LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2025 – Leading international law firm Proskauer is pleased to share that partners Gregory (Greg) Knopp and Bart Williams have been named to Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2025 list of Top 100 Lawyers. The annual list recognizes the achievements of the top law professionals within the Los Angeles business community.
A partner in Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department, Greg has successfully defended some of the world’s most prominent companies in complex employment litigation across both state and federal courts. He specializes in class action and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) cases, and for over 25 years has led some of the nation’s most closely watched employment disputes, with outcomes that have set precedents in California and nationwide. Greg’s deep understanding of employment law spans wage and hour disputes, wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment cases and his clients include leading retailers, professional sports leagues, financial services firms, technology companies, transportation providers and healthcare organizations. He is also a trusted advisor to local Los Angeles businesses and national companies with a presence in California, providing strategic legal guidance that helps companies thrive in the state’s competitive market.
Bart serves as chair of Proskauer’s Litigation Department and head of its Los Angeles office. A renowned trial lawyer, he is a strategic, diligent and persuasive litigator with a wealth of experience across commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and internal corporate investigations. Bart’s legal prowess has made him a trusted trial counsel for numerous Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes, high-profile matters, and is frequently called upon months or even weeks before a trial to deliver a win. A longtime member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Bart boasts an impressive track record of victories in both jury and bench trials nationwide and his cutting-edge legal work regularly sets precedents within the industry. Notably, Bart served as lead trial counsel for Netflix, acclaimed director and writer Ava DuVernay and award-winning writer Attica Locke in a defamation case brought in federal court in New York by former longtime head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office sex crimes unit. Bart’s leadership led to an extremely successful resolution for the clients when the plaintiff decided to settle the case on the eve of trial with no payment to her or her lawyers, and no confidentiality provision related to the settlement.
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