Roselind F. Hallinan, Partner
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group
Roselind F. Hallinan represents clients, financial institutions, insurance companies, and individuals in a broad range of complex civil litigation. Rose has experience in state and federal courts and handles all aspects of litigation, including analysis of claims and defenses, fact discovery, depositions, motion practice, expert discovery, trial preparation, and settlement.
Rose is the founder and chair of Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch’s Women’s Committee. The committee focuses on community development, networking, and professional advancement.
EDUCATION
- St. John's University School of Law
- J.D. - 2014
- Law Review, St. John’s Law Review and Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, Associate Managing Editor, 2012, 2014
- State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York
- B.S. - 2014
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: Business Economics
ILLUSTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rose’s experience includes:
- Representation of public entity issuers in an antitrust class action pending in the Southern District of New York against financial institutions brought to recover losses due to artificially inflated interest rates on securities.
- Representation of various institutional investors and a governmental agency asserting claims for federal and state securities law, breach of contract, and tort claims in actions to recover losses on investments in residential mortgage‐backed securities.
- Representation of bankruptcy trustee pursuing claims against underwriters for fraud, aiding and abetting, conspiracy to defraud and negligent misrepresentation, and against an accounting firm for intentional and negligent misrepresentation.
- In cooperation with the New York City Bar Association, pro bono representation of defendant‐homeowners in an improper foreclosure action, resulting in a favorable settlement before summary judgment was decided. U.S. Bank National Association v. Medardo Flores et al., Index No. 0010952/13 (N.Y. Supreme Court, Queens County).
- Representation of a shareholder in a derivative action on behalf of a company asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting.
- Representation of individuals in an action arising from the sale of a management consulting firm, including defending the individuals against claims for fraud and breach of employment contracts and pursuing counterclaims for fraud.
- Representation of Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd., as financial guarantor of hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds, against an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase for investing and then maintaining the underlying portfolios in subprime and Alt‐A mortgage‐backed securities. Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd. v. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., Index No. 603755/08 (N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County). In March 2017, after two weeks of trial, the case was settled on confidential terms.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Fixed Income & Structured Products
- Antitrust & Competition
- Employment Litigation & Counseling
- Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- New York State Bar Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
- New York City Bar Association
Thought Leadership
BAR ADMISSIONS
- New York, 2015
- New Jersey, 2014
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Named as a New York Metro “Rising Star” in New York Super Lawyers for 2021 – 2025.
