January 25, 2005 (New York, NY) — Proskauer Rose LLP, a leading law firm with over 600 lawyers in the U.S. and Europe, announced that 39 of its attorneys have been named in The Best Lawyers in America for 2005-2006, the nation's definitive guide to legal excellence. Selected based upon a peer-review study of 16,000 leading attorneys nationwide, Proskauer's Best Lawyers represent a number of practice areas in the firm's offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Newark and Boca Raton.
Allen I. Fagin, chairman of Proskauer Rose, said: "Proskauer Rose consistently attracts many of the top attorneys in their fields. We are proud and honored that 39 of our many talented legal minds have been named among the best lawyers in America." Our attorneys were recognized in the following areas:
Corporate, M&A and Securities:
- Julie M. Allen,
- Klaus Eppler,
- Jeffrey A. Horwitz,
- Arnold S. Jacobs,
- Steven L. Kirshenbaum,
- Joseph M. Leccese,
- Howard N. Lefkowitz
- Ronald R. Papa, and
- Richard H. Rowe
Labor and Employment:
- L. Robert Batterman,
- Joseph Baumgarten,
- Allen I. Fagin,
- Howard L. Ganz,
- Bernard D. Gold,
- Marvin M. Goldstein,
- Alan S. Jaffe,
- Kathleen M. McKenna,
- Carole O'Blenes,
- Anthony J. Oncidi,
- Martin J. Oppenheimer,
- Bettina B. Plevan,
- Bernard M. Plum,
- Paul Salvatore,
- Howard Shapiro, and
- Allan H. Weitzman
Health Care:
- Herschel Goldfield,
- Malcolm J. Harkins III,
- Robert M. Kaufman,
- Edward S. Kornreich, and
- Ellen H. Moskowitz
Cyber and Intellectual Property:
- Jon A. Baumgarten
- William M. Hart
Real Estate:
- Lawrence J. Lipson
Entertainment:
- Charles B. Ortner
Environmental:
- Robert J. Kafin
- Gail S. Port
First Amendment:
- Ronald S. Rauchberg
Trusts and Estates:
- Jay D. Waxenberg
International Trade and Finance:
- Richard H. Rowe
Insurance Dispute Resolution:
- John H. Gross
The 2005-2006 edition is the 11th of The Best Lawyers in America. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. It is based on a peer-review survey of 16,000 leading attorneys across the country who cast more than half a million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."