About Robert John Rosati

Robert Rosati devotes a substantial portion of his law practice to clients seeking disability insurance benefits and life insurance benefits from their insurance companies.

ERISA Law Center clients benefit from the outstanding appellate skills that Mr. Rosati has developed in his 35 year career. He has filed and argued numerous appeals before judges of federal circuits around the country. Appellate work is at the heart of most ERISA law cases, yet many disability insurance lawyers lack this experience. It requires special skills and habits of mind. An appellate attorney must advance his or her case from the law and an established paper record, without benefit of live witnesses or cross-examination. Time and time again, Mr. Rosati has proven his ability to win appeals for his life and disability insurance clients.

Mr. Rosati is also a veteran trial lawyer, working on cases involving accidents, sexual harassment, civil rights violations, and other claims against school districts, municipalities, and homeowners associations.

Mr. Rosati was born and raised in Rochester, New York, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1977. He received his law degree from The University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1983. He has practiced law in San Francisco and Central California since he was admitted to the bar in 1983.

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Owner of the ERISA Law Center

 

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November 07, 2019
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There are professionals who stand above their peers. I believe Bob Rosati to be one such professional. He handled my long term disability case. He is a very honest, highly objective, no nonsense, very knowledgeable lawyer who does his job well . I noticed that he is highly respected by both the judges as well as his opposing lawyers . If you are considering a disability lawyer I would say that you will not go wrong with Bob.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • ERISA Long Term Disability
    • Bad Faith Long Term Disability
    • Life Insurance Claims Denials
    • Health Insurance Claims

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    ERISA Law Center
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases

    Brooks v. State Personnel Board, 222 Cal. App. 3d 1068 (1990)

    Kantor v. Housing Authority, 8 Cal. App. 4th 424 (1992)

    Espinoza v. Machonga, 9 Cal. App. 4th 268 (1992)

    Cutler-Orosi Unified School District v. Tulare County School District, etc., Authority, 31 Cal. App. 4th 617 (1994)

    R
    i W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District, 14 Cal. 4th 1066 (1997)

    Woodward Park Homeowners Association v. Garreks, Inc., 77 Cal. App. 4th 880 (2000)

    Chappel v. Laboratory Corp. of America, 232 F.3d 719 (9th Cir. 2000)

    Toews v. United States, 53 Fed. Cl. 58 (2002)

    Toews v. United States, 376 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2004)

    Renewal Body Works, Inc. v. United States, 64 Fed. Cl. 609 (2005)

    Moskowite v. Everen Capital Corp. Group Disability Income Plan, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20842 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 10, 2005)

    Barclay v. United States, 443 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

    Moskowite v. Everen Capital Corp. Group Disability Income Plan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5915 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 1, 2006)

    Beckstr
    v. Elec. Arts Group Long Term Disability Ins. Plan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79361 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2006)

    Garcia v. Los Banos Unified School District, 418 F. Supp. 2d 1194 (E.D. Cal. 2007)

    Brooks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 526 F. Supp. 2d 534 (D.C. Md. 2007)

    Beckstr
    v. Electronic Arts Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79361 (E.D. Cal. 2007)

    Neerdaels v. Group Short Term Disability & Long Term Disability Plan, 261 Fed. Appx. 7 (9th Cir. 2007)

    Moskowite v. Everen Capital Corp. Group Disability Income Plan, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22286 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2008)

    Beckstr
    v. Electronic Arts Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43643 (E.D. Cal. 2008)

    Rodden v. John Hancock Financial Services, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34613 (W.D. Ok. 2008)

    Reaves v. International Paper Company Long-Term Disability Plan, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47263 (W.D. Tenn. 2008)

    Beckstr
    v. Electronic Arts Group Long Term Disability Insurance Plan, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83195 (E.D. Cal. 2008)

    Bernardo v. American Airlines, Inc., Long Term Disability Plan, 297 Fed. Appx. 342 (5th Cir. 2008)

    O'Hartz v. Cal. State Auto. Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau Group Long Term Disability Plan, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67625 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2008)

    Santos v. Quebecor World Long Term Disability Plan, 254 F.R.D. 643 (E.D. Cal. 2009)

    Santos v. Quebecor World Long Term Disability Plan, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42978 (E.D. Cal. 2009)

    Clevel
    v. Liberty Life Assur. Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18326 ( E.D. Mich. Mar. 10, 2009)

    Scherr v. Fleetboston Financial Corp. Group Long Term Disability Plan, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 10365 (9th Cir. 2009)

    Holcomb v. Unum Life Insurance Company, 578 F.3d 1187 (10th Cir. 2009)

    Garcia v. Clovis Unified School District, 627 F. Supp. 2d 1187 (E.D. Cal. 2009)

    Fortune v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Emples. of Keyspan Corp., 391 Fed. Appx. 74 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2010)

    Rodden v. John Hancock Fin. Servs., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12109 (W.D. Okla. Feb. 11, 2010)

    Murphy v. Deloitte Touche, 619 F.3d 1151 (10th Cir. 2010)

    Maher v. Massachusetts General Hospital Long Term Disability Plan, 665 F.3d 289 (1st Cir. 2011)

    Ianniello v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152676 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 16, 2011)

