Beth S. Rose is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross, where she is Chair of the Product Liability Practice Group and a Co-Chair of the Litigation Department. She has tried complex product liability cases to verdict in state and federal courts throughout the country. Ms. Rose is the lawyer to whom General Counsel turn when they need an aggressive but practical approach to “bet the company” product liability matters. Clients rely on her expertise to develop successful and cost-effective strategies consistent with their business goals.

Ms. Rose has over 25 years of experience successfully defending complex product liability matters for a variety of regulated products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, foods, chemicals (asbestos, silica and benzene) and construction/industrial machines. She also has experience defending product liability cases which arise from clinical trials and catastrophic workplace accidents. Her practice ranges from single plaintiff cases, to state coordinated proceedings, multi-district litigation and class actions. During her career, Ms. Rose has served as national counsel to several companies, including those in the pharmaceutical, medical device and contract research organization spaces, defending mass tort litigation. She has also served as New Jersey counsel to entities defending complex product liability claims in New Jersey’s Multi-County Litigation system.

Ms. Rose also serves as New Jersey counsel to generic pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman and related intellectual property litigation. She regularly appears in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey in such matters and is knowledgeable regarding the local patent rules established by the court.

Ms. Rose serves on the Firm’s Management Committee and leads the Sills Women’s Initiative.

Ms. Rose’s experience has earned her recognition in numerous industry publications. She has been highly ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, published by Chambers and Partners, since 2008. She was selected for inclusion in the 2015 NJBIZ “Best 50 Women in Business” list, and in Benchmark Litigation: America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys and Benchmark Litigation: Top 250 Women in Litigation, both published by Delinian Limited, since 2014. See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Practices

  • Product Liability
  • Litigation

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  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

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Rankings and Recognition

  • Selected for inclusion in:
  • Benchmark Litigation: America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys®* "Local Litigation Star" 2014-2024
  • Benchmark Litigation: Top 250 Women in Litigation®* 2014-2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America®* 2005-2024, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Commercial Litigation, Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • The Best Lawyers in America®* Newark "Lawyer of Year" 2022, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business®* 2008-2023, New Jersey Litigation: Product Liability
  • Martindale-Hubbell®* AV rating
  • NJBIZ®* "Best 50 Women in Business" 2015
  • New Jersey Law Journal®* "Mentors" 2021
  • New Jersey Law Journal®* "40 Under 40" 2002
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers®* 2005-2023, Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense; Personal Injury – Products: Defense
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers®* "Top 50 Women Super Lawyers" 2009-2015
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers®* "Top 100 Super Lawyers" 2011
  • ROI-NJ* "ROI Influencers: Women in Business" 2021-2023
  • Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defence®* 2012-2023
  • Who’s Who Legal: Life Sciences - Product Liability®* 2017-2023
  • Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders USA®* 2023-2024, Product Liability Defence; Life Sciences - Product Liability
  • Received Award for Outstanding Advocacy from Medmarc in 2022, 2019 and 2015.
  • Ms. Rose has been quoted on the front page of the Business Section of New Jersey’s The Star-Ledger regarding her approach to handling complex cases.

* See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Affiliations

  • Professional Affiliations
  • Member, DRI

    Former Member, Drug and Medical Device Steering Committee

  • Member, American Bar Association

    — Member, Litigation Section/Class Action Committee
    — Co-Chair, Mass Tort Subcommittee of the Class Action Committee (June 2000 – April 2005)

  • Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

    — Member, Product Liability Section

  • Member, The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey

  • Member, Essex County Bar Association

    — Chair, Product Liability Subcommittee (June 2000 – July 2002)

  • Chair, ALFA International Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group

  • Morris Pashman Inn of Court

    — Board Member (June 2004 – September 2023)
    — Master (September 2004 – September 2023)
    — Barrister (September 2002 – September 2004)

  • Member, International Association of Defense Counsel

  • Community Affiliations
  • Board Member, Pillar Care Continuum (1997-2022)

  • Board Member, Jewish Services for the Developmentally Disabled


Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
  • B.A., Wesleyan University, with honors

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York