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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
Pippa Bond is a partner in the Corporate Department and a co-head of the Global Capital Markets Group. She has extensive experience in corporate finance and securities, including leveraged…
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Associate
S. James Boumil III is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Patent Law and Intellectual Property groups. He is registered to practice before the United States…
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Associate
Christopher Bouriat is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. His practice concentrates on defending…
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Associate
Jamie Bowles is an Associate in the Tax Department, resident in the Los Angeles office.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2011
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 2011…
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Associate
Courtney Bowman is an associate in the Litigation Department. She assists clients in a wide variety of industries with issues related to privacy, data security and general commercial…
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Partner
Scott A. Bowman is a partner in the Private Client Services Department.
Scott counsels wealthy individuals and families in their personal tax and estate planning. He advises them on…
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Partner
Stephen A. Boyko is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of The Private Credit and Finance Groups. 
Steve’s primary focus is in finance transactions, particularly those…
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Associate
Tara Brailey is an associate in the Litigation Department.
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Associate
Greg Branagan is an associate in the Tax Department and a member of both the Private Investment Funds and Tax Groups.
He advises on a broad range of both domestic and international tax…
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Associate
Travis Brashears earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California, where he was a senior submissions editor for the Southern California Law Review. While at USC, he worked as an…
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Associate
Celia Cohen is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations and Appellate groups. She represents clients in an array of complex…
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Associate
Hallie A. Cohen is an Associate in the Immigration & Nationality Group. Her practice primarily focuses on employment-based immigration matters and she has experience representing…
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Associate
Jay Cohen is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department, assisting clients in a wide range of labor and employment law matters.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Jay served as a…
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Associate
Justin Cohen is an associate in the Litigation Department. Justin earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was an Articles Editor for the Columbia Science and Technology Law…
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Partner
Nancy Sher Cohen is co-head of the Insurance Recovery & Counseling Group. She practices in the area of insurance coverage, mass tort, toxic torts, class actions, product liability and…
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Associate
Roger Cohen is a senior Associate in the Health Care Department. His practice focuses on representing health care and life science clients, including academic medical centers, hospitals,…
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Partner
Stuart Coleman has counseled registered funds and their independent board members and market-leading investment advisers for more than 35 years, through cycles of industry expansion and…
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Partner
Anthony Coles is involved in all areas of intellectual property practice, concentrating on patent evaluations for patent pool licensing, patent infringement litigation, client counseling,…
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Associate
Kimberly Condoulis is an associate in the Tax Department and a member of the Private Funds Group.


Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2016


Arizona State University, B.S., 2013


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Associate
Sydney Cone earned her J.D. from Tulane University Law School, where she was the Senior Online Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and co-president of Tulane Women in the Law.
Prior…
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Partner
Peter Doyle is a partner in the Litigation Department and has a long track record of winning high-stakes contested matters. Peter's practice encompasses trial work and related counseling in…
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Law Clerk
Eugenio Duron-Carielo is a law clerk in the Litigation Department and a member of the Commercial Litigation and Product Liability groups.
He earned his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from New York…
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Associate
Amelia Friedman is an associate in the Litigation Department. She focuses on complex civil and commercial litigation matters, including products liability and consumer litigation. Amelia…
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Senior Counsel
Brian L. Friedman is a Senior Counsel in the Litigation Department and a member of the Financial Services Group and Securities Litigation Group, resident in the New York office.
Brian…
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Partner
Jacob I. Friedman is head of the Not-for-Profit/Exempt Organizations Group and former Chair of the Tax Department. He has been a member of the Tax Department since 1975 and a Partner since…
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Partner
Robert Friedman is a partner in the Tax Department whose practice focuses on representing clients in all facets of corporate and partnership related tax matters. In particular, Robert…
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Partner
Harry Frischer has experience in a wide variety of complex commercial litigations and arbitrations involving securities, accounting and finance, corporate control, intellectual property,…
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Associate
Hayley H. Fritchie earned her J.D. from Tulane University Law School. While in law school, she served as a managing editor for the Tulane Law Review. Hayley also worked as a legal intern…
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Partner
David Grunblatt is head of the Immigration & Nationality Group in the Labor & Employment Law Department, resident in the Newark office.
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Associate
Jessica Guarracino is an associate in the Labor Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Jessica graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law …
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Caroline Guensberg earned her J.D. from George Washington University Law School, graduating with honors. While attending law school, Caroline was a notes editor of the Federal Circuit Bar…
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Senior Counsel
Edna Guerrasio is senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Edna litigates employment matters in court, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies, such…
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Associate
Michael Guggenheim is an associate in the Litigation Department.
Michael earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Rutgers University. While at law school…
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Associate
Rachel Gulotta is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department.
Rachel has experience practicing in federal and state courts, and before administrative agencies such as the Equal…
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Partner
Siegmund (“Sige”) Gutman is chair of the Life Sciences Patent Practice, a partner in the Litigation Department, and a member of the Patent Law and Intellectual Property Groups.
Sige is an…
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Senior Counsel
Abraham Gutwein is a senior counsel in the Tax Department. Abe devotes a substantial part of his time to the resolution of tax controversies and advising on the tax aspects of bankruptcy…
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Associate
Michelle Gyves is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Her practice focuses on providing strategic advice and counseling to domestic and multinational employers on a…
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Associate
Kristine K. Huggins is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. She represents clients in a range of employment litigation matters in federal and state court, including…
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Associate
Rachel Hughes is an associate in the Tax Department. Rachel’s practice principally focuses on U.S. and global tax matters relating to taxable and tax-free mergers & acquisitions,…
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Associate
Sarah Hughes is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. Sarah counsels clients in connection in both domestic and…
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Associate
Kait Hulbert is an associate in the Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. Kait earned her J.D. from the University of California, Los…
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Partner
Steven D. Hurd is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group and Media & Entertainment Industry…
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Law Clerk
Ian Hurst is a law clerk in the Litigation Department and a member of the Life Sciences Patent Group.
During law school, Ian was a Senior Legal Writing Fellow and a member of the Patent…
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Associate
Ryan H. Hutzler is a law clerk in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
Ryan is a 2015 graduate, with honors, of The George Washington University Law School, where he was on The George…
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Associate
Bali Kumar is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. Bali assists with representation of senior…
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Senior Counsel
Alan Kusinitz is a senior counsel in the Litigation Department and a member of the Antitrust Group. His practice focuses on complex litigation, including antitrust, trade regulation and…
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Partner
Mary B. Kuusisto is a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group and a member of the Tax Department.
Mary has almost 20 years of experience in the private equity industry. She advises…
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Associate
Nayirie Kuyumjian is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Nayirie represents clients in federal and state litigations, arbitrations, labor-management relations and…
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Attorney
Edward A. Kwalwasser is a senior counsel in the Corporate Department.
Edward counsels major financial institutions, including full service broker-dealers, domestic and foreign investment…
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Special Regulatory Counsel
Rachel E. Lowe is a special regulatory counsel in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group.
Rachel advises on financial services regulation specializing…
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Associate
Charley E. Lozada is an Associate in the Technology, Media & Communications Group and Privacy & Data Security Groups, resident in the New York office. Charley’s practice focuses on…
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Partner
Vincenzo Lucibello is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit Group.
Vincenzo’s corporate finance experience includes representation of lenders and issuers…
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Associate
Ian Ludd is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets Group.
Related Practices


