September 29, 2008 (New York, NY) - Eighty-six lawyers from Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide, have been named in New York Super Lawyers 2008, a peer-ranked guide to the top legal practitioners in the New York metropolitan area.

This year's New York Super Lawyers accompanied the September 28 edition of The New York Times Magazine and highlighted 86 Proskauer lawyers as leaders in a total of 23 practice categories. In addition, partners Bettina Plevan and Kathleen McKenna were included in the "Top 100," which listed the 100 lawyers who received the most votes, and joined senior counsel Gail Port on the "Top 50 Female" list.

The Proskauer lawyers included in this year's New York Super Lawyers were nominated based on peer recognition and professional accomplishments, including verdicts and settlements, transactions, representative clients, experience and honors and awards, among other criteria.  

Proskauer's New York-area Super Lawyers are:

Banking
Jack P. Jackson

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Sheldon I. Hirshon
Scott K. Rutsky

Business/Corporate
Arnold J. Levine

Business Litigation
Edwin M. Baum
Margaret A. Dale
Bruce E. Fader
Claire P. Gutekunst
Claude Millman
Steven E. Obus
Kevin J. Perra
David A. Picon
Ronald S. Rauchberg
Louis M. Solomon

Criminal Defense: White Collar
Robert J. Cleary

Employee Benefits/ERISA
Rory Judd Albert
Michael J. Album
Ira G. Bogner
Andrea S. Rattner
Myron D. Rumeld
Neal S. Schelberg
Michael S. Sirkin

Employment & Labor
L. Robert Batterman
Joseph Baumgarten
Elise Bloom
Allen I. Fagin
Jerold D. Jacobson
Kathleen M. McKenna
Katharine H. Parker
Bernard M. Plum
Gregory I. Rasin
Howard Z. Robbins
Paul Salvatore
M. David Zurndorfer

Employment Litigation: Defense
Lloyd B. Chinn
Bettina B. Plevan

Entertainment & Sports
Robert E. Freeman
Howard L. Ganz
Wayne D. Katz
Joseph M. Leccese
Charles B. Ortner
Bradley I. Ruskin

Environmental
Robert J. Kafin
Gail S. Port

Estate Planning & Probate
Henry J. Leibowitz
Lawrence J. Rothenberg
Philip M. Susswein
Ivan Taback
Jay D. Waxenberg

Health Care
Edward S. Kornreich
Richard J. Zall

Information Technology/Outsourcing
Jeffrey D. Neuburger

Insurance Coverage
John H. Gross
Seth B. Schafler

Intellectual Property
Charles S. Sims

Intellectual Property Litigation
William M. Hart
Steven M. Kayman
Brendan J. O'Rourke
Lawrence I. Weinstein

International
Peter J.W. Sherwin

Mergers & Acquisitions
James P. Gerkis
Jeffrey A. Horwitz
Steven L. Kirshenbaum
Bruce L. Lieb
Ronald R. Papa

Professional Liability: Defense
Steven C. Krane

Real Estate
Andrea Ascher
Perry A. Cacace
Peter M. Fass
Kenneth S. Hilton
Steven L. Lichtenfeld
Ronald D. Sernau
David J. Weinberger

Securities & Corporate Finance
Julie M. Allen
Stuart Bressman
Charles E. Dropkin
Arnold S. Jacobs
Carlos E. Martinez
Kathy H. Rocklen

Securities Litigation
Harry Frischer
Sarah S. Gold
Gregg M. Mashberg
Stephen L. Ratner
Howard Wilson

Tax
Stuart Rosow
Solomon L. Warhaftig