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Proskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer, founded in 1875, is a global law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide from offices in Beijing, Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, São Paulo, and Washington, DC.

Our clients include many of the world’s top companies, financial institutions, investment funds, not-for-profit institutions, governmental entities and other organizations across industries and borders. We also represent individuals in transactions and other matters. 

Why do many of the world’s top organizations turn to Proskauer for representation? 

Go-to firm. Clients rely on us to support their critical business needs in four strategic areas: asset/capital management, business transformation, risk management and talent management. 

Sage advice and outstanding execution. Existing and potential clients seek us out for a broad range of services within our Corporate, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax and Private Client Services practices. Our industry concentrations in sports; technology, media & telecommunications; health care; lodging & gaming; financial services; entertainment; and life sciences are highly regarded. 

Devoted client service. Devotion to clients is a Proskauer hallmark. Our lawyers are known for their accessibility, responsiveness and attentiveness. They go the extra mile to understand the client’s business — and think like business people in the process. 

Beyond legal services. We have long felt a fundamental obligation to try to make the world a better place. Under the umbrella of corporate social responsibility, we are actively involved in socially conscious activities that include pro bono legal work, community service, charitable giving, workplace diversity and environmental initiatives.

Associate
Cyrus Abbassi focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings and other corporate transactions with an emphasis on health care transactions.  He…
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Partner
Neil Abramson is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and head of the Public Sector Group. He handles all types of employment litigation, including discrimination claims,…
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Partner
Julie’s practice focuses on general corporate and securities matters. She represents both underwriters and issuers in initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings. Her experience…
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Senior Counsel
Julia Alonzo is a senior counsel in the Litigation Department with a focus on securities and corporate governance litigation. She is experienced in complex securities and white collar…
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Associate
Isaiah Anderson is an Associate at Proskauer's New York office. He earned his J.D. degree from New York University, where he was a Senior Executive Editor of the New York University Law…
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Associate
Jacki Anderson is an Associate in the Litigation Department, resident in the Chicago office.
While in law school, Jacki was a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Award Scholarship and…
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Partner
Joseph Baumgarten is co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department, which was named by The American Lawyer as one of the top three U.S. practices, ranked Band 1 Nationwide by…
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Associate
David L. Bayer is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor-Management Relations and Employment Litigation & Arbitration Groups. He represents…
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Partner
Howard J. Beber is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the Private Funds Group, which is recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers USA and US Legal 500. His practice focuses…
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Law Clerk
Michael Beckwith is a law clerk in the Litigation Department.
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Law Clerk
Brittany Benavidez is an associate in the Litigation Department.
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Partner
Jonathan Benloulou is a partner in the Corporate Department. His practice encompasses mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, corporate governance, and securities laws matters. Within…
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Law Clerk
Gavin Carpenter is a law clerk for Proskaeur. He works as an associate for the firm's Boston offices. His areas of specialization are in labor and employment law. He is also a contributor…
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Partner
Kyle Casazza is a Partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department and a member of the Trial Strategies practice, where he focuses on all areas of complex commercial litigation. Kyle has…
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Partner
Peter represents issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in connection with offerings of securities, including IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, block trades, rights offerings…
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Partner
Benjamin J. Catalano is a Partner in the Corporate Department and is resident in the New York office. He is a member of the Financial Services and Securities Litigation Groups.
Benjamin has…
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Associate
Anthony Cataldo is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Intellectual Property Group. Tony handles patent litigation for clients in a broad variety of fields…
