Joshua N. Rose 
Email: josh@roselawyers.com

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Joshua Rose devotes his practice to complex litigation. He has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases since he joined his father to form the firm in 1989.

Mr. Rose represents thousands of current and former insurance agents in ERISA claims relating to their loss of employee benefits. Fischel v Equitable Life Assurance Society , (ND Cal.) ( summary judgement granted for plaintiff class; relief pending).

Mr. Rose represents two putative classes of life insurance policy holders who were charged premiums for child riders after the coverage expired. Harvey v MetLife and Ring v AXA.

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Mr. Rose represents Diamond Ventures, a firm with claims of race discrimination in the denial of its application for a license to operate a $75 million Small Business Investment Corporation (SBIC). The claims are brought under the Equal Credit Opportunities Act (ECOA).    Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied the Defendant's motion to dismiss.    Click here for an article concerning the Diamond Ventures case.

Mr. Rose represents individuals and groups with employment related claims against private and governmental employers. These range from the multi-million dollar claims of an investment banker to severance and other employment related agreements for individuals who have suffered adverse job actions motivated by discrimination or other unlawful conduct.

Mr. Rose has represented non-profit organizations in public interest cases seeking remedies for violations of anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII and the ADEA and those seeking remedies for violations of environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, CERCLA and RCRA. Mr. Rose has also brought "environmental justice" actions involving the effects of pollution on communities of color. Mr. Rose has represented the NAACP in more than 35 actions over the past 15 years, has obtained some 30 decrees ordering changes in unlawful employment practices and has worked on cases that resulted in more than $6 million in relief for environmental harm as well as decrees to clean up operations ranging from landfills to pig farms and oil refineries.

Before joining Rose & Rose, P.C., Mr. Rose was a member of the commercial litigation department of a large St. Louis firm now known as Thompson & Coburn.

Bar Admissions:

• Missouri , 1987, Illinois , 1988, District of Columbia , 1989, Maryland 1999
  
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 8th and D.C. Circuits
  

Education:

• University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill ,NC , JD 1987
  
  
• Washington University in St. Louis , BA, cum laude 1984
  

Personal:

• Mr. Rose was born in Washington ,D.C. on April 2, 1962 . He lives with his wife and five children in Silver Spring ,Maryland