PROSKAUER ROSE CONGRATULATES 68 ATTORNEYS NAMED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA

Twenty-Six Practice Areas Represented in Peer-Ranked Guidebook

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PROSKAUER ROSE CONGRATULATES 68 ATTORNEYS
NAMED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2007

Twenty-Six Practice Areas Represented in Peer-Ranked Guidebook

September 5, 2006 (New York, NY) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, is pleased to announce that 68 of the firm's attorneys have been named as leading lawyers in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007, an annually-published guidebook of the best attorneys in the United States. Lawyers from all seven of Proskauer's U.S. offices were selected to appear, representing 26 different practice areas. 

Of the 68 Proskauer lawyers selected for Best Lawyers, 15 are named for the first time, 15 have been named to the guide for 10 or more years and six have been named for 20 or more years. The rankings are based on extensive peer-review evaluations from thousands of the top lawyers in the country.

"I'm pleased to congratulate every attorney named to this year's Best Lawyers," said Allen I. Fagin, Chairman of Proskauer. "The leadership role of our lawyers in their practice areas allows us, as a firm, to provide our clients with truly exceptional service and it is an honor to be recognized by our peers for it."

The Proskauer attorneys named are:

Boca Raton
Andrew S. Robins (*)
Real Estate Law

Allan H. Weitzman
Labor and Employment Law

Boston
Steven M. Bauer (*)
Intellectual Property Law

Malcolm B. Nicholls III
Robin A. Painter
David W. Tegeler
Private Funds Law

Los Angeles
Fred Bernstein
Bert H. Deixler
Entertainment Law

Mitchell M. Gaswirth
Trusts and Estates

Bernard D. Gold (10)
Anthony J. Oncidi
Labor and Employment Law

Martin S. Zohn
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

New Orleans
Howard Shapiro (10)
Employee Benefits Law
Labor and Employment Law

New York
Julie M. Allen
Klaus Eppler  (20)
Jeffrey A. Horwitz
Arnold S. Jacobs (20)
Steven L. Kirshenbaum
Joseph M. Leccese
Howard N. Lefkowitz
Bruce L. Lieb
Ronald R. Papa
Christopher M. Wells
Corporate Law

Herschel Goldfield
Robert M. Kaufman (10)
Edward S. Kornreich (10)
Ellen H. Moskowitz
Richard J. Zall (10)
Health Care Law

Brendan O'Rourke (*)
Larry Weinstein (*)
Advertising Law

Stephen M. Kaye (*)
Appellate Law

Bruce Fader  (*)
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Steven C. Krane (*)
Louis Solomon  (*)
Commercial Litigation

Charles B. Ortner
Entertainment Law

Robert J. Kafin
Gail S. Port
Environmental Law

Ronald S. Rauchberg (10)
Charles Sims (*)
First Amendment Law

John H. Gross
Insurance Law

William M. Hart
Brendan O'Rourke
Kenneth Rubenstein (*)
Charles Sims
Intellectual Property Law

Daniel J. Eisner
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law 

Howard N. Lefkowitz
Bruce L. Lieb (*)
Private Funds Law

Lawrence J. Lipson (10)
Real Estate Law

L. Robert Batterman
Howard L. Ganz
Joseph M. Leccese
Bradley I. Ruskin (*)
Sports Law

Jay D. Waxenberg
Trusts and Estates

Robert J. Cleary (*)
White-Collar Criminal Defense 

Newark
Marvin M. Goldstein (20)
Labor and Employment Law

David M. Grunblatt  (10)
Immigration Law 

Washington
Jon A. Baumgarten (10)
Information Technology Law
Intellectual Property Law

Joseph E. Casson
Malcolm J. Harkins III
Health Care Law

Richard H. Rowe (10)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Law

Colin G. Sandercock  (*)
Biotechnology Law 

(*) Denotes First Year Listed
(10) Denotes Listed for at Least 10 Years
(20) Denotes Listed for at Least 20 Years

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.