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Associate
Joel Cavanaugh is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Disputes practice. Joel's practice focuses on litigation involving private…
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Associate
Carolyn M. Dellatore is an Associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Law Counseling & Training Group, resident in the Newark office. Her…
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Associate
Adam Deming is an associate in the Litigation Department.
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Partner
Enzo Der Boghossian is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department, resident in the Los Angeles office, where he counsels and represents employers in all aspects of employment…
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Associate
Michael Derksen is an Associate in the Litigation Department, resident in the Chicago office.
Michael represents clients in complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on insurance…
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Law Clerk
Rucha Desai is a law clerk in the Litigation Department and a member of the Commercial Litigation Group.
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Partner
Jonathan (JD) DeSantis works with underwriters to help with their key financing transactions, including leveraged- and investment-grade committed financings, high-yield and investment-grade…
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Associate
Yasmin Emrani is an associate in the Litigation Department at Proskauer Law Firm. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2015, and previously attended …
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Associate
Matt Engel is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
During law school Matt served as the Editor in Chief of the Seton Hall Law Review, where he supervised a team of…
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Associate
Emily Erstling is an Associate in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center, resident in the New York office. Emily works with a variety of U.S.…
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Associate
Christine is an associate in the Litigation Department, and a member of the Life Sciences Patent practice. She works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients at all stages of product…
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Associate
Ross Evans is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. 
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Law Clerk
Andrea Ewalefo is a law clerk in the Labor Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group.
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Partner
Michael Fernhoff is a partner in the Tax Department. Mike has substantial experience in all aspects of federal, state and local income tax planning for complex corporate and real estate…
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Partner
Ralph Ferrara's practice includes a wide range of litigation, business, regulatory and corporate governance matters. He represents corporations and individuals in complex securities class…
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Associate
Jacquelyn Ferry is an associate in the Litigation Department. She represents a broad range of clients in antitrust, contract, class action, unfair competition and other complex commercial…
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Associate
Aaron Feuer is an Associate in the Labor & Employment Department, resident in the Newark office.
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Associate
Thomas Fiascone is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
Tom earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he was a senior editor and staff writer on the Boston…
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Associate
Seth D. Fier is an associate in the Litigation Department. Seth’s practice covers a variety of areas of law, with a primary emphasis in white collar defense, internal and regulatory…
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Law Clerk
Angela Gichinga is a law clerk in the Corporate Department and a member of the Health Care Group. Gichinga graduated from Harvard Law School, J.D., 2021, and practices Corporate/…
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Partner
Evandro Gigante is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration group and the Hiring & Terminations group. He…
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Partner
Steven Gilford is a partner in the Litigation Department and co-head of the Insurance Recovery & Counseling Group.
Steven has broad experience in trial court and appellate litigation,…
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Associate
Philip Gilliland is an associate in the Tax Department.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Philip trained in the London office of a major international law firm where he worked on restructuring…
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Associate
Jordan Glassberg is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Prior to joining Proskauer, Jordan clerked for the Honorable William H. Pauley III in the Southern District of…
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Associate
David R Gobel is an associate in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Counseling Group. 
David Gobel earned his J.D at USC Gould School of Law, where he was…
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Associate
Joe Hartunian earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. While at Michigan, Joe worked as a legal…
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Associate
Kelly Landers Hawthorne is an attorney in the Litigation Department.
Education


