Michael Rozen

Mr. Rozen is a partner at Feinberg Rozen, LLP with a focus on the negotiation, mediation and settlement of complex multi-party disputes. Mr. Rozen has successfully negotiated thousands of disputes in such areas as product liability, toxic tort, environmental insurance coverage, shareholder class action, employment discrimination and intellectual property. Mr. Rozen has been appointed by federal and state courts as Special Settlement Master in a variety of matters, has assisted corporations in structuring and negotiating prepackaged asbestos bankruptcies, was a Deputy Special Master of the Federal September 11, 2001 Victim Compensation Fund and resolved all claims arising out of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion and Penn State/Sandusky scandal. Mr. Rozen has appeared as a panelist on numerous ABA, PLI and private clinical programs, and has lectured extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad on topics including ADR, mass torts, complex litigation, and ethics. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Human Rights First. Mr. Rozen received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from Tufts University. Mr. Rozen was appointed to the Commission by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. At the time of his wedding, Mr. Rozen was described thusly by The New York Times : "The bridegroom, 32, is an associate at Kenneth R. Feinberg & Associates, a law firm in New York. As a court-appointed special master in New York City, he helps to negotiate settlements in asbestos cases. He graduated from Tufts University and received his law degree from Georgetown University. His mother is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association's ethics and fee arbitration committees. His father is a dermatologist in New York and is an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Columbia University."