January 7, 2015 (Boston) – Proskauer senior counsel Safraz Ishmael was featured in Law360’s Minority Powerbrokers Q&A series. In his profile, Mr. Ishmael discusses the experience of being a lawyer of color, noting “the challenge of the ‘glass ceiling’ for racial and ethnic minorities arises from the negative prejudices that some people have against the unfamiliar.” His advice to other lawyers of color: “do not succumb to viewing yourself as a victim…view setbacks in your career as challenges to be overcome.”

Mr. Ishmael, who was promoted to senior counsel in November, works with the firm’s patent law group, focusing on litigating technology-related disputes, with an emphasis on complex patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark litigation. In 2014, he was named a Massachusetts “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine.”