Corporate/Transactional


Capital Markets


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Partner
Adam is a trusted litigator and counselor in all areas of labor and employment law, with a particular expertise representing professional sports leagues and teams.
Clients count on Adam to…
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Law Clerk
Jennifer McGrew is a Law Clerk in the Labor Department and a member of the Labor General Group. 
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Associate
Ayisha McHugh earned her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School, and her B.S. from Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. While at Columbia, Ayisha participated in the…
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Partner
Vikki McKay is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of our Private Equity Real Estate practice and Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure group.
Vikki has experience in all…
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Partner
Kathleen M. McKenna is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department. With a formidable track record for success in major employment matters, she has extensive experience…
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Law Clerk
Austin D. McLeod is a law clerk in the Labor & Employment Department.
Austin assists clients in a range of labor and employment matters. Prior to joining Proskauer, Austin interned at…
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Associate
Kelly M. McMullon is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and member of the International Labor & Employment Group.
Kelly assists clients in a wide range of…
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Special Immigration Counsel
Valarie McPherson is a Senior Associate in the Immigration & Nationality Group, with more than a decade of experience. She represents companies from Fortune 500 to small and medium-…
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Partner
Stephen T. Mears is a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group. He concentrates on private investment funds, including venture capital, growth equity and buyout funds. He represents…
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Associate
Nayirie Mehdikhani is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Nayirie represents clients in federal and state litigations, arbitrations, labor-management relations and…
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Partner
Don Melamed advises asset managers and institutional investors across the full spectrum of investment fund matters. He specializes in advising fund managers across asset classes, including…
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As innovations in technology make it easier to track, collect and process personal information about individuals, companies of all kinds are challenged to manage the way that they use data…
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Associate
Portia Proctor is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group. Portia’s experience includes a secondment at the New…
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Partner
Robert M. Projansky is a Partner in the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & ERISA Litigation Practice Center. His practice covers the full spectrum of employee benefit issues,…
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Partner
Stuart Rosow is a partner in the Tax Department and a leader of the transactional tax team. He concentrates on the taxation of complex business and investment transactions. His practice…
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Associate
Matthew Rotbart is an associate in the Litigation Department. He represents a diverse range of clients (including four professional sports leagues) in complex commercial litigation, as well…
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Associate
Daniel Rothberg is an associate in the Tax Department focusing on executive compensation and employee benefits law.
Daniel advises clients on a broad range of executive compensation and…
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Associate
Marine Roussel is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. She assists French companies in all areas of labor law. She regularly represents major French companies before…
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Associate
T.J. Ruane is an associate in the Environmental Group. TJ focuses his practice in counseling both U.S. and international clients on a broad range of environmental issues in connection with…
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Law Clerk
Jillian Ruben is a law clerk in the Corporate Department. 
She earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School. While at Columbia, she was an editor on the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review…
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Partner
Kenneth Rubenstein is co-head of the Patent Law Group and a partner in the New York office. He also is a registered patent attorney before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and a…
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Partner
Myron D. Rumeld has over thirty years of experience handling all aspects of ERISA litigation at both the trial and appellate level. His broad experience includes numerous representations of…
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Partner
Nicole Runyan counsels registered funds and their independent board members, as well as investment advisers and sponsors, across a wide range of regulatory, transactional and compliance…
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Partner
Brad Ruskin is a senior partner at Proskauer and co-chairs its Sports Law Group. He has also served as co-chair of the Litigation Department and is currently serving his fifth term on the…
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Associate
Andrew M. Sherwood is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. His practice focuses on defending…
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Partner
Monica Shilling is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the firm's global Private Equity Group. She has a broad corporate and securities law practice that focuses on…
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Partner
Robert Shmalo is a partner in Proskauer’s Real Estate Department and a member of the Private Equity Real Estate and Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Groups. Rob has more than 15 years of…
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Associate
Erin Short is an associate in the Litigation Department and member of the Patent Law Group.
Erin graduated from UCLA School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and earned…
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Associate
Kristina Sidrak is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group. 
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Senior Counsel
Adam D. Siegartel is a senior counsel in the Litigation Department. He is an experienced commercial litigator with a particular emphasis on trademark, false advertising, copyright,…
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Associate
Elizabeth (Betsy) Siegel is an associate in the Health Care Department. Her practice focuses on representing health care clients, including hospitals, hospital systems, academic medical…
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Associate
Jonathan Siegelaub is an Associate in the Litigation Department, resident in the New York office.
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Associate
Tracey L. Silver is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the firm’s Employment Litigation & Arbitration Group.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Tracey was a…
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Partner
William C. Silverman is a partner responsible for leading Proskauer’s global pro bono efforts, which provide assistance to individual clients and nonprofit organizations in litigation as…
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Associate
Tiffany Woo is an associate in the Litigation Department.


Columbia Law School, J.D., 2015
Journal of Law and Social Problems, Executive Design & Layout Editor and Note Editor


Yale…
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Partner
Michael Woronoff is head of the firm's Los Angeles office and its West Coast corporate and securities practice, co-head of Proskauer's global Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity…
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Associate
Bryant Wright earned his J.D. from Duke University, where he was President of the Black Law Students Association and a member of the Duke Law First Amendment clinic. While at Duke, he…
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Associate
Elizabeth Johnston Wytock is an associate in the Tax Department. Elizabeth earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was the executive editor of the Virginia…
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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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