May 24, 2013 (New York) – Global law firm Proskauer has earned broad recognition in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA, a peer review directory of leading U.S. business lawyers. The firm achieved Band One rankings for nine practices and Band One, Star Individual and Senior Statesmen ratings for 31 individual lawyers.
In all, Chambers USA recognized Proskauer with 55 practice rankings and 131 leading individual lawyer rankings. Twenty-one lawyers were ranked in more than one area.
Proskauer's practices ranked Band One are:
- Advertising: Litigation (Nationwide)
- ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
- Labor & Employment (Nationwide)
- Sports Law (Nationwide)
- Healthcare (East Coast)
- Healthcare (New York)
- Labor & Employment (New York)
- Banking & Finance (Massachusetts)
- Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)
Proskauer lawyers rated Band One are:
- Robert Batterman (Nationwide – Sports Law)
- Steven Bauer (Massachusetts – Intellectual Property)
- Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide and New York – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Monte Dube (Illinois – Healthcare)
- Steven Ellis (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
- Daniel Finkelman (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- Howard Ganz (Nationwide – Sports Law)
- David Grunblatt (Nationwide and New York – Immigration)
- Paul Hamburger (District of Columbia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Edward Kornreich (Nationwide – Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional; New York – Healthcare)
- Joseph Leccese (Nationwide – Sports Law)
- Peter Marathas (Massachusetts – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Betsy Plevan (New York – Labor & Employment)
- David Pratt (Florida – Tax: Estate Planning)
- Marc Rosenthal (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
- Paul Salvatore (New York – Labor & Employment)
- Howard Shapiro (Nationwide: ERISA Litigation)
- Michael Sirkin (Nationwide – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Lawrence Weinstein (Nationwide – Advertising: Litigation)
- Steven Weise (California – Banking & Finance)
- Allan Weitzman (Florida – Labor & Employment)
- Michael Woronoff (California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
- Richard Zall (New York – Healthcare)
Additional Proskauer lawyers recognized as leading individuals by Chambers USA are:
- Philip Abelson (New York – Bankruptcy/Restructuring), Justin Breen (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity) and Glen Lim (California – Banking & Finance), who were recognized as "Up & Coming" lawyers.
- Steven Gilford (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution), Robin Painter (Massachusetts: Private Equity: Fund Formation), Howard Shapiro (Louisiana – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation) and Michael Sirkin (New York – Employee Benefits & Compensation), who were honored with "Star Individual" rankings, awarded to only a select few.
- Peter Fass (Nationwide – Capital Markets: REITs; New York – Real Estate: Finance) and Robert Kafin (New York – Environment), who earned the distinction of "Senior Statesmen."
- Jurate Schwartz (Florida – Labor & Employment), who was recognized as an "Associate to Watch."
Underscoring the firm's increased momentum and recent successes, Chambers USA added 10 Proskauer practices to its rankings:
- Nationwide – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Nationwide – Immigration
- California – Tax
- District of Columbia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- District of Columbia – Labor & Employment
- Illinois – Labor & Employment
- Louisiana – Labor & Employment
- New York – Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright
- New York – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- New York – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Additionally, 10 Proskauer lawyers earned first-time rankings:
- John Barry (New Jersey – Labor & Employment)
- Justin Breen (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
- Gary Creem (Massachusetts: Banking & Finance)
- Glen Lim (California – Banking & Finance)
- Carlos Martinez (New York – Latin America Investment)
- Paul Possinger (Illinois – Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Robert Rachal (Louisiana – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation)
- Andrea Rattner (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Eric Remensperger (California – Real Estate)
- Dietrich Snell (New York – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
Twenty-one of the firm's lawyers ranked as leading individuals in more than one category:
- Martin Bienenstock (Nationwide and New York - Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Nancy S. Cohen (Nationwide - Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder; California - Insurance: Policyholder)
- Monte Dube (Nationwide - Healthcare: Transactional; Illinois - Healthcare)
- Peter Fass (Nationwide - Capital Markets: REITs; New York - Real Estate: Finance)
- Ralph Ferrara (Nationwide - Securities: Litigation; Nationwide - Securities: Regulation: Enforcement)
- Howard Ganz (Nationwide – Sports Law; New York – Labor & Employment)
- Steven Gilford (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution; Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance)
- Albert Gortz (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Eastern Region; Florida – Tax: Estate Planning)
- David Grunblatt (Nationwide and New York – Immigration)
- Paul Hamburger (Nationwide and District of Columbia – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Edward Kornreich (Nationwide – Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional; New York – Healthcare)
- Kristen Mathews (Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security; New York – Technology & Outsourcing)
- Robin Painter (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation; Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- David Pratt (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Eastern Region; Florida – Tax: Estate Planning)
