The Firm: This five-partner team strikes an effective balance between labor and employment work, and acts for some of California's big-ticket clients. The group offers major employers the full run of labor and employment expertise, from collective bargaining negotiations to high-stakes single plaintiff litigation. The team has continued its work with the Creative Artists Agency, and represented the organization in a discrimination class action and non-compete suit.

Sources Say: "I rate their speed of responsiveness, their commercial savvy and all-around service."

Key Individuals: Anthony Oncidi has an outstanding reputation acting for entertainment industry clients, among others. A client characterizes him as "smart, cost-effective, appropriately aggressive and generally fabulous."

Kenneth Sulzer joined Proskauer Rose in 2012 from Seyfarth Shaw, and is considered by the market to be a "terrific addition" to the team. He recently represented Swissport USA in a Californian class action concerning meal and rest breaks.