Ms Susan Gutierrez > Proskauer Rose LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

The versatile team at Proskauer Rose LLP handles contentious matters at all levels of state and federal courts for major players from the worlds of sport, pharmaceuticals, and investment firms. Boston’s Timothy Mungovan co-heads the team, and advises funds, fund sponsors, and investment advisers in a diversity of disputes, including claims of fraud, control contests, partnership disputes and restructurings. Co-head Margaret Dale in New York is often engaged in asset management, data security matters, intellectual property, bankruptcy and corporate governance matters, while fellow co-head Michael Firestein in Los Angeles advises entertainment corporations, financial institutions, investment advisors, and real estate operating companies on a range of commercial litigation matters. Bart Williams and Susan Gutierrez are both based in Los Angeles, with the former adept in white collar criminal defense and internal corporate investigations, while the latter routinely advises Fortune 500 companies operating in the consumer products, media and entertainment industries.

With a strong bench of product liability lawyers based out of California and New York, in particular, and afforded further bandwidth and additional resources by virtue of a strong commercial litigation offering, Proskauer Rose LLP handles intensive class actions/MDLs irrespective of industry sector. The team is best-known for its work in the pharma and health care space, including throughout the motion and trial stage. Many of the lawyers within the team have first-chair trial experience, including Los Angeles-based Bart Williams, a member of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, and noted not only for his aptitude at handling private class action litigation but also parallel government investigations/enforcement actions. Susan Gutierrez and Lee Popkin  co-head the team from Los Angeles and New York, respectively.