Mr Anthony Oncidi > Proskauer Rose LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP maintains its strong position at the top of the labor and employment space, with recent work including advising Rockefeller University on a significant discrimination dispute. Neil Abramson heads the practice in New York and leverages his experience in complex collective bargaining disputes, while Anthony Oncidi leads in Los Angeles and assists clients in the entertainment space. Other key names include Boston-based Mark Batten and Elise Bloom in New York, co-heads of the class and collective actions group. The New York office also includes Keisha-Ann Gray, who is complimented for her work in discrimination and harassment matters, and Michelle Annese, who regularly appears before federal and state agencies for clients. The practice’s employment litigation team was bolstered by the hire of Greg Knopp from Akin in February 2023.

Proskauer Rose LLP has particular expertise in collective bargaining matters for the sports sector, with clients in all of America’s major professional sports leagues including the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. The firm’s capabilities are comprised of the full spectrum of employment matters including training in best-practices and cultural change, advising on high-stakes investigations, representing organizations against claims of discrimination and harassment. The team is a go-to for employers and board of directors when faced work environment claims from handling complaints to conducting investigations. Neil Abramson handles all types of collective bargaining disputes and co-heads the New York-based practice with Anthony Oncidi, who is experienced in the entertainment and media industries. Joseph Baumgarten represents publicly held and privately owned employers in all areas of labor and employment law, while Mark Batten has experience in matters relating to grievances, NLRB charges and collective bargaining. Noa Baddish focuses on harassment and violations of wage and hour laws.

Proskauer Rose LLP is home to an experienced team of practitioners with an impressive work portfolio, leveraging extensive sports, deep media and entertainment sector expertise to advise on a full-range of critical industry-specific labor issues. Employment law counseling, litigation and arbitration are core pillars of the group’s practice. The firm’s client roster in the space includes major global corporations, financial institutions and municipalities, including the city of New York and T-Mobile. Neil Abramson is based in New York and jointly leads the group alongside Los Angeles-based Anthony Oncidi. Elsewhere in the team, Paul Salvatore  provides strategic advice to companies on the full suite of labor-management relations issues. Steven Porzio is a key name for collective bargaining negotiations, alongside representation and unfair labor practice cases before the NLRB. Associate Erin Conroy focuses her practice on public sector labor and employment matters. All lawyers listed are in New York unless otherwise stated. Bernard Plum has retired.

Proskauer Rose LLP is a go-to for major record labels and recording artists; film production companies and high-profile entertainers also trust the team with a variety of contentious matters. ‘Top-flight counsel’ Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks leads the team from New York and Los Angeles, she litigates across the music industry with copyright infringement, trademark rights and unfair competition claims among the cases that routinely appear on her docket. Los Angeles-based labor law specialist Anthony Oncidi is highly experienced in employment litigation involving the media and entertainment industry; he is currently representing Viacom in an employment contract dispute against Netflix. Also in Los Angeles, Kate Gold  focuses her practice on employment-related suits and also conducts work investigations for major media companies. Further recommended is New York-based trial attorney and senior counsel David Munkittrick, who focuses his practice on music-related copyright matters.