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Date: February 4, 2009 Daily Business Review By: Jordana Mishory Prominent appellate attorney Bruce Rogow will join Miami plaintiff firm Alters Law Firm as special counsel. He will be handling appellate work for the firm and provide trial support, said firm founder Jeremy Alters. Rogow will continue to work on some of his own cases and teach at Nova Southeastern University's law school. Alters said the firm wanted to add Rogow's name to the masthead but he wanted to be special counsel. "He's Bruce. He can have whatever he wants," Alters said. "It legitimizes everything we've been doing, and frankly, I'm completely honored that he would do it." Rogow is one of three new additions to the firm in Miami's Design District. Justin Grosz, a former partner at Billings Cochran, also joined the firm. The third attorney's name was not released by deadline Tuesday. The additions bumped the lawyer count at the 18-month-old firm to 12, including eight partners. Alters said he expects the firm to keep growing, but not by much. Rogow, an attorney for nearly 45 years, said he was attracted to the firm because of its young, talented and enthusiastic attorneys. "Here were these young people coming together to practice law in a way that appealed to me," he said. "Being associated with people who really have 30 or 40 more years to practice law gives me new energy." Rogow noted he has been practicing law since before most of his new colleagues were born. The last time he worked in a law firm was 1969 to 1974, when he was of counsel to Pearson & Josefsberg. Daniel Pearson later served on the 3rd District Court of Appeal, and Robert Josefsberg is a partner with Podhurst Orseck. Rogow said he likes his new title, which doesn't fit the usual law firm monikers. "Of counsel has kind of become a trite phrase and doesn't say very much," he said. "Special counsel reflected the special role I would have with them." Rogow has argued more than 400 cases in federal and state courts, including 11 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He lost a Florida Supreme Court case in October when the court ruled false light was not a legitimate cause of action. He successfully represented Morgan Stanley before the 4th District Court of Appeal, which threw out a $1.58 billion judgment in a fraud and conspiracy case. In 2006, Rogow persuaded the 3rd District Court of Appeal to allow Miami-Dade County voters to consider a strong mayor initiative. Alters Boldt focuses on commercial litigation and class action, product liability and personal injury cases. The law firm will represent two South American countries in cases against large U.S. corporations for smuggling and tax evasion, Alters said, declining to elaborate.
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