Myron Rumeld > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Primarily New York-headquartered with a broad national scope, Proskauer Rose LLP boasts a full-service ERISA offering, spanning ERISA class and individual lawsuits, employee benefit claims, amicus briefs and DOL investigations. The team is led by the considerable expertise of Myron Rumeld, regarded by many as a leading figure in ERISA civil litigation, along with Russell Hirschhorn, who has represented several high value plan fiduciaries, trustees, sponsors and service providers from a wide range of sectors including technology, entertainment, and financial services. They are joined by Joseph Clark, also operating from New York, and specializing in claims relating to fiduciary responsibilities and withdrawal liabilities. New York-based, Neil Shah serves as the lead for Taft-Hartley plan clients in withdrawal liability and delinquent contributions matters. Tulio Chirinos left the firm.

Proskauer Rose LLP’s cross-practice representation of the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico (FOMB) in relation to the restructuring of Puerto Rico’s public debt translates into a significant volume of appellate cases, both before the First Circuit and the US Supreme Court. Alongside its robust activity in the bankruptcy sphere, the team also argues appeals concerning constitutional law, patent issues, and antitrust matters, among other areas. The department is led jointly by New York-based Mark Harris and Boston-based John Roberts; together they lead the FOMB’s appellate work. New York’s Myron Rumeld is recommended for ERISA-related appeals.