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Practitioners Selected by Peers as Leaders in 22 Practice Areas
July 19, 2006 (New York, NY) - Eighty-three attorneys at Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers in the United States and Europe, have been listed in the inaugural edition of New York Super Lawyers 2006, a guide to the top attorneys in the New York metropolitan area.
The attorneys included in New York Super Lawyers 2006, which accompanied the July 17 edition of The New York Times, encompass 22 practice areas in Proskauer's New York office. The attorneys who made the list were nominated by their peers and were selected based on peer recognition and professional accomplishments including verdicts and settlements, transactions, representative clients, experience, and honors and awards, among other criteria.
"I congratulate every lawyer named, and am extremely pleased that the firm made such a strong showing in this prestigious ranking," said Allen I. Fagin, Chairman of Proskauer. "It is truly remarkable that 83 of our attorneys have made this list - it's an incredible testament to the quality of lawyers at the firm and our historic position as one of New York's finest providers of legal services."
Singled out among the Proskauer attorneys included in the 2006 Super Lawyers are: Lawrence J. Lipson, Bettina B. Plevan and Jay David Waxenberg, who were named among "The Top 100" New York lawyers; Kathleen M. McKenna and Bettina B. Plevan, who were named among "The Top 50 Female" lawyers in New York; and Andrea Rattner, who was profiled for her pro bono work.
Proskauer's New York-area attorneys named in this year's Super Lawyers are:
Antitrust Litigation
Martha E. Gifford
Bankruptcy & Creditor/ Debtor Rights
Sheldon Ira Hirshon
Alan Barry Hyman
Jeffrey W. Levitan
Scott Kenneth Rutsky
Business/Corporate
Michael Elliot Feldman
Arnold Jay Levine
Business Litigation
Edwin M. Baum
Bruce E. Fader
Claire P. Gutekunst
Stephen Rackow Kaye
Ronald S. Rauchberg
Louis Mark Solomon
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Robert J. Cleary
Employee Benefits/ERISA
Rory Judd Albert
Michael J. Album
Ira Mark Golub
Andrea S. Rattner
Myron D. Rumeld
Michael Sanford Sirkin
Neal S. Schelberg
Employment & Labor
L. Robert Batterman
Joseph Baumgarten
Allen Ian Fagin
Jerold Dennis Jacobson
Kathleen M. McKenna
Bernard M. Plum
Paul Salvatore
Aaron J. Schindel
Employment Litigation: Defense
Bettina B. Plevan
Entertainment & Sports
Howard L. Ganz
Joseph Michael Leccese
Charles B. Ortner
Bradley Ira Ruskin
Environmental
Robert J. Kafin
Gail S. Port
Estate Planning & Probate
Henry Jay Leibowitz
Lawrence Jacob Rothenberg
Philip M. Susswein
Ivan Taback
Jay David Waxenberg
General Litigation
David Ellenhorn
Steven Edward Obus
Health Care
Edward Scott Kornreich
Ellen H. Moskowitz
Richard J. Zall
Insurance Coverage
John Howard Gross
Intellectual Property
Sandra A. Crawshaw-Sparks
Charles Stephen Sims
Lawrence Ira Weinstein
Intellectual Property Litigation
William Maxwell Hart
Steven M. Kayman
Brendan Joseph O'Rourke
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bertram A. Abrams
Lawrence Howard Budish
Robert Anthony Cantone
James Peter Gerkis
Jeffrey A. Horwitz
Steven Leslie Kirshenbaum
Bruce L. Lieb
Ronald R. Papa
Peter G. Samuels
Professional Liability: Defense
Steven C. Krane
Real Estate
Perry A. Cacace
Peter M. Fass
Steven Lee Lichtenfeld
Lawrence J. Lipson
Ronald David Sernau
David J. Weinberger
Securities & Corporate Finance
Julie M. Allen
Charles Edward Dropkin
Arnold Stephen Jacobs
Carlos E. Martinez
Kathy Hellenbrand Rocklen
Christopher M. Wells
Allan Richard Williams
Securities Litigation
Mark Edward Davidson
Harry Frischer
Sarah S. Gold
Gregg M. Mashberg
Stephen L. Ratner
Tax Law
Jacob I. Friedman
Stuart Rosow
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is an international law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, conducting internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, information technology, insurance, internet, lodging and gaming, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.
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