June 10, 2011 (New York) – Global law firm Proskauer has again been widely recognized in the 2011 rankings of Chambers USA, with the firm achieving a 13 percent increase in the number of practices cited for excellence in the prestigiousdirectory of leading U.S. business lawyers.

 

In all, Chambers USA recognized Proskauer with 44 practice and 107 leading individual lawyer rankings, which includes seven practices and 20 individuals with Band One or higher rankings. Thirteen individual lawyers were ranked in more than one area.

 

Proskauer’s practices ranked Band One by Chambers USA for 2011 are:

• National - Advertising Litigation
• National - ERISA Litigation
• National - Sports Law
• Massachusetts - Banking & Finance
• Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation
• New York - Healthcare
• New York - Labor & Employment

 

The Proskauer lawyers rated Band One by Chambers USA for 2011 are:

• Jon Baumgarten (DC - Intellectual Property)
• Monte Dube (Illinois – Healthcare)
• Steven Ellis (Massachusetts - Banking & Finance)
• Daniel Finkelman (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Howard Ganz (National - Sports Law)
• David Grunblatt (New York – Immigration)
• Paul Hamburger (DC - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Edward Kornreich (National - Healthcare: Transactional and New York – Healthcare)
• Joseph Leccese (National - Sports Law)
• Peter Marathas (Massachusetts – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Betsy Plevan (New York - Labor & Employment)
• David Pratt (Florida Tax: Estate Planning)
• Howard Shapiro (National - ERISA Litigation and Louisiana - Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Michael Sirkin (National and New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Allan Weitzman (Florida - Labor & Employment)
• Michael Woronoff (California - Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
• Richard Zall (New York – Healthcare)

 

Once again, Steven Gilford (Illinois - Insurance: Dispute Resolution) and Robin Painter (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation) were honored with individual “Star” rankings which are awarded to only a select few, and Peter Fass (New York - Real Estate: Finance) earned the distinction of “Senior Statesmen.”

 

Additionally, Elaine Bucher (Florida -Tax: Estate Planning) and Monica Shilling (California - Corporate/M&A, Southern California) were recognized as “Up & Coming” lawyers.  

 

Underscoring the firm’s increased momentum and recent successes, Chambers USA added six new Proskauer practices to its national rankings for the first time, including: 

• National - Financial Services Regulatory Broker Dealer
• National – Healthcare: East Coast
• National – Insurance Disputes: Policy Holder
• California - Bank Finance
• Massachusetts - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Massachusetts - Labor & Employment

 

Eight lawyers earned first-time leading individual rankings, including:  

• Scott Faust (Massachusetts- Labor & Employment)
• Michael Fernhoff (California – Tax)
• Scott Harshbarger (Massachusetts – Litigation: General Commercial)
• Scott Jones (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Andrew Katzenstein (National - Wealth Management, Western Region)
• Amanda Nussbaum (National - Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Kathy Rocklen (National - Financial Services Regulatory Broker Dealer)
• Seth Schafler (New York - Insurance: Dispute Resolution)

 

Thirteen of the firm’s lawyers ranked in more than one category:  

• Nancy Sher Cohen (National - Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder and California - Insurance: Policy Holder)
• Howard Ganz (National - Sports Law and New York - Labor & Employment)
• Steven Gilford (Illinois- Insurance: Dispute Resolution and Illinois -Insurance: Reinsurance Litigation)
• Albert Gortz (National - Wealth Management, Eastern Region and Florida - Tax: Estate Planning)
• Paul Hamburger (National and DC Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Edward Kornreich (National - Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; National - Healthcare: Transactional; and New York – Healthcare)
• Robin Painter (National and Massachusetts Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• David Pratt (National - Wealth Management, Eastern Region and Florida - Tax: Estate Planning)
• Bradley Ruskin (National - Sports Law and New York - Litigation: General Commercial)
• Seth Schafler (National and New York Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder)
• Howard Shapiro (National - ERISA Litigation and Louisiana - Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Michael Sirkin (National and New York Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Michael Woronoff (National - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; National - Private Equity: Buyouts; California - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; California - Corporate/M&A: Private Equity; and California - Corporate/M&A: Southern California)

 

A list of practices also earning a Chambers USA ranking follows:

