Robert John Rosati

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Robert John Rosati: Attorney with ERISA Law Center
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Biography

Robert Rosati focuses much of his practice on helping people secure disability insurance and life insurance benefits from their insurance companies. Over a 35-year career, he’s built the kind of appellate experience that often makes the difference in ERISA cases. He has filed and argued many appeals in federal circuit courts across the country, and he understands what it takes to win when the case is decided on the law and a written record—not on live testimony or cross-examination. Again and again, he has delivered strong results for clients fighting wrongful benefit denials. In addition to his ERISA and insurance work, Mr. Rosati is a seasoned trial lawyer who has handled cases involving accidents, sexual harassment, civil rights violations, and other claims against school districts, municipalities, and homeowners associations. Raised in Rochester, New York, he graduated magna cum laude from SUNY Albany in 1977 and earned his law degree from UC Hastings in 1983. He has practiced in San Francisco and Central California since 1983 and is the owner of the ERISA Law Center.
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Areas of Practice (4)

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

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977
Law School Attended:
Hastings College of Law, University of California, J.D., 1983
Year of First Admission:
1983
Admission:
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).
Birth Information:
Rochester, New York, September 30, 1954
Reported 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)

Randi 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)

Beckstrand 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)

Beckstrand 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)

Beckstrand 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)

Beckstrand 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)

Cleveland 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 and 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. Standard 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. Standard 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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