Rose Suriano, Member

Co-Chair, Litigation

An experienced business litigation attorney representing both national and international companies in many industries including financial services, technology, healthcare, and construction to name a few. Rose Suriano brings to her clients over 30 years of trial and appellate court experience in both state and federal courts across the country. Throughout her career, Rose has worked for several of the state’s most prominent law firms. She has successfully handled complex contract and business matters, including vendor disputes, claims between members of limited liability companies, partnership/shareholder disputes, theft and misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information, restrictive covenant litigation, domain name disputes, theft of computer data, and a wide variety of other contract and business disputes.

Rose also handles construction and real estate claims, including claims between general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors. She has litigated delay claims, defect claims, and non-payment claims in the construction industry.

Rose has built a reputation on taking the difficult cases others have feared or have been unable to manage and has successfully turned them around in favor of the client. Many of her cases come from former adversaries who admire her tenacity and relentless desire to deliver a win to the client. She took a ten-year-old case that resulted in a multi-million-dollar judgment against the client and not only had the judgment reversed, she obtained a seven-figure award of legal fees to the client. When the prior attorneys ran out of options and gave up, Rose stepped in and won the case.

As a commercial litigator, Rose considers herself a strategist for her clients. She counsels clients about when it is in their best interest to avoid litigation – when to settle a claim and how – and when litigation is necessary. She partners with her clients to develop winning strategies that help facilitate their long-term business goals and interests.

A true leader in 2019, Rose was elected as the Co-Chair of the Litigation Department. She is a member of several organizations and the recipient of many honors and awards. In 2021 and 2011, Rose was named to NJBIZ’ “Best 50 Women in Business” list for her significant impact on business in New Jersey. In 2019, she was named one of five “Women of Achievement” by the New Jersey chapter of Professional Women in Construction. In 2018, she was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of 20 “Top Women in the Law.” She was also selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© from 2019 – 2021. Additionally, she was named a “Top 25 Leading Woman Entrepreneur in NJ” in 2017 and has been named to the NJ Super Lawyers list from 2015 – 2021. She is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2017, Rose was elected to serve as a director of the NJSBA Business Law Section for a three-year term. She has lectured on many business law topics and has served on panels for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. A Seton Hall Law School graduate, Rose has also held prestigious clerkships and internships.