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Adam Lupion

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Labor & Employment
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Adam Lupion is the co-chair of Proskauer’s Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Labor Management Relations, Sports Law and Employment Litigation Groups. Widely recognized as a leading labor and employment attorney, Adam has been named a “Power Player” by Sports Business Journal, a “Top 50 L&E Litigator” and “Labor & Employment Star” by Benchmark Litigation, as well as numerous other accolades.
A trusted litigator and counselor, Adam has developed a particular expertise representing sports leagues and teams. He has been at the center of many of the most significant labor and employment matters in the sports industry.
For example, Adam helped guide Major League Baseball (MLB) through its most recent work stoppage with players, represented MLB in grievance arbitrations challenging player discipline for violations of the league’s domestic violence and drug policies, successfully defended MLB against discrimination claims brought by Angel Hernandez, and defended MLB and its member Clubs in class and collective actions involving pay practices of minor league players and claims of age discrimination by scouts. In addition, Adam has handled several litigations and arbitrations for the National Hockey League and National Football League, and has advised college athletic conferences and universities across the broad spectrum of labor and employment laws.
Adam also leads the Firm’s MLB Salary Arbitration practice, and is one of the most sought-after practitioners to represent Clubs during contract negotiations and at arbitration hearings against some of the game’s most prominent players.
Adam’s practice extends far beyond the world of sports, as he has extensive experience representing healthcare, higher education, financial services, media and entertainment, telecommunications, energy, retail and hospitality clients in a wide variety of labor and employment law matters in state and federal court, and before administrative agencies.
He has lectured on labor and employment law at Cornell University, New York University School of Law, and Cardozo Law School. He frequently represents the Firm and the Sports Law Group on panel discussions and at career seminars for current and prospective lawyers.
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) United States > Labor and employment
- Labor-management relations United States > Labor and employment
- Workplace and employment counseling United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)