- Bradley Ruskin (Nationwide – Sports Law; New York – Litigation: General Commercial)
- Seth Schafler (Nationwide and New York – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
- Howard Shapiro (Nationwide – ERISA Litigation; Louisiana – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation)
- Monica Shilling (California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity; Southern California – Corporate/M&A)
- Michael Sirkin (Nationwide and New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Michael Woronoff (Nationwide and California – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity; Nationwide – Private Equity: Buyouts; California – Corporate/M&A: Private Equity)
- Richard Zall (Nationwide – Healthcare: Transactional; New York – Healthcare)
Other Proskauer practices that earned rankings by Chambers USA are:
- Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Nationwide – Capital Markets: REITs
- Nationwide – Corporate/ M&A
- Nationwide – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Nationwide – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Nationwide – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Nationwide – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Nationwide – Leisure & Hospitality
- Nationwide – Privacy & Data Security
- Nationwide – Private Equity: Buyouts
- Nationwide – Real Estate
- Nationwide – Wealth Management
- California – Banking & Finance
- California – Corporate/ M&A: Private Equity
- California – Labor & Employment
- California (Southern) – Corporate/ M&A
- District of Columbia – Corporate/ M&A & Private Equity
- Florida – Tax
- Illinois – Bankruptcy/ Restructuring
- Illinois – Healthcare
- Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Massachusetts – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Massachusetts – Intellectual Property
- Massachusetts – Labor & Employment
- Massachusetts – Tax
- New Jersey – Labor & Employment
- New York – Corporate/ M&A
- New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- New York – Immigration
- New York – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- New York – Latin American Investment
- New York – Litigation: General Commercial
- New York – Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation
- New York – Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
- New York – Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
- New York – Technology & Outsourcing
Other Proskauer lawyers earning Chambers USA leading lawyer rankings are:
- Rory Albert (New York – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation)
- Julie Allen (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
- Peter Antoszyk (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
- Mark Batten (Massachusetts – Labor & Employment)
- Joseph Baumgarten (New York – Labor & Employment)
- Howard Beber (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- Elise Bloom (New York – Labor & Employment)
- Stephen Boyko (Massachusetts – Banking & Finance)
- Stuart Bressman (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
- Joseph Capraro Jr. (Massachusetts – Intellectual Property)
- Trevor Chaplick (District of Columbia – Corporate/ M&A & Private Equity)
- Robert Cleary (New York – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes)
- Neil Cummings (California – Banking & Finance)
- Louis Eatman (California – Real Estate)
- Bruce Fader (New York – Litigation: General Commercial)
- Scott Faust (Massachusetts – Labor & Employment)
- Michael Fernhoff (California – Tax)
- John Gross (New York – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder)
- Daryn Grossman (Nationwide – Life Sciences: Corporate/ Commercial)
- Scott Harshbarger (Massachusetts – Litigation: General Commercial)
- Sean Hill (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- Jeffrey Horwitz (Nationwide – Leisure & Hospitality)
- Helene Jaffe (New York – Antitrust)
- Scott Jones (Massachusetts – Tax)
- Wayne Katz (Nationwide – Sports Law)
- Andrew Katzenstein (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Western Region)
- Paul Langer (Illinois – Insurance: Dispute Resolution)
- Steven Lichtenfeld (New York – Real Estate: Corporate)
- Frank Lopez (Nationwide – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity)
- Lawrence Lorber (District of Columbia – Labor & Employment)
- 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)
- Timothy Mungovan (Massachusetts – Litigation: General Commercial)
- Jeffrey Neuberger (New York – Technology & Outsourcing)
- Malcolm Nicholls III (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- Anthony Oncidi (California – Labor & Employment)
- Jon Oram (Nationwide – Sports Law)
- Brendan O'Rourke (Nationwide – Advertising: Litigation)
- Charles Ortner (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes)
- Ronald Papa (New York – Corporate/ M&A)
- Bernard Plum (New York – Labor & Employment)
- Gail Port (New York – Environment: Mainly Transactional)
- Stephen Rubin (Nationwide – Private Equity: Buyouts)
- Myron Rumeld (Nationwide – ERISA Litigation)
- Lawrence Sandak (New Jersey – Labor & Employment)
- Ronald Sernau (New York – Real Estate)
- Peter Sherwin (Nationwide – International Arbitration)
- Chuck Sims (New York – Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes)
- Kenneth Sulzer (California – Labor & Employment)
- David Tegeler (Massachusetts – Private Equity: Fund Formation)
- Mark Thomas (Illinois – Bankruptcy/ Restructuring)
- Jay Waxenberg (Nationwide – Wealth Management: Eastern Region)
- David Weinberger (New York – Real Estate: Finance)
- Christopher Wells (Nationwide – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds)
- Martin Zohn (California – Bankruptcy/ Restructuring)
Since 1999, Chambers and Partners has been researching the U.S. legal profession, identifying the leading lawyers and law firms. Chambers USA 2013's rankings are determined through interviews with thousands of lawyers and their clients nationally. The results are audited independently and are based on a range of professional qualities most valued by clients.