Columbia Law School, J.D., 2017


George Mason University, M.Ed., 2013


University of Richmond, B.A., 2011…
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Associate
Jenna Hayes is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor-Management Relations and Employment Litigation & Arbitration Groups. Jenna has…
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Special Tax Counsel
Katerina Heal is a special tax counsel in the Tax Department and a member of the Private Funds Group based in London. 
Katerina advises sponsors and investors on a full range of UK and…
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Proskauer has a sophisticated and creative health care practice with lawyers bringing deep and varied experience and a keen understanding of industry dynamics. Our team combines specialized…
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Partner
Stephanie Heilborn is a partner in the Private Client Services Department and leads the International Private Client Services group.
Stephanie counsels some of the world’s wealthiest…
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Partner
Scott S. Jones is a Partner in the Tax Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group.
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Partner
Jinyoung (Jin) Joo is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Finance Group.  He represents borrowers, lenders and private investment funds on a wide range of financing…
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Law Clerk
Sydney L. Juliano is a law clerk in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group.
Sydney received her J.D. from the…
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Partner
Matthew K. Kerfoot is a partner in Proskauer's Global Finance Group and focuses principally on fund finance and structured finance transactions. Matt has held leadership positions in both…
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Associate
Rachel Kessler is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration group.
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Partner
Vinay Kohli is a partner in the Litigation Department and the Health Care group. He is a seasoned trial lawyer with more than a decade of experience representing clients in the health care…
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Law Clerk
Claudia Khoury-Yacoub is a law clerk in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
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Associate
Dominique Kilmartin is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Dominique graduated cum laude from Seton…
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Partner
Anne Kim is a partner in the Tax Department. Anne’s practice focuses on advising public and private companies in both taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, cross-…
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Associate
Charles Lee is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets Group. He advises clients on federal securities law matters, with a focus on the following areas…
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Partner
Edward Lee is a partner in the Private Funds Group. Edward advises fund managers and investors on the formation of a broad range of funds, including private equity, infrastructure, real…
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Associate
Elaine Lee is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Her practice focuses on representing and counseling management on all aspects of employment law.
Elaine’s litigation…
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Associate
Muhyung (Aaron) Lee is an associate in the Tax Department. Aaron works predominantly on U.S. federal corporate, partnership and international tax matters that include advising on mergers…
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Associate
Tonie Pimienta Lefebvre is an associate in the Litigation Department. She has experience in a broad spectrum of complex civil and criminal matters, including white collar criminal defense…
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Senior Counsel
Fredric C. Leffler is a Senior Counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Employment Law Counseling & Training Group. He represents major private and not-…
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Partner
David is Chair of the Firm’s Health Care Group, with a national practice representing clients in the health care services sector in complex business transactions (private equity, M&A…
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Partner
Peter Marathas is a Partner in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center and heads both the Employee Benefits Practice in the Boston office and…
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Senior Counsel
David J. Marcinkus is a senior counsel in the registered funds group and a member of the BDC practice. Dave advises investment companies, boards, investment advisers and BDC sponsors on…
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Associate
Lisa Markofsky is an associate in the Litigation Department. She focuses on business, probate and bankruptcy litigation, and has litigated matters in federal, state and bankruptcy courts…
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Associate
Allison Martin is an Associate in the Labor & Employment Department, resident in the Newark office.
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Special International Labor & Employment Counsel
Cécile Martin is a Special International Labor & Employment Counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department in the Paris office. She is a member of the International Labor &…
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Associate
Eric Novak is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Eric received his J.D. from Tulane Law School,…
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Partner
Amanda H. Nussbaum is a Partner in the Tax Department and also is a member of the Private Investment Funds Group. Her practice concentrates on planning for and the structuring of domestic…
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Partner
Ben Orlanski is a partner in the Corporate Department and is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and the Capital Markets Group. Ben focuses on major corporate transactions and…
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Partner
Dan Ornstein leads our London labor and employment team and is a co-head of our International Labor & Employment Group. He has over 15 years of experience dealing with a broad range of…
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Partner
Charles B. Ortner, an optional service partner in the Litigation Department, focuses his practice on the entertainment and media industries. The matters which Chuck has handled, as a…
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Associate
Libbie Osaben is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. 
Libbie earned her J.D. from the…
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Associate
Corinne M. Osborn is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor-Management Relations and Employment Law Counseling & Training Groups. She…
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Associate
