Elise M. Bloom is a member of Proskauer’s Executive Committee, co-head of the Class/Collective Actions Group and former co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department. During her tenure as co-chair, the department was named one of the top three U.S. labor and employment practices by The American Lawyer, ranked by Chambers Global 2014 as Band 1 in the U.S. and by Chambers USA 2014 as Band 1 Nationwide, and recipient of the Chambers USA 2012 Award for Excellence.Elise defends employers against individual and class actions brought under federal and state anti-discrimination laws as well as against collective and class action claims alleging wage and hour violations under federal and state law.Elise is recognized as one of the leading employment lawyers and was named “Best in Labor & Employment” at Euromoney’s 2014 Americas Women in Business Law Awards. Elise is also widely considered to be one of the most creative and effective Wage & Hour Collective Action defense lawyers in the U.S., and was recently named as one of the top five class action “Most Valuable” lawyers by Employment Law360. In addition, she is a noted author and is a two-time recipient of The Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.
Listed skills include Arbitration, Employment Litigation, and Employment Law.
