Robert N. Rosen

Robert N. Rosen is a premiere trial attorney and his practice focuses primarily on family law. He is listed in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

From 1976 to 1985, Mr. Rosen served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Charleston. He was General Counsel for the Charleston County School District from 1982 to 2003 and the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston from 1984 to 2003. Mr. Rosen has lectured and written extensively for legal education programs, magazines, and SOUTH CAROLINA JURISPRUDENCE. Mr. Rosen is also certified as an arbitrator in family law cases by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

When not involved in his extensive administrative and family law practice, Mr. Rosen likely will be found studying and writing history. Mr. Rosen has authored five books: A SHORT HISTORY OF CHARLESTON (Lexikos, 1982), CONFEDERATE CHARLESTON (University of South Carolina Press, 1994), THE JEWISH CONFEDERATES (University of South Carolina Press, 2000); CHARLESTON, A CROSSROAD TO HISTORY (University of South Carolina Press), SAVING THE JEWS; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE HOLOCAUST (Thunders Mouth Press 2006), and STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA DIVORCE LAW (The History Press 2007) . Mr. Rosen also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Historic Charleston Foundation and is Chairman of the Arts and History Commission of the City of Charleston.

Mr. Rosen is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. He served on the South Carolina Bar's Family Law Council in 1985 and served on the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association publication, The Family Advocate, from 1988 until 1993. He serves on the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, Family Law Specialization Advisory Board.

Mr. Rosen was born in Charleston on December 19, 1947. He attended public school in Charleston, graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia in 1969, where he was a member of the Raven Society; earned his Master of Arts in history from Harvard University in 1970; graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1973; and served on the Editorial Board of the University of South Carolina Law Review in 1973.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Mediation and Arbitration

Certified Legal Specialties

• Arbitrator, Family Law, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1973
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1973

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
  • J.D. - 1973
  • Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, Editorial Board, 1973
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Master of Arts - 1970
  • Honors: With Distinction
  • Major: History
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • B.A. - 1969
  • Honors: With Distinction
  • Honors: Member, Raven Society

Published Works

• Straight Talk About South Carolina Divorce Law, The History Press, 2007
• Confederate Charleston, An Illustrated History of the City & the People During the Civil War, U.S.C. Press, 1994
• A Short History of Charleston, Lexikos, 1982
• Confederate Charleston, University of South Carolina Press, 1994
• The Jewish Confederates, University of South Carolina Press, 2000
• Saving the Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust, Thunders Mouth Press, 2006
• Jewish Confederates, Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History, 2006

