December 12, 2011 - U.S. Court of Appeals For the Third Circuit affirms victory for NAACP in class action case challenging municipal residency requirement. To read the opinion, click here.

August 8, 2011 – Employees of D.C. counseling center awarded unpaid wages and liquidated damages under FLSA and D.C. Wage Payment and Collection Law

April 4, 2011 – EEOC Administrative Judge finds class-wide discrimination by Social Security Administration against African-American women for promotions into Grade 12. For more information, visit http://www.ssaclassaction.com/

Joshua N. Rose Joshua N. Rose  

Partner
Rose Legal Advocates, P.C.

Phone: (202) 331-8555


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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 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 Legal Advocates, 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.