Lawyers

Alan D. Rose
Managing Partner

Alan Rose founded the firm (then Rose & Associates) in 1995. He represents clients in a wide variety of civil litigation matters and defends individuals and companies in governmental and regulatory investigations and prosecutions. Alan is currently recognized (2010) as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts by Boston Magazine and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in Commercial Litigation (since 1995), Education Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, and Labor and Employment Litigation. From 2002 to 2006, he served, by appointment of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, on the Board of Bar Overseers, including serving as its Chairman from 2005 - 2006. In June 2011, the First Circuit Court of Appeals appointed him Chair of the First Circuit Rules Advisory Committee.

Alan has tried over 50 cases to verdict in state and federal courts in Massachusetts and argued more than 30 appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. He has handled leading cases in many substantive areas of the law. He has also represented major political figures and leading business people in the defense of governmental investigations into fraud, securities fraud, and corruption, and has represented corporations, non-profits, and witnesses in internal corporate and federal grand jury investigations. He also negotiates separation and severance agreements for high level corporate and financial executives.

Alan represents and advises colleges and universities in a wide variety of matters, including faculty and student matters, tenure denials and revocations, and general commercial litigation.He has handled matters for many Boston-area universities and other institutions in New England, and has represented numerous university presidents, trustees, deans, provosts, tenure committees and department chairs.

On April 9, 2013, at the conclusion of a three week trial, a federal jury returned verdicts for Rose’s clients in a False Claims Act case alleging research misconduct.

Experience

Rose, Chinitz & Rose (formerly Rose & Associates)(1995-present)
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Associate (1980-85), Partner (1985-95) and Litigation Department Head (1991-94)
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, Fraud and Corruption Unit (1975-80)
Law Clerk, Hon. W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1972-73)
Harvard Law School, Lecturer on Federal Litigation (1980-82)
Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments (1990-92), Vice Chair (1991-92)
Special Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1993)
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Washington (1992)

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers in America (since 1995)

Commercial Litigation
Bet-the-Company Litigation
White Collar Criminal Defense
Education Law
Best Lawyers’ 2010 Boston Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year.

Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts

General Litigation
White Collar Criminal Defense
Employment Litigation

AV Rated (highest level of ability and ethics) by Martindale-Hubbell

Representative Engagements

Alan has represented, among many others, the following in the past few years:

CEO, CFO, and General Counsel of one of the largest publicly traded corporations in Massachusetts in a stock options backdating matter, involving a federal grand jury and SEC investigation.
26 current and former directors and officers of a publicly traded software company in shareholder derivative litigation involving stock options backdating.
Executive of a Big Dig contractor in federal and state grand jury investigations and related civil litigation.
Issuer of securities in a precedent-setting matter involving application of the SEC’s unaccredited investor rule.
Hospitals and research institutions in qui tam litigation under the Federal False Claims Act.
Law firms in legal malpractice and discrimination matters.
Scores of executives in severance negotiations with financial services companies;
Colleges and universities in commercial disputes and claims by students, faculty members, and administrators.
An FBI Supervisory Special Agent in 11 cases brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act relative to the Government’s informant program.
A United States District Judge in a matter under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
A federal court of appeals in a dispute with a judge of a lower court.
Public officials in matters before the State Ethics Commission.
Managers of a real estate developer in claims by tenants.

Court & Bar Admissions

Massachusetts
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Unites States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Claims
United States Supreme Court

Bar & Professional Associations

Boston Bar Association

Education

Harvard College, B.A., cum laude
London School of Economics, M. Sc.
Virginia Law School, J.D.; Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review