October 24, 2019 (New York) – With extensive trial experience across global forums, Proskauer is recognized by Benchmark Litigation in its 2020 guide to the leading litigation firms and lawyers in the United States. Benchmark’s results are determined through six months of research which includes extensive interviews with clients to identify the leading litigators and firms. The Firm stands out for its work in litigation practice areas including appellate, insurance, intellectual property, general commercial and white collar. Additionally, newly ranked categories include in the antitrust, bankruptcy and product liability.
Thirty-seven Proskauer lawyers were recognized by Benchmark across a range of categories: Litigation Stars, Labor & Employment Stars, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Top 250 Women in Litigation, Top Litigators under 40 and Future Stars.
The following partners were named as 2020 Litigation Stars:
- Mark Batten (Labor & Employment)
- Steven Bauer (Intellectual Property)
- Martin Bienenstock (Bankruptcy)
- Elise Bloom (Class Action, Health Care, Labor & Employment)
- Manuel Cachán (General Commercial, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Securities)
- Robert Cleary (Antitrust, General Commercial, White Collar Crime)
- Scott Cooper (Antitrust, White Collar Crime)
- Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (Intellectual Property)
- Margaret Dale (General Commercial, Securities)
- Peter Doyle (General Commercial, Securities)
- Ralph Ferrara (Securities, White Collar Crime)
- Michael Firestein (Bankruptcy, General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Securities)
- Siegmund Gutman (Intellectual Property)
- Mark Harris (Appellate)
- Gregg Mashberg (General Commercial, Securities)
- Michael Mervis (Bankruptcy, General Commercial, Intellectual Property)
- Timothy Mungovan (Bankruptcy, General Commercial)
- Anthony Oncidi (California Labor and Employment)
- Brendan O'Rourke (General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Lanham Act)
- Bettina Plevan (Labor & Employment)
- Stephen Ratner (General Commercial, Securities)
- Bradley Ruskin (Antitrust, General Commercial)
- Howard Shapiro (ERISA)
- Lawrence Weinstein (General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Lanham Act)
- Bart Williams (General Commercial)
- Additionally, partners named Stars in the Labor & Employment edition include:
- Neil Abramson
- John Barry
- Mark Batten
- Joseph Baumgarten
- Elise Bloom
- Lloyd Chinn
- Howard Ganz
- Keisha-Ann Gray
- Adam Lupion
- Kathleen McKenna
- Joseph O'Keefe
- Anthony Oncidi
- Steven Pearlman
- Bettina Plevan
- Lawrence Sandak
- Nigel Telman
Partner named in Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America is:
- Bart Williams (General Commercial)
Partners named among the Top 250 Women in Litigation are:
- Elise Bloom (Class Action, Health Care, Labor & Employment)
- Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (Intellectual Property)
- Margaret Dale (General Commercial, Securities)
- Bettina Plevan (Labor & Employment)
In the Top Litigators under 40, partner honorees include:
- Bradley Bobroff
Partner named as 2020 Future Star is:
- Kimberly Mottley