• National - Capital Markets: Capital Markets: REITS
• National - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
• National - Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• National - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• National - Healthcare: East Coast
• National - Insurance: Disputes: Policy Holder
• National - Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
• National - Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• National - Labor & Employment
• National - Leisure & Hospitality
• National - Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
• National - Privacy & Data Protection
• National - Private Equity: Buyouts
• National - Wealth Management (Eastern Region)
• California - Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
• California - Corporate/M&A: Southern California
• California - Labor & Employment
• DC - Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
• Florida - Tax: Estate Planning
• Illinois - Bankruptcy & Restructuring
• Illinois - Healthcare
• Illinois - Insurance: Dispute Resolution
• Massachusetts - Intellectual Property
• Massachusetts - Tax
• New Jersey - Labor & Employment
• New York - Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
• New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• New York - Immigration
• New York - Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder
• New York - Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
• New York - Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation (including Copyright & Contract Disputes)
• New York - Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
• New York - Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

 

Lawyers also earning a Chambers USA ranking are: 

• Rory Albert (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
• Julie Allen (National - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Peter Antoszyok (Massachusetts - Banking & Finance)
• Mark Batten (Massachusetts - Labor & Employment)
• Robert Batterman (National - Sports Law)
• Steven Bauer (Massachusetts - Intellectual Property)
• Joseph Baumgarten (New York – Labor & Employment)
• Stephen Boyko (Massachusetts - Banking & Finance)
• Stuart Bressman (National - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Joseph Capraro (Massachusetts - Intellectual Property)
• Trevor Chaplick (DC - Corporate/M&A & Private Equity)
• Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (New York - Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation including Copyright & Contract Disputes)
• Neil Cummings (California - Bank Finance)
• Louis Eatman (California - Real Estate)
• Bruce Fader (New York - Litigation: General Commercial)
• Allen Fagin (New York - Labor & Employment)
• Marvin Goldstein (New Jersey - Labor & Employment)
• John Gross (New York - Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Daryn Grossman (National - Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• Sean Hill (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Jeffrey Horwitz (National - Leisure & Hospitality
• Robert Kafin (New York – Environment)
• Wayne Katz (National - Sports Law)
• Stephen Litchtenfeld (New York - Real Estate: Corporate)
• Frank Lopez (National - Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
• Kristen Mathews (National - Privacy & Data Protection)
• Jeff Marwil (Illinois - Bankruptcy & Restructuring)
• Arnold May (Massachusetts – Tax)
• Kathleen McKenna (New York - Labor & Employment)
• Stephen Mears (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Elizabeth Mills (Illinois – Healthcare)
• Avram Morrell (New York – Immigration)
• Malcolm Nicholls III (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Anthony Oncidi (California - Labor & Employment)
• Jonathan Oram (National - Sports Law)
• Brendan O'Rourke (National - Advertising Litigation)
• Charles Ortner (New York - Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation including Copyright & Contract Disputes)
• Ronald Papa (New York - Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded)
• Bernard Plum (New York - Labor & Employment)
• Gail Port (New York - Environment: Mainly Transactional)
• Andrew Robins (National - Leisure & Hospitality)
• Marc Rosenthal (Illinois - Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
• Stephen Rubin (National - Private Equity: Buyouts)
• Myron Rumeld  (National - ERISA Litigation)
• Paul Salvatore  (New York - Labor & Employment)
• Lawrence Sandak (New Jersey - Labor & Employment)
• Ronald Sernau (New York - Real Estate)
• Peter Sherwin (National - International Arbitration)
• Charles Sims (New York - Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation including Copyright & Contract Disputes)
• David Tegeler (Massachusetts - Private Equity: Fund Formation)
• Mark K. Thomas (Illinois - Bankruptcy & Restructuring)
• Jay Waxenberg (National - Wealth Management: Eastern Region)
• David J. Weinberger (New York - Real Estate: Finance)
• Lawrence Weinstein (National - Advertising Litigation )
• Steven Weise (California - Bank Finance)
• Christopher Wells (National - Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
• Martin Zohn (California - Bankruptcy/Restructuring)

 

Chambers USA’s rankings are determined from interviews with clients and lawyers nationally. The results are audited independently and are based on a range of professional qualities most valued by clients.