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Named as Leaders in 23 Practice Categories, "Top 100" and "Top 50 Female" Lists
September 29, 2008 (New York, NY) - Eighty-six lawyers from Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, have been named in New York Super Lawyers 2008, a peer-ranked guide to the top legal practitioners in the New York metropolitan area.
This year's New York Super Lawyers accompanied the September 28 edition of The New York Times Magazine and highlighted 86 Proskauer lawyers as leaders in a total of 23 practice categories. In addition, partners Bettina Plevan and Kathleen McKenna were included in the "Top 100," which listed the 100 lawyers who received the most votes, and joined senior counsel Gail Port on the "Top 50 Female" list.
The Proskauer lawyers included in this year's New York Super Lawyers were nominated based on peer recognition and professional accomplishments, including verdicts and settlements, transactions, representative clients, experience and honors and awards, among other criteria.
Proskauer's New York-area Super Lawyers are:
Banking Jack P. Jackson
Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Sheldon I. Hirshon Scott K. Rutsky
Business/Corporate Arnold J. Levine
Business Litigation Edwin M. Baum Margaret A. Dale Bruce E. Fader Claire P. Gutekunst Claude Millman Steven E. Obus Kevin J. Perra David A. Picon Ronald S. Rauchberg Louis M. Solomon
Criminal Defense: White Collar Robert J. Cleary
Employee Benefits/ERISA Rory Judd Albert Michael J. Album Ira G. Bogner Andrea S. Rattner Myron D. Rumeld Neal S. Schelberg Michael S. Sirkin
Employment & Labor L. Robert Batterman Joseph Baumgarten Elise Bloom Allen I. Fagin Jerold D. Jacobson Kathleen M. McKenna Katharine H. Parker Bernard M. Plum Gregory I. Rasin Howard Z. Robbins Paul Salvatore M. David Zurndorfer
Employment Litigation: Defense Lloyd B. Chinn Bettina B. Plevan
Entertainment & Sports Robert E. Freeman Howard L. Ganz Wayne D. Katz Joseph M. Leccese Charles B. Ortner Bradley I. Ruskin
Environmental Robert J. Kafin Gail S. Port
Estate Planning & Probate Henry J. Leibowitz Lawrence J. Rothenberg Philip M. Susswein Ivan Taback Jay D. Waxenberg
Health Care Edward S. Kornreich Richard J. Zall
Information Technology/Outsourcing Jeffrey D. Neuburger
Insurance Coverage John H. Gross Seth B. Schafler
Intellectual Property Charles S. Sims
Intellectual Property Litigation William M. Hart Steven M. Kayman Brendan J. O'Rourke Lawrence I. Weinstein
International Peter J.W. Sherwin
Mergers & Acquisitions James P. Gerkis Jeffrey A. Horwitz Steven L. Kirshenbaum Bruce L. Lieb Ronald R. Papa
Professional Liability: Defense Steven C. Krane
Real Estate Andrea Ascher Perry A. Cacace Peter M. Fass Kenneth S. Hilton Steven L. Lichtenfeld Ronald D. Sernau David J. Weinberger
Securities & Corporate Finance Julie M. Allen Stuart Bressman Charles E. Dropkin Arnold S. Jacobs Carlos E. Martinez Kathy H. Rocklen
Securities Litigation Harry Frischer Sarah S. Gold Gregg M. Mashberg Stephen L. Ratner Howard Wilson
Tax Stuart Rosow Solomon L. Warhaftig

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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