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Proskauer Rose LLP
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
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Allan Bloom is the co-chair of Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department and a nationally recognized litigator and advisor who represents employers, business owners, and management in a broad range of employment and labor law matters. As a litigator, Allan has successfully defended many of the world’s leading companies against claims for unpaid wages, employment discrimination, breach of contract and wrongful discharge, both at the trial and appellate court levels as well as in arbitration, before government agencies, and in private negotiations. He has secured complete defense verdicts for clients in front of juries, as well as injunctions to protect clients’ confidential information and assets.

As the leader of Proskauer’s Wage and Hour Practice Group, Allan has been a strategic partner to a number of Fortune 500 companies to help them avoid, minimize and manage exposure to wage and hour-related risk. Allan’s views on wage and hour issues have been featured in The New York TimesReutersBloomberg and Fortune, among other leading publications. His class-action defense work for clients has saved billions of dollars in potential damages.

Allan is regularly called on to advise operating companies, management companies, fund sponsors, boards of directors and senior leadership on highly sensitive matters including executive and key person transitions, internal investigations and strategic workforce planning. He has particular expertise in the financial services industry, where he has litigated, arbitrated, and mediated disputes for more than 20 years.

A prolific author and speaker, Allan was the Editor of the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Journal from 2012 to 2017. He has served as an author, editor and contributor to a number of leading treatises in the field of employment law, including ADR in Employment Law (ABA/Bloomberg BNA), Employment Discrimination Law (ABA/Bloomberg BNA), Cutting Edge Advances in Resolving Workplace Disputes (Cornell University/CPR), The Employment Law Review (Law Business Research, U.S. Chapter Author), and The Complete Compliance and Ethics Manual (SCCE).

Allan has served as longtime pro bono counsel to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Public Theater, among other nonprofit organizations.  He is a past Vice Chair of Repair the World, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, and a past recipient of the Lawyers Alliance Cornerstone Award for extraordinary contributions through pro bono legal services.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling

Proskauer Rose LLP handles the broad range of employment issues for its array of market-leading clients, the list of which includes professional sports leagues, media giants and leading law firms, among others. Based in Los Angeles, Anthony Oncidi lends his expertise to all areas of employment law from litigation and preventive counseling, to sexual harassment training and wrongful termination. Oncidi co-leads the practice alongside Neil Abramson, Allan Bloom and Adam Lupion who are based in New York. Well-regarded litigator Bloom also advises on wage and hour issues, personnel transitions, internal investigations and strategic workforce planning. At the same office, Evandro Gigante has expertise spanning counseling, training and pay and handles matters concerning discrimination and harassment allegations, trade secret disputes and DE&I initiatives. In Chicago, Nigel Telman acts as a strategic advisor to boards and C-suite executives, undertaking the full range of employment-related matters. Nicole Eichberger is based in New Orleans and has a wealth of experience advising on class and collective actions as well as workplace investigations, wage and hour issues and employee leave and training policies. Rachel Fischer and Noa Baddish in New York, New Orleans-based Atoyia Harris and Juarte Schwartz in Boca Raton are also names to note.

United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)

Proskauer Rose LLP acts as trusted employment counsel to a range of Fortune 500 companies, universities, professional sports leagues and law firms. The group excels in all phases of class litigation and also boasts expertise in the media, entertainment and sports sectors, as well as in the legal profession. The practice is jointly led by Allan Bloom, who is skilled at handling claims for unpaid wages, employment discrimination and wrongful discharge; Adam Lupion, who is a key contact for sports leagues and teams seeking representation; Tony Oncidi, who focuses a large section of his practice on defending employers in large class action disputes, in addition to Andrea Rattner and Neil Abramson. All co-heads are based in New York, bar Oncidi who is based in Los Angeles. Mark Batten is a key name in the Boston office for class and collective actions, while Chicago’s Nigel Telman is often chosen to handle claims involving significant reputational risk. Notable figures in the New York office include Elise Bloom, who is a reputed discrimination, wage and hour and class action trial lawyer; Keisha-Ann Gray, who is a go-to advisor for issues involving discrimination or harassment and Michelle Annese, who has expertise in the financial services, retail, entertainment and sports sectors.

United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations

The Proskauer Rose LLP employment practice is experienced in the full ambit of union-employment matters, including collective bargaining, grievances, arbitrations and labor board proceedings. The group is a popular choice for clients from the sports, media and entertainment sectors seeking assistance with employment related class actions, negotiations and litigation. The leadership group of the practice is formed of New York-based Neil Abramson, who is skilled at complex bargaining disputes; Allan Bloom; Adam Lupion, who is a reputed litigator and counselor for sports leagues and teams and Tony Oncidi, who operates from the Los Angeles office. Paul Salvatore is an asset to the firm with strengths in collective bargaining negotiations in the real estate and construction sectors. Steven Porzio is experienced at conducting vulnerability assessments and Joshua Fox is a key name for major league baseball clubs seeking assistance with salary arbitration. Porzio, Fox and Salvatore are all based in the New York office.