation – Labor & Employment
Rory Judd Albert (New York)
John P. Barry (Newark)
Mark Batten (Boston)
Elise M. Bloom (New York)
Allen I. Fagin (New York)
Howard L. Ganz (New York)
Marvin M. Goldstein (Newark)
Anthony J. Oncidi (Los Angeles)
Bettina B. Plevan (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Lawrence R. Sandak (Newark)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Allan H. Weitzman (Boca Raton)

Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)
Gregg M. Mashberg (New York)

Litigation – Patent
Steven M. Bauer (Boston)
Kenneth Rubenstein (New York)

Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)

Litigation – Securities
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)
Edward A. Kwalwasser (New York)
Gregg M. Mashberg (New York)
Lionel E. Pashkoff (Washington, DC)

Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Andrew M. Katzenstein (Los Angeles)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)
Jay D. Waxenberg (New York)

Mediation
Steven E. Obus (New York)

Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Richard H. Rowe (Washington, DC)

Patent Law
William M. Hart (New York)
Kenneth Rubenstein (New York)

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Howard J. Beber (Boston)
Daniel P. Finkelman (Boston)
Scott S. Jones (Boston)
Mary B. Kuusisto (Boston)
Bruce L. Lieb (New York)
Arnold P. May (Boston)
Stephen T. Mears (Boston)
Malcolm B. Nicholls III (Boston)
Robin A. Painter (Boston)
David W. Tegeler (Boston)

Real Estate Law
Perry Cacace (New York)
Louis P. Eatman (Los Angeles)
Peter M. Fass (New York)
Douglas B. Frank (Los Angeles)
Steven L. Lichtenfeld (New York)
Wendy Schriber (New York)
Ronald D. Sernau (New York)
David J. Weinberger (New York)

Securities / Capital Markets Law
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)

Securities Regulation
Ralph C. Ferrara (Washington, DC)
Edward A. Kwalwasser (New York)
Lionel E. Pashkoff (Washington, DC)
Richard H. Rowe (Washington, DC)

Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Steven M. Ellis (Boston)

Sports Law
L. Robert Batterman (New York)
Howard L. Ganz (New York)
Joseph M. Leccese (New York)
Bradley I. Ruskin (New York)

Tax Law
Michael D. Fernhoff (Los Angeles)
Mitchell M. Gaswirth (Los Angeles)
Scott S. Jones (Boston)
Arnold P. May (Boston)
Amanda Nussbaum (New York)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)

Technology Law
Daryn A. Grossman (New York)

Trademark Law
William M. Hart (New York)

Trusts and Estates
Mitchell M. Gaswirth (Los Angeles)
Albert W. Gortz (Boca Raton)
Andrew M. Katzenstein (Los Angeles)
Henry J. Leibowitz (New York)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)
Philip Susswein (New York)
Ivan Taback (New York)
Jay D. Waxenberg (New York)

Venture Capital Law
Trevor J. Chaplick (Washington, DC)

Partners Allen Fagin, Bernard Gold and Steven Weise were named among the Lawyers of the Year 2014. Mr. Fagin has been named the New York City Litigation - Labor & Employment "Lawyer of the Year”; Mr. Gold has been named the Los Angeles Labor Law - Management "Lawyer of the Year”; and Mr. Weise has been named the Los Angeles Banking and Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year.”

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.