May 24, 2021 (New York) – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that 12 of its practice areas and 25 lawyers were ranked in Band 1 or in the Eminent Practitioner, Star Individual or Senior Statespeople categories in the Chambers USA 2021 guide.

In total, the Chambers USA 2021 guide ranked 51 Proskauer practice areas and 102 of its lawyers.

Band 1-Ranked Practices:

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Nationwide)
• Healthcare: Highly Regarded (Nationwide)
• Labor & Employment (Nationwide)
• Sports Law (Nationwide)
• Banking & Finance (Massachusetts)
• Labor & Employment (Massachusetts)
• Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)
• Immigration (New Jersey)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York)
• Healthcare (New York)
• Labor & Employment: The Elite (New York)
• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (New York)

Eminent Practitioners, Senior Statespeople and Star Individuals:

• Steven M Ellis (Eminent Practitioners – Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Peter M Fass (Senior Statespeople – Nationwide: REITS)
• Robin A Painter (Star Individuals – Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Bettina B Plevan (Senior Statespeople – New York: Labor & Employment)

Band 1-Ranked Lawyers:

• Mark W Batten (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• Martin J Bienenstock (Nationwide and New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Robert J Cleary (New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• Stuart H Coleman (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Charles Dale III (Massachusetts: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Scott A Faust (Massachusetts: Labor & Employment)
• David Grunblatt (Nationwide and New Jersey: Immigration)
• Paul Hamburger (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Edward S Kornreich (New York: Healthcare)
• Joseph M Leccese (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Kathleen M McKenna (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Anthony J Oncidi (California: Labor & Employment)
• Robert E Plaze (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance)
• Marc E Rosenthal (Illinois: Dispute Resolution)
• Myron D Rumeld (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Bradley I Ruskin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ronald D Sernau (New York: Real Estate: Mainly Dirt)
• Lawrence I Weinstein (Nationwide: Advertising Litigation)
• Steven O Weise (California Banking & Finance)
• Bart H Williams (Nationwide: Litigation: Trial Lawyers; California: Litigation: General Commercial)

Inaugural Lawyer Rankings:

• Justin Breen (New York: Banking & Finance)
• Guy Brenner (District of Columbia: Labor & Employment)
• Kate Gold (California: Labor & Employment)
• Siegmund Y Gutman (California: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• David M Hillman (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Russell Hirschhorn (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Vincent Indelicato (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• David T Jones (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Investor Representation)
• Nathan Lander (New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Philippe Lebel (California: Labor & Employment)
• Don Melamed (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Kelli Moll (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Jeffrey D Neuburger (Nationwide and New York: Technology)
• Katelyn R O'Brien (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Robert Projansky (New York: EBEC)
• Marc E Rosenthal (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Peter JW Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration: Enforcement)
• Michael Suppappola (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)

Additional Practices Recognized:

• Nationwide: Advertising Litigation
• Nationwide: Banking & Finance
• Nationwide: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
• Nationwide: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• Nationwide: ERISA Litigation
• Nationwide: Hedge Funds
• Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality
• Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• Nationwide: Real Estate
• Nationwide: Registered Funds
• Nationwide: REITS
• Nationwide: Tax: Corporate & Finance
• California: Banking & Finance
• California: Labor & Employment
• California: Life Sciences
• California: Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
• California: Southern: Tax California: Los Angeles & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring
• Illinois: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Illinois: Labor & Employment: The Elite
• Louisiana: Labor & Employment
• Massachusetts: Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts: Real Estate
• Massachusetts: Tax
• New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
• New York: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional
• New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder
• New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Corporate
• New York: Media & Entertainment: Litigation
• New York: Outsourcing
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
• New York: Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
• New York: Tax
• New York: Technology

Additional Lawyers Ranked:

• Neil H Abramson (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Peter J Antoszyk (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Monica Arora (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Keith Barnett (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• John P Barry (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Howard J Beber (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Allan S Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Elise M Bloom (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Ira G Bogner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Sean T Boulger (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Stephen A Boyko (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Justin Breen (New York: Banking & Finance)
• Guy Brenner (District of Columbia: Labor & Employment)
• Robert D Burke (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Joseph A Capraro, Jr. (Massachusetts: Intellectual Property)
• Michael J Choate (Nationwide: REITS)
• Aliza R Cinamon (New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (California: Media & Entertainment Litigation; New York: Media & Entertainment Litigation)
• Gary Creem (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
• Nicole A Eichberger (Louisiana: Labor & Employment)
• John E Failla (Nationwide and New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder)
• Michael Fernhoff (California: Southern: Tax)
• Kate Gold (California: Labor & Employment)
• Siegmund Y Gutman (California: Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• Colleen Hart (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• David M Hillman (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Russell Hirschhorn (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
• Jeffrey A Horwitz (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Vincent Indelicato (New York: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• David T Jones (Nationwide: Investment Funds: Investor Representation)
• Scott S Jones (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Colin Kass (District of Columbia: Antitrust: Litigation Specialists)
• Wayne D Katz (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Nathan Lander (New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
• Christine G Lazatin (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Philippe Lebel (California: Labor & Employment)
• Robert G Leonard (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Steven L Lichtenfeld (New York: Real Estate: Corporate)
• Janna Manes (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• David Manko (New York: Healthcare)
• Jeff J Marwil (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Michael F Mavrides (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Arnold P May (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Stephen Mears (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation)
• Don Melamed (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David S Miller (New York: Tax)
• Kelli Moll (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery (California: Banking & Finance)
• Timothy W Mungovan (Massachusetts: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Jeffrey D Neuburger (Nationwide and New York: Technology; New York: Outsourcing)
• Amanda H Nussbaum (New York: Tax)
• Katelyn R O'Brien (Massachusetts: Real Estate)
• Jon H Oram (Nationwide: Sports Law)
• Brendan O'Rourke (New York: Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright)
• Robin A Painter (Nationwide: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation)
• Steven J Pearlman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• Steven M Peck (Massachusetts: Corporate/M&A; Massachusetts: Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Bernard M Plum (New York: Labor & Employment; New York: Labor Relations)
• Jamiel Poindexter (Massachusetts: Tax)
• Gail S Port (New York: Environment; New York: Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Paul V Possinger (Illinois: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Robert Projansky (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Andrea S Rattner (New York: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Marc E Rosenthal (Nationwide: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Stuart L Rosow (New York: Tax)
• Nicole M Runyan (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Bradley I Ruskin (New York: Litigation: General Commercial)
• Seth Safra (District of Columbia: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Paul Salvatore (New York: Labor Relations)
• Lawrence R Sandak (New York: Labor & Employment)
• Seth B Schafler (Nationwide and New York: Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
• Jurate Schwartz (Florida: Labor & Employment)
• Peter JW Sherwin (Nationwide: International Arbitration: Counsel; Nationwide: International Arbitration: Enforcement)
• Dietrich L Snell (New York: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
• David Stephens (Nationwide: Registered Funds)
• Michael Suppappola (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David W Tegeler (Nationwide and Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Nationwide: Venture Capital: Fund Formation)
• Nigel F Telman (Illinois: Labor & Employment)
• David J Weinberger (New York: Real Estate: Finance)
• Christopher M Wells (Nationwide: Hedge Funds)
• Bart H Williams (California: Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations)