Lee A. Rosengard | Partner

Co-Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution
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215.564.8032 lrosengard@stradley.com Download V-Card		Office(s): Philadelphia, PA

As co-chair of the firm's Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, the former chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and the firm's general counsel, Lee Rosengard has been a commercial litigator for more than 33 years. He advises colleagues and clients on complex legal problems in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He also serves as a neutral and is a member of the CPR Institute Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and a member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel and Large Complex Case Panel.

Mr. Rosengard’s litigation practice focuses primarily on complex commercial matters, including securities, construction, unfair competition and insurance coverage cases. He also handles matters involving distributor contracts, business torts, employment and non-competition covenants. In his securities and financial services practice, he represents broker-dealers, underwriters, mutual funds and investment advisers in claims alleging fraud, breach of contract and violations of the federal securities laws. In particular, he has represented court-appointed receivers in cases alleging negligence, fraud, violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and RICO claims (see Harmelin v. Gilmartin, et al., Civil Action No. 06-CV-1944 (E.D. Pa.) and generally www.paamllc.com). In his construction law practice, he represents sureties/insurers, as well as general contractors, architects, engineers, designers, owners, developers and public agencies on matters involving public and private commercial, industrial and institutional projects. His insurance coverage practice includes claims arising from environmental contamination and disputes over enforceability of a variety of policy provisions.

A firm believer in the value of alternative dispute resolution, Mr. Rosengard mediates, negotiates and arbitrates cases in order to resolve controversies without litigation. Mr. Rosengard is a court-annexed mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rosengard also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Commerce Program. He is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, which he chaired in 2006, and is a member of CPR Institute’s Law Firm Mainstreaming Committee.

He is a Lecturer in Law of the Faculty of Villanova University School of Law, and a frequent guest lecturer on ADR at area law schools.

Mr. Rosengard was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® consecutively since 2004 by a vote of his peers.

SELECTED ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PUBLICATIONS

• “Learning from Law Firms: Using Co-Mediation to Train New Mediators,” Dispute Resolution Journal

• “Private Practice Offers a Mentoring Opportunity to Develop Attorney-Neutrals via Co-Mediation,” Alternatives

• “Appreciating Client Constituencies in Fashioning an ADR Solution,” Dispute Resolution Journal

• “Optimizing Client Effectiveness in Mediation,” ADR Report

• “Narrowing the Issues May Impede Dispute Resolution, Not Foster It,” The Legal Intelligencer

• Co-author, “Program Mechanics and Operating Guidelines, Pilot Program on Mediation of Compulsory Arbitration Cases,” Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

SELECTED ADR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Award Writing, American Arbitration Association

• Guest lecturer at area law schools on Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Chester County Commercial Dispute Solutions Program

• Program Coordinator, “All in the Family: A Symposium on Family, Family-Business and Intergenerational Disputes,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section

• Judge Pro Tempore Mediation Training, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Commerce Program

• Mediation in the Millennium, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

• ADR for Business Solutions, American Arbitration Association

• Annual ADR Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Mr. Rosengard is an active member of the community. He serves as General Counsel for the Please Touch Museum®, the Children’s Museum of Philadelphia. He is also a former trustee of Congregation Rodeph Shalom and serves as a faculty member of its Religious School.