August 15, 2019 (NEW YORK) – One hundred and thirty-seven Proskauer lawyers from across the Firm’s U.S. offices have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020 guide.
In addition, five of our lawyers were recognized as the exclusive Lawyers of the Year in their respective practices:
- Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks for Litigation – Intellectual Property (Los Angeles)
- Anthony Oncidi for Litigation – Labor and Employment (Los Angeles)
- Paul Salvatore for Litigation – Labor and Employment (New York)
- Mark Thomas was recognized for Litigation-Bankruptcy (Chicago)
- Jay Waxenberg for Litigation – Trusts and Estates (New York)
Lawyers of the Year awards go to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
The full list of Proskauer lawyers recognized include:
Advertising Law
Brendan O’Rourke (New York)
Lawrence Weinstein (New York)
Appellate
Bettina Plevan (New York)
Arbitration
Steven Obus (New York)
Banking & Finance
Steven Weise (Los Angeles)
Bankruptcy and Credit Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Peter Antoszyk (Boston)
Martin Bienenstock (New York)
Stephen Boyko (Boston)
Charles Dale (Boston)
Michael Kessler (New York)
Jeffrey Levitan (New York)
Jeff Marwil (Chicago)
Paul Possinger (Chicago)
Brian Rosen (New York)
Mark Thomas (Chicago)
Peter Young (Los Angeles)
Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Fangli Chen (Boston)
Siegmund Gutman (Los Angeles)
Commercial Litigation
Michael Cardozo (New York)
Scott Cooper (Los Angeles)
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Michael Firestein (Los Angeles)
Gregg Mashberg (New York)
Timothy Mungovan (Boston)
Stephen Ratner (New York)
Brian Rosen (New York)
Bart Williams (Los Angeles)
Corporate Law
Julie Allen (New York)
Robert Cantone (New York)
Steven Ellis (Boston)
Jeffrey Horwitz (New York)
Arnold Jacobs (New York)
Steven Kirshenbaum (New York)
Joseph Leccese (New York)
Bruce Lieb (New York)
Robin Painter (Boston)
Ronald Papa (New York)
Kathy Rocklen (New York)
Christopher Wells (New York)
Corporate Compliance Law
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Corporate Governance Law
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Criminal Defense: White Collar
Robert Cleary (New York)
Mark Harris (New York)
William Silverman (New York)
Dietrich Snell (New York)
Bart Williams (Los Angeles)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael Album (New York)
Ira Bogner (New York)
Paul Hamburger (Washington, D.C.)
Colleen Hart (Los Angeles)
Jacob Friedman (New York)
Robert Projansky (New York)
Andrea Rattner (New York)
Seth Safra (Washington, D.C.)
Neal Schelberg (New York)
Employment Law – Management
Neil Abramson (New York)
John Barry (Newark)
Mark Batten (Boston)
Joseph Baumgarten (New York)
Allan Bloom (New York)
Elise Bloom (New York)
Harold Brody (Los Angeles)
Howard Ganz (New York)
Deidre Grossman (New York)
Steven Hurd (New York)
Kathleen McKenna (New York)
Anthony Oncidi (Los Angeles)
Bettina Plevan (New York)
Bernard Plum (New York)
Gregory Rasin (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Lawrence Sandak (Newark)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Entertainment Law – Music
Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (Los Angeles)
Charles Ortner (New York)
Environmental Law
Robert Kafin (New York)
Gail Port (New York)
Equipment Finance Law
Steven Weise (Los Angeles)
Health Care
Robert Kaufman (New York)
Edward Kornreich (New York)
David Manko (New York)
Ellen Moskowitz (New York)
Richard Zall (New York)
Immigration Law
David Grunblatt (Newark)
Information Technology Law
Jeffrey Neuburger (New York)
Insurance Law
Marc Rosenthal (Chicago)
Seth Schafler (New York)
International Arbitration – Commercial
Peter Sherwin (New York)
International Mergers & Acquisitions
Matthew O’Loughlin (Los Angeles)
