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Business Wire, November 28, 2005, Monday

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November 28, 2005 Monday 6:18 PM GMT

DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors; Legal Editors

HEADLINE: Proskauer Rose Names Six New Partners & Three Senior Counsel

DATELINE: NEW YORK Nov. 28, 2005

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Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers in the U.S. and Europe, announced that it has promoted six attorneys to partner and three to senior counsel.
In the firm's Corporate Department, Yuval Tal and Janice Smith were named partner in the New York office and Monica Shilling in the Los Angeles office. In the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, Anthony Pacheco was named partner in Proskauer's Los Angeles office and Lionel Pashkoff was named partner in the Washington, D.C. office. In the Labor & Employment Department, Robert Projansky was named partner in New York.
Michael Lebowich and Marc Mandelman were named senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Department in New York and Stuart Kapp, who focuses his practice on commercial real estate and corporate transactions, was named senior counsel in the Boca Raton office.
"This is a highly accomplished and diverse group and we look forward to their continued contributions to the firm," said Allen I. Fagin, Chairman of Proskauer Rose.
Mr. Tal is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Ms. Smith is a graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, and received her B.A. from Iona College. Ms. Shilling is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Canter, and received her B.A. from the University of Redlands. Mr. Pacheco is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and received his B.A. from Princeton University. Mr. Pashkoff is a graduate of the George Washington University National Law Center, and received his B.A. from the University of Maryland. Mr. Projansky is a graduate of New York University School of Law, and received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Mr. Lebowich is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and received his B.S. from the Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations. Mr. Mandelman is a graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law, and received his B.S. from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Mr. Kapp is a graduate of Cornell Law School, and received his M.G.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
About Proskauer Rose
Proskauer Rose, founded in 1875, is one of the nation's largest law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services to clients throughout the United States and around the world from offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Boca Raton, Newark, New Orleans and Paris. The firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial litigation, private equity and fund formation, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labor and employment law, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, trusts and estates, and taxation. Its clients span industries including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, hospitality, information technology, insurance, internet, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation. The firm can be found online at http://www.proskauer.com.



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