Representative Cases

• U.S. v. Charleston County School District, 960 F.2d 1227 (1992)
• Barr v. Barr, 336 S.E.2d 481 (S.C.App. 1985)
• O'Neill v. O'Neill, 359 S.E.2d 68 (S.C.App. 1987)
• Richmond v. Tecklenberg, 396 S.E.2d 111 (S.C.App. 1990)
• Wooten v. Wooten, S.C. LEXIS 135 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2005)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 364 S.C. 532, 615 S.E.2d 98 (S.C. 2005)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 358 S.C. 54, 594 S.E.2d 854 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2003)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 2003 S.C. App. LEXIS 227 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2003)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 2005 S.C. LEXIS 135 (S.C. 2005)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 364 S.C. 532, 615 S.E.2d 98 (S.C. 2005)
• Wooten v. Wooten, S.C. LEXIS 159 (S.C. 2005)
• Bakala v. Bakala, 352 S.C. 612, 576 S.E.2d 156 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2003)
• Bakala v. Bakala, S.C. LEXIS 21 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2003)
• Skipper v. Skipper, 278 S.C. 104, 292 S.E.2d 596 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1982)
• Skipper v. Skipper, 1982 S.C. LEXIS 361 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1982)
• State v. Bendoly, 273 S.C. 47, 254 S.E.2d 287 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1979)
• State v. Bendoly, 1979 S.C. LEXIS 356 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1979)
• Charleston v. Roberson, 275 S.C. 285, 269 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1980)
• Charleston v. Roberson, S.C. LEXIS 446 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1980)
• Roberts v. Peterson, 292 S.C. 149, 355 S.E.2d 280 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1987)
• Nat'l Adver. Co. v. Mount Pleasant Bd. of Adjustment, 312 S.C. 397, 440 S.E.2d 875 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1994)
• Nat'l Adver. Co. v. Mount Pleasant Bd. of Adjustment, 1994 S.C. LEXIS 27 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1994)
• Bowen v. Bowen, 327 S.C. 561, 490 S.E.2d 271 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1997)
• Bowen v. Bowen, S.C. App. LEXIS 103 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1997)
• Richmond v. Tecklenberg, 302 S.C. 331, 396 S.E.2d 111 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1990)
• Richmond v. Tecklenberg, S.C. App. LEXIS 116 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1990)
• Leatherwood v. Leatherwood, 293 S.C. 148, 359 S.E.2d 89 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1987)
• Leatherwood v. Leatherwood, 1987 S.C. App. LEXIS 356 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1987)
• Christy v. Christy, 354 S.C. 203, 580 S.E.2d 444 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2003)
• Christy v. Christy, 2003 S.C. LEXIS 85 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2003)
• Arnal v. Arnal, 371 S.C. 10, 636 S.E.2d 864 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2006)
• Arnal v. Arnal, 2006 S.C. LEXIS 343 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2006)
• Cockrell v. Trustees of Dist. 20 Constituent School Dist., 299 S.C. 155, 382 S.E.2d 923 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1989)
• Cockrell v. Trustees of Dist. 20 Constituent School Dist., 1989 S.C. LEXIS 151 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1989)
• Gavin v. North Carolina Mut. Ins. Co., 265 S.C. 206, 217 S.E.2d 591 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1975)
• Gavin v. North Carolina Mut. Ins. Co., 1975 S.C. LEXIS 257 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1975)
• McSwain v. Holmes, 269 S.C. 293, 237 S.E.2d 363 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1977)
• McSwain v. Holmes, 1977 S.C. LEXIS 299 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1977)
• Knight v. State Bd. of Canvassers, 297 S.C. 55; 374 S.E.2d 685 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1988)
• Knight v. State Bd. of Canvassers, 1988 S.C. LEXIS 131 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1988)
• Perry v. Perry, 315 S.C. 373; 433 S.E.2d 911 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1993)
• Perry v. Perry, 1993 S.C. App. LEXIS 125 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1993)
• Jackson v. Jackson, 279 S.C. 618, 310 S.E.2d 827 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1983)
• Jackson v. Jackson, 1983 S.C. App. LEXIS 109 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1983)
• Smith v. Harris-Teeter Supermarkets, Inc., 285 S.C. 445, 330 S.E.2d 316 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Smith v. Harris-Teeter Supermarkets, Inc., 1985 S.C. App. LEXIS 364 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Millis v. Millis, 282 S.C. 610, 320 S.E.2d 66 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1984)
• Millis v. Millis, 1984 S.C. App. LEXIS 540 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1984)
• Michel v. Michel, 289 S.C. 187; 345 S.E.2d 730 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1986)
• Michel v. Michel, 1986 S.C. App. LEXIS 494 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1986)
• Felder v. Charleston County Sch. Dist., 327 S.C. 21, 489 S.E.2d 191 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1997)
• Felder v. Charleston County Sch. Dist., 1997 S.C. LEXIS 127, 13 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 41 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1997)
• Kiawah Resort Assocs. v. South Carolina Tax Comm'n, 318 S.C. 502, 458 S.E.2d 542 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1995)
• Kiawah Resort Assocs. v. South Carolina Tax Comm'n, 1995 S.C. LEXIS 91 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1995)
