May 19, 2015 (New York) – Global law firm Proskauer was recognized in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA as a top-tier law firm in 57 practice areas, with 145 individual leading lawyers rankings. The firm achieved Band 1 rankings in 11 practice areas and Band 1, Star Individual and Senior Statesmen rankings for 31 individual lawyers.

In addition, Proskauer was named as Investment Team of the year at the 2015 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence. The firm was also noted as recognized practitioners for its work in Banking & Finance, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, Tax: Corporate & Finance and Capital Markets: High-Yield Products nationwide, and for Media & Entertainment: Corporate in New York and Labor & Employment in Florida.

Band 1-ranked practices:

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

Senior Statesmen and Star Individuals:

• Peter Fass – Senior Statesman (Nationwide – REITs; New York – Real Estate: Finance)
• Steven Gilford – Star Individual (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Robert Kafin – Senior Statesman (New York – Environment)
• Robin Painter – Star Individual (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Howard Shapiro – Star Individual (Louisiana – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Michael Sirkin – Star Individual (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)

Band 1-ranked lawyers:

• Mark Batten (Massachusetts – Labor & Employment)
• Steven Bauer (Massachusetts – Intellectual Property)
• Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide – Bankruptcy/Restructuring; New York: Bankruptcy)
• Robert Cleary (New York – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Monte Dube (Illinois – Healthcare)
• Steven Ellis (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
• Zachary Fasman (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Daniel Finkelman (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Howard Ganz (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• David Grunblatt (Nationwide and New York – Immigration)
• Andrew Katzenstein (California – Tax: Estate Planning)
• Edward Kornreich (Nationwide – Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional; New York – Healthcare)
• Joseph Leccese (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• Anthony Oncidi (California – Labor & Employment)
• Charles Ortner (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes)
• Betsy Plevan (New York – Labor & Employment)
• David Pratt (Florida – Tax: Estate Planning)
• Marc Rosenthal (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Paul Salvatore (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Ronald Sernau (New York – Real Estate)
• Howard Shapiro (Nationwide – ERISA Litigation)
• Michael Sirkin (Nationwide – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Lawrence Weinstein (Nationwide – Advertising Litigation)
• Steven Weise (California – Banking & Finance)
• Allan Weitzman (Florida – Labor & Employment)
• Michael Woronoff (California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
• Richard Zall (New York – Healthcare) 

Inaugural practice/lawyer rankings:

• Nationwide – Investment Funds: Venture Capital
• New York – Tax
• Michael Ellis (New York – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded)
• Ira Golub (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Colin Kass (District of Columbia – Antitrust)
• Mary Kuusisto (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Robert Projansky (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Stuart Rosow (New York – Tax)
• Frank Saviano (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• Jeremy Stillings (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)

Lawyers ranked in new categories: 

• Howard Beber (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Venture Capital)
• Steven Peck (Massachusetts – Corporate/M&A)
• Robin Painter (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Venture Capital)
• Ronald Sernau (Nationwide – Real Estate)

Additional practices ranked:

• Nationwide – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• Nationwide – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Nationwide – Immigration
• Nationwide – Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder
• Nationwide – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Nationwide – Leisure & Hospitality
• Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security
• Nationwide – Private Equity: Buyouts
• Nationwide – Real Estate
• Nationwide – REITs
• Nationwide – Wealth Management
• California – Banking & Finance
• California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
• California – Corporate/M&A: Southern California
• California – Labor & Employment
• California – Tax
• District of Columbia – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
• District of Columbia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• District of Columbia – Labor & Employment
• Florida – Tax: Estate Planning
• Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Illinois – Healthcare
• Illinois – Labor & Employment
• Louisiana – Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Massachusetts – Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts – Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts – Tax
• New Jersey – Labor & Employment
• New York – Bankruptcy
• New York – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York – Immigration
• New York – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder
• New York – Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
• New York – Latin American Investment
• New York – Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
• New York – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• New York – Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation
• New York – Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
• New York – Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
• New York – Technology & Outsourcing

Additional lawyers recognized:

• Rory Albert (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Julie Allen (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Peter Antoszyk (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
• John Barry (New Jersey – Labor & Employment)
• Robert Batterman (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Howard Beber (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Connie Bertram (District of Columbia – Labor & Employment)
• Allan Bloom (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Elise Bloom (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Ira Bogner (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Philippa Bond (California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Stephen Boyko (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
• Stuart Bressman (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Joseph Capraro Jr. (Massachusetts – Intellectual Property)
• Trevor Chaplick (District of Columbia – Corporate/M&A & Private Equity)
• Nancy S. Cohen (Nationwide – Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder; California – Insurance: Policy Holder)
• Erika Collins (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contracts Disputes)
• Gary Creem (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
• Monte Dube (Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional)
• Scott Faust (Massachusetts – Labor & Employment)
• Michael Fernhoff (California – Tax)
• Ralph Ferrara (Nationwide – Securities Regulation Enforcement)
• Michael Firestein (California – Litigation: General Commercial)
• Daniel Ganitsky ( New York – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded)
• Howard Ganz (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Albert Gortz (Florida – Tax: Estate Planning)
• Daryn Grossman (Nationwide – Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial)
• Paul Hamburger (Nationwide and District of Columbia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Scott Harshbarger (Massachusetts – Litigation: General Commercial)
• Sean Hill (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Jeffrey Horwitz (Nationwide – Leisure & Hospitality)
• Scott Jones (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Wayne Katz (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• Andrew Katzenstein (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Western Region)
• Anne Kim (California – Tax)
• Robert Leonard (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Steven Lichtenfeld (New York – Real Estate: Corporate)
• Frank Lopez (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Carlos Martinez (New York – Latin American Investment)
• Jeff Marwil (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Kristen Mathews (Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security; New York – Technology & Outsourcing)
• Arnold May (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Kathleen McKenna (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Stephen Mears (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Elizabeth Mills (Illinois – Healthcare)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery (California – Banking & Finance)
• Timothy Mungovan (Massachusetts – Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jeffrey Neuburger (Nationwide – Outsourcing; New York – Technology & Outsourcing)
• Malcolm Nicholls III (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Amanda Nussbaum (New York – Tax)
• Brendan O’Rourke (Nationwide – Advertising Litigation; New York – Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright)
• Jon Oram (Nationwide – Sports Law)
• Robin Painter (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Ronald Papa (New York – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded)
• Steven Peck (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Bernard Plum (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Jamiel Poindexter (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Gail Port (New York – Environment; New York – Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Paul Possinger (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• David Pratt (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Eastern Region)
• Robert Rachal (Louisiana – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Stephen Ratner (New York – Litigation: Securities Litigation)
• Andrea Rattner (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Eric Remensperger (California – Real Estate)
• Myron Rumeld (Nationwide – ERISA Litigation)
• Bradley Ruskin (Nationwide – Sports Law; New York – Litigation: General Commercial)
• Lawrence Sandak (New Jersey – Labor & Employment)
• Seth Schafler (Nationwide – Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder; New York – Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Jurate Schwartz (Florida – Labor & Employment)
• Peter Sherwin (Nationwide – International Arbitration)
• Monica Shilling (California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity; Corporate/M&A: Southern California; California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Charles Sims (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contracts Disputes)
• Dietrich Snell (New York – Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Kenneth Sulzer (California – Labor & Employment)
• David Tegeler (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Nigel Telman (Illinois – Labor & Employment)
• Mark Theodore (California – Labor & Employment)
• Mark Thomas (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Jay Waxenberg (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Eastern Region)
• David Weinberger (New York – Real Estate: Finance)
• Christopher Wells (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Michael Woronoff (Nationwide and California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Nationwide – Private Equity: Buyouts; Corporate/M&A: Southern California)
• Peter Young (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Richard Zall (Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional)
• Martin Zohn (California – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)

Since 1999, Chambers and Partners has been researching the U.S. legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers USA’srankings are determined through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients nationally. The results are audited independently and are based on a range of professional qualities most valued by clients.