April 12, 2002 (Los Angeles, CA) - Proskauer Rose LLP announced today that Mark Theodore has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a lateral partner to further expand Proskauer's powerhouse Labor and Employment Law Department.

Mr. Theodore, 36, formerly with Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, has joined one of Proskauer's largest practice groups, which provide legal services to major and mid-sized corporations throughout the U.S.

"Mark is an outstanding lawyer with a remarkable stable of blue chip clients," said Martin Zohn, managing partner of Proskauer's Los Angeles office. "His addition to our labor and employment group adds depth and diversity to our practice and the industries we service in Los Angeles. Proskauer's success in growing our Los Angeles practice allow us to attract someone of Mark's caliber and his addition will add momentum for the additional future growth we anticipate."

"It is rare to find a young lawyer with such a large advice and counsel practice in Los Angeles," says Jill Strickstein, Theodore's legal recruiter. "Mark had several firms competing for his services. Proskauer is very lucky to get him. His youth, intelligence and personal presence, make him quite a catch." Strickstein has been a legal recruiter for nearly a decade. She heads Strickstein Beckman Search in Los Angeles.

Theodore's practice focuses on traditional labor law, representing management in labor relations, arbitration and collective bargaining matters. He brings an impressive client list that includes Hilton Hotel Corp., The Dial Corporation, Rural Metro, Roll International etc.

Theodore received his B.S. in 1987 from Cornell University and his J.D. in 1990 from the Catholic University of America. Immediately upon graduating law school, he joined the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), serving as an attorney with that agency's Division of Advice.

Proskauer's Labor and Employment Law Department is widely renowned as the preeminent department in the nation among large, general practice firms. The group includes more than 150 attorneys, and represents employers in connection with the full spectrum of issues involving their relations with employees, including union-management issues, litigation, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, employee benefits, executive compensation, immigration, and occupational health and safety issues. Clients include every form and size of organization, ranging from multinational corporations to local non-profit entities. The Labor and Employment Department is particularly active in the financial, cultural, transportation, retailing, entertainment, professional sports, telecommunications, manufacturing, food processing, health care, publishing, philanthropic, educational, and service sectors.