People
Michael J. Rosen
Partner
- Chicago
Biography
Michael Rosen has more than 35 years of experience representing domestic and international insurance companies on complex liability claims and coverage disputes under primary and excess policies. Mike also litigates insurance coverage and bad faith matters and counsels clients in developing and drafting insurance products. Much of Mike’s insurance coverage practice focuses on private and governmental actions involving healthcare and managed care, directors and officers, professional and employment practices liability policies. He represents insurers in many of their most complex coverage issues arising from claims pending in state and federal courts across the country, including adversary proceedings asserted against bankrupt debtors and Qui Tam actions brought under the False Claims Act. Mike also advises clients on risk management for private and public companies and non-profit organizations. Mike has extensive experience in claim evaluation and management, and in mediating complex coverage disputes.
Mike has spoken and written on antitrust, healthcare, directors and officers, and employment practices liability for clients, and organizations such as the American Health Lawyers Association, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, and the International Risk Management Institute.
Chambers USA client feedback describes Mike as “knowledgeable, strategic and focuses on what’s important,” and notes that he can “digest a large amount of information in a short period of time and provide a detailed opinion based on the information provided as well as insight into missing information needed to complete a comprehensive analysis of the situation.”
Mike is an active member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Steering Committee.
Mike has spoken and written on antitrust, healthcare, directors and officers, and employment practices liability for clients, and organizations such as the American Health Lawyers Association, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, and the International Risk Management Institute.
Chambers USA client feedback describes Mike as “knowledgeable, strategic and focuses on what’s important,” and notes that he can “digest a large amount of information in a short period of time and provide a detailed opinion based on the information provided as well as insight into missing information needed to complete a comprehensive analysis of the situation.”
Mike is an active member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Steering Committee.
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Insurance Law, 2025
- Illinois Super Lawyers, 2023 - present
Professional Associations
- Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS). Mike wrote the initial course material on healthcare antitrust for candidates seeking the RPLU designation
Experience
Experience
- Represents Errors & Omissions carrier in connection with largest healthcare antitrust case in nation’s history.
- Counseled healthcare liability insurer in connection with claims arising out of the nation’s opioid epidemic.
- Obtained reversal from the Delaware Supreme Court of bad faith judgment against carrier client.
- Successfully represented carrier against claim that it breached the duty to defend by rejecting insured’s demand for independent counsel in complex employment discrimination cases.
- Obtained judgment for carrier that breaches of contractual obligations do not constitute negligent acts within the policy.
- Represented carriers in litigation over reasonable defense fees and expenses in complex multi-party claims.
News
Skarzynski Marick Lawyers Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2025
08/15/2024Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP is proud to announce that Michael Marick, John Black, Karen M. Dixon, James Kallianis, Michael Rosen, and Timothy Wright have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Insurance Law.
Skarzynski Marick Lawyers Recognized as Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars 2024
01/24/2024Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP is excited to announce that Super Lawyers has named five attorneys to its 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars lists. Four attorneys were recognized as 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and one attorney was recognized as a 2024 Illinois Rising Star.
Skarzynski Marick Lawyers Recognized as Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2023
01/13/2023Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP is excited to announce that Super Lawyers has named seven attorneys to its 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.