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Joel D. Rosen

Joel Rosen

High Swartz Managing Partner Joel Rosen’s areas of practice include franchise law, business, corporate and commercial law, employment law, trademark/copyright law and commercial leasing. Mr. Rosen has counseled numerous businesses with regard to general corporate and commercial transactions, including formation, mergers & acquisitions, licensing, sales, and financing projects. Mr. Rosen’s corporate client base spans a broad spectrum of industries, including biotechnology, franchise, weight-loss, food and restaurant, consumer products, media and entertainment, software and technology, and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Rosen presently serves on the Board of Directors of several nonprofit organizations, including The Hepatitis B Foundation, The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and the Montgomery Bar Foundation.

Prior to joining High Swartz in 2007, Mr. Rosen owned the Law Offices of Joel Rosen and served as Vice President/General Counsel of NutriSystem, Inc., and Senior Corporate Counsel of AAMCO Transmissions, Inc.

Phone: 610-275-0700
Email: jrosen@highswartz.com

  • Pennsylvania, 1982
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1982
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982

  • University of Florida School of Law, J.D., Gainesville, FL, 1982
    Honors: Appellate Advocacy
    Taught Appellate Advocacy as a 3rd year law student
  • Brandeis University, B.A., cum laude, History, Waltham, MA 1979
    Positions: Student Senator, 1975-76

  • Montgomery Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2016-Present
  • Montgomery Bar Association, Member, 1982 – Present
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, 1982 – Present
  • American Bar Association, Member, 1982 – Present
  • Bucks County Bar Association, Member, 2016-Present
  • ABA Forum on Franchising, Member, 1985 – Present

Honors:

  • Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2017 – Present

Activities

  • Hepatitis B Foundation (Doylestown, PA), Chairman of the Board of Directors (2008-Present)
    Member of the Board (2003 – Present)
    Member of Executive Committee (2005 – Present)
  • Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research
    Member of the Board of Directors (2005 – Present)
  • Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center
    Member of the Board of Directors (2007 – Present)
  • The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
    Member of the Board of Directors

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