Gerald E. Rosen, Retired Chief Judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, joins JAMS following 26 years of distinguished service on the federal bench. While on the bench, Mr. Rosen had a wide experience in facilitating settlements between parties in a great many cases, including highly complex Multi-District Litigation (MDL) matters and class actions. Most recently, he served as the Chief Judicial Mediator for the Detroit Bankruptcy case—the largest, most complex municipal bankruptcy in our nation’s history—which resulted in an agreed upon, consensual plan of adjustment in just 17 months.
Prior to taking the bench, Mr. Rosen was a Senior Partner at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone where he was a trial lawyer specializing in commercial, employment and constitutional litigation.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
Mr. Rosen has extensive experience in the resolution of complex disputes in the following areas:
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy (Municipal)
- Business/Commercial
- Class Action/Mass Tort
- Employment/FMLA
- Civil Rights/§1983
- Intellectual Property
- Real Property
- Securities
- Special Master/Discovery Referee
Representative Matters
- Antitrust
- Cason-Merenda v. Detroit Medical Center, No. 06-15601 (Nurse wage case)
- In re Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., Antitrust Litigation, No. 96-74711 (Hidden-city ticketing case)
- Arbitration
- Quixtar Inc. v. Brady, No. 08-14346, and Amway Global v. Woodward, No. 09-12946 (Addressing arbitrability of disputes and confirmation of arbitrator's award)
- Bankruptcy
- In re: City of Detroit (Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy)
- United States v. City of Detroit (Detroit water and sewer case) (Mediated settlements)
- Class Action/Mass Tort
- Tankersley v. Ameritech Publishing, Inc. (FLSA collective action and Rule 23 class action)
- Marquis v. Tecumseh Products Co., No. 99-75971 (Class action alleging sexual harassment at manufacturing plant)
- In re Rio Hair Naturalizer Products, MDL 1055 (Multi-district product liability action)
- Employment/FMLA
- Redd v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, No. 08-11457 (ERISA)
- Civil Rights/§1983
- Cheolas v. City of Harper Woods, No. 06-11885 (Police raid of party with underage drinking)
- Flagg v. City of Detroit, No. 05-74253 (Tamara Greene case)
- Intellectual Property
- I.E.E. International Electronics & Engineering, S.A. v. TK Holdings Inc., No. 10-13487 (Vehicle occupant sensors patent)
- Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. v. Johnson Controls, Inc., No. 04-73461 (Remote-control garage door opener patent)
- Real Property
- United States v. Certain Land Situated in the City of Detroit (Detroit International Bridge land condemnation case)
- Securities
- In re General Motors Corp. Securities and Derivative Litigation, MDL No. 06-1749
- In re Collins & Aikman Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 03-71173
- In re: Delphi Corporation Securities, Derivative & “ERISA” Litigation, MDL 1725 (Multi-district securities fraud/ERISA action)
