About Chantel L.
Chantel L. Febus earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School before launching a sequence of federal clerkships that shaped her early career. She began by clerking for Judge Royce C. Lamberth in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2003. The following year she served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for Judge Edith H. Jones. In 2005 she clerked at the highest level, for Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States.
After her clerkships she returned to private practice. She was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP in 2002 and again after the clerkships in 2006. Those stints bookend an intensive period in public service. In 2008 she joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial lawyer. That role put her in federal court on behalf of the government and gave her front-line trial experience.
In 2012 she moved to Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner in the M&A Disputes Group. At Proskauer she became part of a team that handles contested business matters arising out of mergers and corporate transactions. Her resume shows a steady progression from junior associate to federal clerk, to government trial lawyer, and then to partner in private practice. The variety of roles exposed her to appellate work, district-court litigation, and the kinds of deal-related controversies that can end up in high-stakes litigation.
Febus is admitted to practice in New York. Her background combines time in the federal judiciary with service at the Department of Justice and years in law firms. That combination gives her both courtroom familiarity and transactional dispute experience. She has represented clients in contested corporate matters and has appeared in federal courts across different levels of the judiciary.
Colleagues and opposing counsel describe her style as direct and precise. She has handled briefing, argued motions, and prepared matters for trial and appeal. Her practice draws on the procedural knowledge gained during clerkships and the trial work performed at the DOJ, applied to disputes that arise from mergers, acquisitions, and related corporate arrangements.
She practices at Proskauer Rose LLP and handles M&A disputes and related commercial litigation there.
