David Rosen

David I. Rosen brings a wealth of experience gained from more than 40 years of private practice representing clients in a wide variety of employment and traditional labor matters. His professional endeavors have included jury and bench trials, appellate advocacy, strategic counseling, settlement negotiations, collective bargaining, mediations, employment and labor arbitrations, internal investigation of employment law claims, and training programs. He also has a long track record of mentoring attorneys.

David served as Chair of the Employment and Labor Law Practice Group of the law firm Sill Cummis & Gross P.C. for more than 10 years. He is admitted to practice before the New Jersey and New York bars, is a former member of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, and was a frequent speaker at numerous continuing legal education programs.

David is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators, and a member of The Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution.

As a neutral facilitator, David helps navigate complex employment disputes, helping parties avoid costly, time-consuming, intrusive and disruptive litigations with uncertain outcomes.  He is trustworthy, a skilled listener and an excellent communicator.  He quickly understands each party’s needs and ultimate objectives as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each party’s positions, and works tenaciously to reach a mutually acceptable resolution. David is a NJ Court Rule 1:40 qualified mediator on the roster of court-approved civil mediators for employment, NJ Law Against Discrimination, and NJ CEPA (“Whistleblower”) cases.

David mediates a broad array of employment disputes, which include the following claims and issues:

• Employment discrimination
• Harassment
• Retaliation
• Whistleblowing
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Breach of employment, settlement and separation agreements
• Violation of restrictive covenants
• Breach of trade secret and proprietary information confidentiality obligations
• Unfair competition
• Wage and hour

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., Law, 1977
• Tufts University, B. A., Political Science, 1974