Annual Guide Recognizes 106 Lawyers as Leaders in their Field

NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has received top-tier rankings across 54 practice areas in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA. Additionally, 106 lawyers were recognized as leaders in their field, including 11 newly ranked attorneys.

Chambers USA ranked 11 of the Firm’s practice areas in Band 1, including Banking & Finance, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Private Equity and Sports Law. Twenty-two lawyers were ranked as Band 1 and six of the Firm’s lawyers earned recognition in the Eminent Practitioner, Star Individual or Senior Statespeople categories. Six Proskauer lawyers were also named to the Up & Coming category.

Since 1999, Chambers and Partners has been researching the global legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers rankings are determined by interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients worldwide. The results are audited independently and are based on a range of professional qualities most valued by clients.

Band 1-Ranked Practices:

• Nationwide: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Nationwide: Health Care: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide: Labor & Employment
• Nationwide: Sports Law
• Massachusetts: Banking & Financing
• Massachusetts: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• New York: Health Care
• New York: Labor & Employment: The Elite
• New York: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

Additional Practices Recognized:

• Nationwide: Advertising Litigation
• Nationwide: Banking and Finance
• Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
• Nationwide: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide: ERISA Litigation
• Nationwide: Hedge Funds
• Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Nationwide: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
• Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality
• Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Nationwide: Real Estate
• Nationwide: Registered Funds
• Nationwide: REITs
• Nationwide: Tax: Corporate & Finance
• California: Banking & Finance
• California: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Los Angeles & Surrounds
• California: Labor & Employment: The Elite
• California: Life Sciences
• California: Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
• California: Tax: Southern California
• District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Illinois: Labor & Employment: The Elite
• Louisiana: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Massachusetts: Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial
• Massachusetts: Real Estate
• Massachusetts: Tax
• New York: Banking & Finance
• New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
• New York: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional
• New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Corporate
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Litigation
• New York: Outsourcing
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
• New York: Tax
• New York: Technology

Eminent Practitioners, Senior Statespeople and Star Individuals:

• Steven Ellis (Eminent Practitioner – Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Peter Fass (Senior Statespeople – Nationwide: REITs)
• Kathleen McKenna (Star Individual – New York: Labor & Employment)
• Robin Painter (Star Individual – Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Steven Weise (Senior Statespeople – California: Banking & Finance)
• Bart Williams (Star Individual – California: Litigation: General Commercial)

Band 1-Ranked Individuals:

• Mark Batten (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring; New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Robert Cleary (New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Stuart Coleman (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Charles Dale (Massachusetts: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Scott Faust (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• Paul Hamburger (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Colleen Hart (California: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
• Edward Kornreich (New York: Health Care)
• Joseph Leccese (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• David Manko (New York: Health Care)
• Anthony Oncidi (California: Labor & Employment)
• Jon Oram (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Brendan O’Rourke (New York: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets)
• Robert Plaze (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance)
• Marc Rosenthal (Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Myron Rumeld (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Bradley Ruskin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor & Employment; New York: Labor Relations)
• Ronald Sernau (New York: Real Estate: Mainly Dirt)
• Peter J.W. Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration: Enforcement)
• Bart Williams (Nationwide: Litigation: Trial Lawyers)

Up & Coming:

• Justin Alex (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Daniel Hendrick (New York: Banking & Finance)
• Jason Krochak (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Kate Napalkova (California: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
• Katelyn O’Brien (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Lee Popkin (New York: Litigation: General Commercial)

Associate to Watch:

• Philippe Lebel (California: Labor & Employment)

Additional Individuals Recognized:

• Neil Abramson (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Michael Album (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Peter Antoszyk (Massachusetts: Banking & Financing)
• Monica Arora (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Keith Barnett (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Howard Beber (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Allan Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Elise Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ira Bogner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Sean Boulger (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Stephen Boyko (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Justin Breen (New York: Banking & Finance)
• Guy Brenner (District of Columbia: Labor & Employment)
• Aliza Cinamon (New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Fangli Chen (Massachusetts: Intellectual Property)
• Mike Choate (Nationwide: REITs)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (California: Media & Entertainment: Litigation; New York: Media & Entertainment: Litigation)
• Gary Creem (Massachusetts: Banking & Financing)
• Jonathan DeSantis (Nationwide: Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern U.S.; New York: Banking & Finance)
• Nicole Eichberger (Louisiana: Labor & Employment)
• John Failla (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder; New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Robert Freeman (New York: Media & Entertainment: Corporate)
• Evandro Gigante (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Kate Gold (California: Labor & Employment)
• Keisha-Ann G. Gray (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Siegmund Gutman (California: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• David Hillman (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Russell Hirschhorn (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Jeffrey Horwitz (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Vincent Indelicato (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• David Jones (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Investor Representation)
• Scott Jones (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Colin Kass (District of Columbia: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists)
• Wayne Katz (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Gregory Knopp (California: Labor & Employment)
• Nathan Lander (New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Christine Lazatin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Galen Lewis (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Steven Lichtenfeld (New York: Real Estate: Corporate)
• John Mahon (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Jeff Marwil (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Arnold May (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Stephen Mears (Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Don Melamed (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David Miller (New York: Tax)
• Kelli Moll (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery (California: Banking & Finance)
• Timothy Mungovan (Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jeffrey Neuburger (Nationwide: Technology; New York: Outsourcing; New York: Technology)
• Amanda Nussbaum (New York: Tax)
• Robin Painter (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation)
• Steve Pearlman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Steven Peck (Massachusetts: Corporate/M&A)
• Robert Plaze (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Jamiel Poindexter (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Paul Possinger (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Robert Projansky (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Seetha Ramachandran (New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Andrea Rattner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Marc Rosenthal (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Stuart Rosow (New York: Tax)
• Bradley Ruskin (New York: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Lawrence Sandak (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Seth Safra (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Jurate Schwartz (Florida: Labor & Employment)
• Peter J.W. Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration: Counsel)
• Dietrich Snell (New York: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• David Stephens (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Michael Suppappola (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David Tegeler (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David Teigman (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Nigel Telman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Mark Theodore (California: Labor & Employment)
• Christopher Wells (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Bart Williams (California: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)

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