January 23, 2006 (Boston, MA) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, has been ranked 24th in Boston Business Journal's annual ranking of the area's 100 largest law firms. With the addition of 42 attorneys since January 2005 - a 182.6-percent growth rate - the firm also had the largest one-year gain in the survey.

Proskauer's Boston office currently has 65 lawyers and 58 support staff. Since opening in March 2004 with 15 attorneys, the office has expanded not only its numbers but also its capabilities. The office is home to one of the country's top private equity and finance practices, representing over 150 funds and lenders worldwide, and also boasts locally-based top-tier intellectual property, litigation, labor and employment, and corporate governance  and transactional practices. In addition, the firm recently announced that former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger had joined the office, with a practice focusing on corporate investigations and governance matters.

"We're extremely pleased by the quality of the people we've attracted while growing to be among the area's largest law firms," said Steven Bauer, who heads Proskauer's Boston Office and is a partner in the firm's Patent Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. "We look forward to even further expansion in the coming year."