Three Partners and Three Practices Recognized by Benchmark

NEW YORK, January 24, 2025 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is honored to share that three of its practices and three of its partners have been shortlisted as Firm and Litigators of the Year in Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 U.S. Awards. The annual awards recognize the country’s most distinguished firms and litigators for their exemplary work over the past 12 months.

Proskauer was shortlisted for Firm of the Year in Antitrust, Entertainment and Labor & Employment. In addition, partners Neil Abramson, Christopher Ondeck and Bart Williams were shortlisted as Litigators of the Year in their respective practice areas.

Shortlisted Partners:

• Neil Abramson for Labor & Employment Litigator of the Year. Neil is the Co-Chair Emeritus of the Labor & Employment Law Department and head of the Public Sector Group.
• Christopher Ondeck for Antitrust Litigator of the Year. Chris is co-head of the Antitrust Group and heads the Firm’s Washington, DC office.
• Bart Williams for Product Liability Litigator of the Year. Bart is Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department and head of its Los Angeles office.

Finalists for Benchmark Litigation’s awards are determined through extensive peer review-based research. The 2025 U.S. awards ceremony will take place on March 6, 2025 in New York.

About Proskauer

The world’s leading organizations and global players choose Proskauer to represent them when they need it the most. With 800+ lawyers in key financial centers around the world, we are known for our pragmatic and commercial approach. Proskauer is the place to turn when a matter is complex, innovative and game-changing. We work seamlessly across practices, industries and jurisdictions with asset managers, private equity and venture capital firms, Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, major sports leagues, entertainment industry legends and other industry-redefining companies.

Proskauer has a full-service litigation practice with extensive trial experience in virtually every major forum across the globe. We take a collaborative approach to representing defendants and plaintiffs, multinationals, middle-market and small-cap businesses, financial institutions, partnerships and individuals, with one thing in mind – driving successful outcomes for our clients.

Recent successful representations include a landmark victory for Sanderson Farms in a $7 billion broiler chicken antitrust conspiracy case; a decisive victory for Gilead Sciences, Inc. in a $3.6 billion antitrust case; and representing Monsanto in a case brought by multiple plaintiffs who claimed Roundup caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.