Annual Guide Recognizes 126 Lawyers as Leaders in Their Field

NEW YORK, June 14, 2023 – Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to announce it has been ranked as one of the top law firms in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Forty of the Firm’s practice areas received top-tier rankings and 126 lawyers were ranked as best in their field.

This year, five of the Firm’s practice areas received a first-tier ranking. Forty-two lawyers were named in the Hall of Fame, Leading Lawyer, Next Generation or Rising Star categories.

Tier 1-Ranked Practices:

• Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Labor & Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations
• Labor & Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
• Sport

Proskauer was also named a leader in the following practice areas:

• Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeals
• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal)
• Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
• Dispute Resolution: Leading Trial Lawyers
• Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco)
• Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
• Environment: Transactional
• Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Health Care: Life Sciences
• Health Care: Service Providers
• Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Intellectual Property: Copyright
• Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
• Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation
• Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
• Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
• Real Estate
• Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Tax: International Tax
• Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
• Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious

Hall of Fame:

• Mark Batten: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Martin Bienenstock: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Elise Bloom: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Stuart Coleman: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Paul Hamburger: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Joseph Leccese: Sport
• David Miller: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Brendan O’Rourke: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
• Robin Painter: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies
• Myron Rumeld: Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation
• Bradley Ruskin: Sport
• Paul Salvatore: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations

Leading Lawyers:

• Neil Abramson: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations
• Howard Beber: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Lauren Boglivi: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
• Michael Choate: Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Robert Cleary: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks: Intellectual Property: Copyright
• Steve Ellis: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• John Failla: Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Siegmund Gutman: Health Care: Life Sciences
• Russell Hirschhorn: Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation
• Jeff Marwil: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Kelli Moll: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
• Amanda Nussbaum: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Anthony Oncidi: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Jon Oram: Sport
• Andrea Rattner: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Seth Safra: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Ronald Sernau: Real Estate
• Bart Williams: Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes

Next Generation:

• Joshua Apfelroth: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-Market ($500m-999m)
• Keisha-Ann G. Gray: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Susan Gutierrez: Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
• Nathan Lander: Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Steve Porzio: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations

Rising Stars:

• Michelle Annese: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Noa Baddish: Labor & Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
• Tulio Chirinos: Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation
• Erin Conroy: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations
• Jeffrey Warshafsky: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
• Jennifer Yang: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation

Additional Lawyers Recognized:

• Neil Abramson: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense; Labor & Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling
• Christopher Ahn: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+)
• Justin Alex: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design; Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Janicelynn Asamoto Park: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Monica Arora: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Ehud Barak: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Keith Barnett: Real Estate
• Mark Batten: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations; Labor & Employment: Workplace & Employment Counseling
• Joseph Baumgarten: Labor & Employment: Workplace & Employment Counseling
• Andrew Bettwy: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Ryan Blaney: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Lauren Boglivi: Health Care: Service Providers; M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional
• Ira Bogner: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Sean Boulger: Real Estate
• Stephen Boyko: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Justin Breen: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Fangli Chen: Health Care: Life Sciences
• Wai Choy: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
• Stephen Chuk: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Aliza Cinamon: Environment: Transactional
• Joseph Clark: Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional
• Gary Creem: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Charles Dale: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Margaret Dale: Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Jonathan DeSantis: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Kunal Dogra: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+)
• Michael Ellis: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+)
• Scott Faust: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations
• Michael Firestein: Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
• Robert Freeman: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
• Daniel Ganitsky: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A Large Deals ($1bn+); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
• Nolan Goldberg: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Caryn Greenspan: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
• Daryn Grossman: Health Care: Life Sciences
• Susan Gutierrez: Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco)
• Paul Hamburger: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Martin Hamilton: Tax: International Tax; Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Mark Harris: Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Court of Appeals; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Colleen Hart: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Camille Higonnet: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• David Hillman: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Vincent Indelicato: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• John Ingrassia: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Scott Jones: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Timothy Karcher: Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Colin Kass: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Edward Kornreich: Health Care: Service Providers
• Greg Knopp: Labor & Employment: Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions: Defense)
• Jason Krochak: Sport
• Mary Kuusisto: Tax: International Tax
• Steven Lichtenfeld: Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Adam Lupion: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations
• Jason Madden: Health Care: Service Providers; Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
• Katrine Magas: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• David Manko: Health Care: Service Providers
• Arnold May: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Stephen Mears: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• David Miller: Tax: International Tax; Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
• Sandra Lee Montgomery: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders; Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Timothy Mungovan: Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes; Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
• David Munkittrick: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation
• Kate Napalkova: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Jeremy Naylor: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Jeffrey Neuburger: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Transactional; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
• Joshua Newville: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Carter Noon: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Amanda Nussbaum: Tax: International Tax; Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
• Katelyn O’Brien: Real Estate
• Anthony Oncidi: Labor & Employment: Labor-Management Relations; Labor & Employment: Workplace & Employment Counseling; Media, Technology and Telecoms: Media and Entertainment: Litigation
• Christopher Ondeck: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Evan Palenschat: Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Chip Parsons: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Steve Peck: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
• Robert Plaze: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Jamiel Poindexter: Tax: U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Lee Popkin: Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco)
• Robert Projansky: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design; Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Seetha Ramachandran: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Jonathan Richman: Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
• Jennifer Rigterink: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• John Roberts: Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Court of Appeals
• Marc Rosenthal: Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Myron Rumeld: Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Court of Appeals
• Seth Safra: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional; Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations)
• Neil Schelberg: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Dietrich Snell: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• David Stephens: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• Mike Suppappola: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Robert Sutton: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
• David Tegeler: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
• Baldassare Vinti: Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
• Hadassa Waxman: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates; Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
• Christopher Wells: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
• Bart Williams: Dispute Resolution: Leading Trial Lawyers; Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco)
• Oleg Zakatov: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

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