    Townsend v. Thomson Reuters Group Disability Income Ins. Plan, 807 F. Supp. 2d 924 (C.D. Cal. 2011)

    Sumner Hills Homeowners’ Association, et al. V. Rio Mesa Holdings, LLC, et al. 205 Cal. App. 4th 999 (2012)

    Townsend v. Thomson Reuters Group Disability Income Ins. Plan, 867 F. Supp. 2d 1085 (C.D. Cal. 2012)

    Ianniello v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12099 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 26, 2012)

    Ianniello v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 508 Fed. Appx. 17 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2013)

    Smith v. Hartford Life Insurance
    Accident, 2013 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 1868 (N. D. Cal., January 30, 2013)

    Barnett v. S. Cal. Edison Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71345 (E.D. Cal. May 20, 2013)

    Barnett v. S. Cal. Edison Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121279 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 26, 2013)

    Boxell v. Plan for Group Ins. of Verizon Communs., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131621 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 16, 2013)

    Wong v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167722 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2013)

    Barnett v. Southern Cal. Edison Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169820 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 2, 2013)

    Boxell v. Plan for Group Ins. of Verizon Communs., Inc., 51 F. Supp. 3d 759 (N.D. Ind. 2014)

    Mossler v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89046 (C.D. Cal. June 30, 2014)

    Wong v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 51 F. Supp. 3d 951 (S.D. Cal. 2014)

    Gordon v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP Group Long Term Disability Plan, 749 F.3d 746 (9th Cir. Cal. 2014)

    Boxell v. Plan for Group Insurance Verizon, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94332 (N.D. Ind. July 21, 2015)

    Frank v. Liberty Life Assur. Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163014 (D. Md. Dec. 3, 2015)

    Barnett v. S. Cal. Edison Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 21179 (9th Cir. Cal. Dec. 7, 2015)

    De Leon v. St
    ard Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11639 (C.D. Cal. January 28, 2016)

    Green v. Sun Life Assur. Co., 2016 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 28419 (N. D. Ill. March 7, 2016)

    Dunda v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2016 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 85549 (W.D. N.Y. June 30, 2016)

    De Leon v. Std. Ins. Co., 2016 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 60044 (C.D. Cal May 5, 2016)

    Barnett v. S. Cal Edison Co. Long Term Disability Plan, 2016 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 86828 (E.D. Cal. July 5, 2016)

    Frank v. Liberty Life Assur. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84065 (D. Md. March 1, 2017)

    Khan v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67718 (W.D. N.Y. May 2, 2017)

    Blair v. Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Disability Plan, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8198 (10th Cir. May 9, 2017)

    Yalley v. Liberty Life Assur. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117217 (N.D. Cal. July 19, 2017)

    Turner v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 199004 (W.D. Wash. December 4, 2017)

    Turner v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92157 (W.D. Wash. June 1, 2018)

    Reichard v. United of Omaha, 331 F. Supp. 3d 435 (E.D. Penn 2018)

    Lyttle v. United of Omaha, 341 F. Supp. 3d 1071 (N.D. Cal. 2018)

    Lopez v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176177 (C.D. Cal. October 12, 2018)

    Khan v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59204 (W.D. N.Y. April 5, 2019)

    Khan v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 386 F. Supp. 3d 251 (W.D. N.Y. 2019)

    Reichard v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Co., 805 Fed. Appx. 111 (3rd Cir. 2020)

    Dallenbach v. St
    ard Insurance Company, 2020 WL 1430036 (D. Nv March 24, 2020)

    Tornincasa v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, 2020 WL 2556905 (E.D. Cal. May 20, 2020)

    Winburn v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company, 2020 WL 3642493 (E.D. Cal. July 6, 2020)

    Baseem Syed v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 2022 WL 2759070 (S.D. Cal. July 14, 2022

    Robert Perez v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 2022 WL 6173217 (N.D. Cal. October 7, 2022)

    Liu v. Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan for the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., et al., 2024 WL 3090483, Case No. 23-cv-03109-AMO, (N.D. Cal. June 20, 2024)

    Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Haili Kowalski, et al. (Marilyne Valois), 2024 WL 4678055 (9th Cir. November 5, 2024)

    Berg v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, 2025 WL 252481 (E.D. WA January 21, 2025)

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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1983, California
    1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    1986, U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
    1986, U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
    2000, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
    2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
    2003, U.S. District Court Central District of California
    2006, U.S. District Court Southern District of California
    2006, U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
    2007, U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
    2007, U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
    2008, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
    2008, U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
    2009, U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
    2010, U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
    2010, U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
    2012, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
    2013, U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
    2013, U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
    2015, U.S. District Court Western District of New York
    2024, U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
    1983, California
    Memberships
    Fresno County Bar Association
    State Bar of California (Member, Labor Law and Litigation Sections).
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Hastings College of Law, University of California
    Class of 1983
    J.D.
    Other Education
    State University of New York at Albany
    Class of 1977
    B.A.
    magna cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1954
    Rochester, New York, September 30, 1954
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  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Robert John Rosati is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, United States District Court for the Western District of New York and United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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    Yes, Robert John Rosati has a 4.3 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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    Yes, Robert John Rosati has a 5.0 Client Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    ERISA Law Center has 2 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Robert John Rosati attended Hastings College of Law, University of California.