• Mansour v. Mansour, 296 S.C. 215, 371 S.E.2d 537 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1988)
• Mansour v. Mansour, 1988 S.C. LEXIS 93 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1988)
• Gamble, Givens & Moody v. Moise, 288 S.C. 210, 341 S.E.2d 147 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Gamble, Givens & Moody v. Moise, 1986 S.C. App. LEXIS 294 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Jackson v. Charleston County Sch. Dist., 316 S.C. 177; 447 S.E.2d 859 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1994)
• Jackson v. Charleston County Sch. Dist., 1994 S.C. LEXIS 165 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1994)
• Arnold v. Arnold, 285 S.C. 296, 328 S.E.2d 924 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Arnold v. Arnold, 1985 S.C. App. LEXIS 341 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Charleston County Sch. Dist. v. Charleston County Election Comm'n, 336 S.C. 174, 519 S.E.2d 567 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1999)
• Charleston County Sch. Dist. v. Charleston County Election Comm'n, 1999 S.C. LEXIS 147 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1999)
• O'Neill v. O'Neill, 293 S.C. 112, 359 S.E.2d 68 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1987)
• O'Neill v. O'Neill, 1987 S.C. App. LEXIS 352 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1987)
• Christy v. Christy, 347 S.C. 503, 556 S.E.2d 701 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Christy v. Christy, 2001 S.C. App. LEXIS 140 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Christy v. Christy, 354 S.C. 203, 580 S.E.2d 444 (S.C. 2003)
• Christy v. Christy, 2003 S.C. LEXIS 85 (S.C. 2003)
• Christy v. Christy, 317 S.C. 145, 452 S.E.2d 1 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1994)
• Christy v. Christy, 1994 S.C. App. LEXIS 159 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1994)
• Eubank v. Eubank, 347 S.C. 367, 555 S.E.2d 413 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Eubank v. Eubank, 2001 S.C. App. LEXIS 145 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Fowler v. Beasley, 322 S.C. 463, 472 S.E.2d 630 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1996)
• Fowler v. Beasley, 1996 S.C. LEXIS 115 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1996)
• Charleston County Parents for Pub. Schs., Inc. v. Moseley, 343 S.C. 509, 541 S.E.2d 533 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2001)
• Charleston County Parents for Pub. Schs., Inc. v. Moseley, 2001 S.C. LEXIS 7 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2001)
• Hollar v. Hollar, 342 S.C. 463, 536 S.E.2d 883 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2000)
• Hollar v. Hollar, 2000 S.C. App. LEXIS 141 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2000)
• Charleston County Sch. Dist. v. State Budget & Control Bd., 313 S.C. 1, 437 S.E.2d 6 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1993)
• Charleston County Sch. Dist. v. State Budget & Control Bd., 1993 S.C. LEXIS 155 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 1993)
• Barr v. Barr, 287 S.C. 13, 336 S.E.2d 481 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Barr v. Barr, 1985 S.C. App. LEXIS 460 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1985)
• Arnal v. Fraser, 371 S.C. 512, 641 S.E.2d 419 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2007)
• Arnal v. Fraser, 2007 S.C. LEXIS 16 (Supreme Court of South Carolina 2007)
• Arnal v. Fraser, 2007 S.C. LEXIS 113 (S.C. 2007)
• Hibernian Soc. v. Thomas, 282 S.C. 465, 319 S.E.2d 339 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1984)
• Hibernian Soc. v. Thomas, 1984 S.C. App. LEXIS 513 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1984)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 354 S.C. 242, 580 S.E.2d 765 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2003)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 2003 S.C. App. LEXIS 29 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2003)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 358 S.C. 54, 594 S.E.2d 854 (S.C. Ct. App. 2003)
• Wooten v. Wooten, 2003 S.C. App. LEXIS 227 (S.C. Ct. App. 2003)
• Mallett v. Mallett, 323 S.C. 141, 473 S.E.2d 804 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1996)
• Mallett v. Mallett, 1996 S.C. App. LEXIS 83 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 1996)
• Widman v. Widman, 348 S.C. 97, 557 S.E.2d 693 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Widman v. Widman, S.C. App. LEXIS 161 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina 2001)
• Arnal v. Arnal, 2005 S.C. App. LEXIS 299 (S.C. Ct. App. 2005)
• Arnal v. Arnal, 2006 S.C. LEXIS 114 (S.C. 2006)
• Arnal v. Arnal, S.C. LEXIS 343 (S.C. 2006)

Classes/Seminars

• Lecture, Written Extensively for Legal Education Programs, South Carolina Jurisprudence
• Numerous Family Law Seminars, South Carolina Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers in America
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
• South Carolina Bar, Member, Family Law Council, 1985
• American Bar Association, Member
• Charleston County Bar Association, Member
• South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Editorial Board, "Family Advocate", 1988 - 1993
• Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, Family Law Specialization Advisory Board
• International Arts & Artists, Trustee
• South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society, President
• Historic Charleston Foundation , Board of Trustees
• Arts and History Commission of the City of Charleston, Chairman

Past Employment Positions

• City of Charleston, Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1976 - 1985
• Charleston County School District, General Counsel, 1982 - 2003
• City of Charleston, General Counsel, Housing Authority, 1984 - 2003