Labor Law – Management
Neil Abramson (New York)
Mark Batten (Boston)
Joseph Baumgarten (New York)
Scott Faust (Boston)
Howard Ganz (New York)
Bernard Plum (New York)
Howard Robbins (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Mark Theodore (Los Angeles)
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Lauren Boglivi (New York)
Michael Callahan (New York)
Steven Peck (Boston)
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Martin Bienenstock (New York)
Charles Dale (Boston)
Michael Kessler (New York)
Jeff Marwil (Chicago)
Paul Possinger (Chicago)
Mark Thomas (Chicago)
Litigation – Environmental
Gail Port (New York)
Litigation – ERISA
Stacey Cerrone (New Orleans)
Nicole Eichberger (New Orleans)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Litigation – First Amendment
Charles Sims (New York)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Steven Bauer (Boston)
Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (Los Angeles)
Brendan O’Rourke (New York)
Kevin Perra (New York)
Charles Sims (New York)
Litigation – Labor & Employment
John Barry (Newark)
Mark Batten (Boston)
Joseph Baumgarten (New York)
Allan Bloom (New York)
Elise Bloom (New York)
Harold Brody (Los Angeles)
Howard Ganz (New York)
Kate Gold (Los Angeles)
Kathleen McKenna (New York)
Anthony Oncidi (Los Angeles)
Steven Pearlman (Chicago)
Bettina Plevan (New York)
Paul Salvatore (New York)
Lawrence Sandak (Newark)
Howard Shapiro (New Orleans)
Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Gregg Mashberg (New York)
Litigation – Patent
Steven Bauer (Boston)
Kimberly Mottley (Boston)
Litigation – Real Estate
Richard Goldstein (New York)
Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Andrew Katzenstein (Los Angeles)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)
Jay Waxenberg (New York)
Mediation
Steven Obus (New York)
Mutual Funds Law
Stuart Coleman (New York)
Janna Manes (New York)
Robert Plaze (Washington, D.C.)
David Stephens (New York)
Patent Law
Steven Bauer (Boston)
Joseph Capraro (Boston)
Fangli Chen (Boston)
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Howard Beber (Boston)
David Jones (Boston)
Scott Jones (Boston)
Mary Kuusisto (Boston)
Bruce Lieb (New York)
Arnold May (Boston)
Stephen Mears (Boston)
Robin Painter (Boston)
David Tegeler (Boston)
Real Estate Law
Perry Cacace (New York)
Michael Choate (Chicago)
Peter Fass (New York)
Douglas Frank (Los Angeles)
Jeffrey Horwitz (New York)
Steven Lichtenfeld (New York)
Christopher Pennington (New York)
Ronald Sernau (New York)
David Weinberger (New York)
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Michael Choate (Chicago)
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Securities Litigation
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C.)
Edward Kwalwasser (New York)
Gregg Mashberg (New York)
Stephen Ratner (New York)
Securities Regulation
Edward Kwalwasser (New York)
Ralph Ferrara (Washington, D.C)
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Sandra Lee Montgomery (Los Angeles)
Sports Law
Scott Cooper (Los Angeles)
Robert Freeman (New York)
Howard Ganz (New York)
Wayne Katz (New York)
Joseph Leccese (New York)
Jon Oram (New York)
Bradley Ruskin (New York)
Tax Law
Michael Fernhoff (Los Angeles)
Mitchell Gaswirth (Los Angeles)
Scott Jones (Boston)
Andrew Katzenstein (Los Angeles)
Mary Kuusisto (Boston)
Leslie Loffman (New York)
Arnold May (Boston)
David Miller (New York)
Amanda Nussbaum (New York)
Jamiel Poindexter (Boston)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)
Technology Law
Robert Cantone (New York)
Daryn Grossman (New York)
Jeffrey Neuburger (New York)
Trusts and Estates
Mitchell Gaswirth (Los Angeles)
Albert Gortz (Boca Raton)
Stephanie Heilborn (New York)
Andrew Katzenstein (Los Angeles)
Henry Leibowitz (New York)
David Pratt (Boca Raton)
Jay Waxenberg (New York)