Michelle Ovanesian is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s Intellectual Property Group and Life Sciences Patent practice.
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Associate
Shiva Pedram is an associate in the Litigation Department. She is currently on client secondment
Shiva earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served on the National Security…
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Associate
Massiel Pedreira is an Associate in the Litigation Department, resident in the New York office.
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Associate
Mathilde Pépin is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department in Proskauer's Paris office. She previously worked as a judicial assistant at the labor chamber of the Rouen Court of…
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Associate
Joe Perez is an Associate in the Labor & Employment Department, resident in the Los Angeles office. He has assisted in a wide range of employment litigation matters such as wage-and-…
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Partner
Marc Persily is a partner in both the Private Funds and Private Equity Groups. His practice focuses on advising private equity funds, investment banks and issuers in a variety of corporate…
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Law Clerk
Laura Peterson is a law clerk in the Corporate Department. 
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Associate
Brianna Reed is an associate in the Tax Department and a member of the Private Funds Group.
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Associate
Samantha Regenbogen is a law clerk in the Labor & Employment Department. 
Samantha was a summer associate in Proskauer's New York Office, and was involved in drafting briefs and…
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Partner
Lindsay A. Rehns is a partner in the Private Client Services Department. Her diverse private client services practice includes estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning,…
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Associate
David Reid is an Associate in the Labor & Employment Department, resident in the Newark office. He represents and counsels management in a broad range of employment litigation issues,…
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Partner
Yong Ren is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Funds Group.
Yong's practice focuses on formation, management and investment of private investment funds,…
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Associate
Lexie Reynolds is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department, and a member of the Employment Law Counseling & Training, Employment Litigation & Arbitration, and the…
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Associate
Elias Schilowitz is an Associate in the Patent Law and Intellectual Property Groups, resident in the New York office. His practice focuses on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation,…
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Associate
Celia Schlekewey is an associate in the Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefit and Executive Compensation Group.
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Associate
Lisa Schlesinger is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center.
In the…
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Associate
Andrew Schnitzel is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. His practice focuses on defending employers…
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Associate
Rochelle Schultz is an associate in the Litigation Department.
Prior to joining Proskauer, she was a judicial intern for the Honorable Christina A. Snyder of the U.S. District Court for the…
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Associate
Brett Schwab is an associate n the Labor & Employment Law Department.
While attending the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Brett served as the Co-President of the Entertainment…
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Associate
Christina Teeter is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
Christina started at Proskauer as a summer associate, and assisted in drafting briefs, discovery responses,…
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Partner
David Tegeler is a partner and global co-head of the Private Funds Group, and also head of the Boston office.
David concentrates his practice on representing asset managers in a broad range…
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Partner
David Teigman is a partner in the Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. David focuses his practice on executive compensation and benefit…
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Partner
Nigel F. Telman leads the employment practice in the Chicago office and is co-head of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Nigel's practice is concentrated in litigating…
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Associate
Pengtao "Mac" Teng earned his B.S.E. in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was the business director for…
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Associate
Vincent Tennant is an associate in the Privacy & Cybersecurity and Health Care Groups.
Vince’s practice focuses on data privacy and cybersecurity issues in the context of regulatory…
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Law Clerk
Makenzie Way is a law clerk in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. Makenzie also has experience working as a mediator with the Penn Law…
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Associate
Jeramy Webb is an associate in the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. His practice focuses on the representation of debtors, creditors' committees,…
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Associate
Sean is an associate in the Tax Department. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and his LL.M. from NYU School of Law, where he served as a graduate editor for the Tax Law Review.…
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Associate
Simona Weil is an associate in the Litigation Department.
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Law Clerk
Daniel Weinstein is a law clerk in the Health Care Department.
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Partner
Larry Weinstein is a Partner in Proskauer's Litigation Department. He is co-head of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group, and also co-head of the firm’s False Advertising…
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The National Law Review names Proskauer Rose LLP a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of health law for its coverage of healthcare worker benefit improvement in 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Edward S. Kornreich, Whitney Phelps, and Laura M. Fant detailed how New York funded bonuses for certain frontline healthcare workers in the state budget. Additionally, Anthony J Oncidi and Ariel N. Brotman discussed the recent healthcare workers minimum wage reform in California. Proskauer’s thought leadership in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely well read and demonstrates the depth of knowledge of Proskauer’s Healthcare group in this area.

 

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