A second-generation attorney and former managing member of Rosen Hagood for four decades, Richard S. Rosen is now retired.

Richard was born in Charleston and attended local public schools. He graduated from Rivers High School, received his bachelor of arts degree from Tulane University and earned his law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law. In 1987, Richard was appointed by the South Carolina Supreme Court to the South Carolina Judicial Council, and from 2002 to 2003, he served as President of the South Carolina Bar.

Throughout his long and varied career, Richard represented clients in matters including products liability, securities fraud, shareholder and partnership disputes, unfair trade practices, personal injury, and probate, estate, and trust litigation. He held the highest professional rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and was listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury, and Probate & Trust Litigation. He was also repeatedly named one of the top 25 lawyers in the State of South Carolina by Super Lawyers.*

Despite his illustrious list of accolades, Richard derived the most professional fulfillment from receiving a peer referral, which conveyed the “trust that my lawyer friends had in me”.

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    Despite his illustrious list of accolades, Richard derived the most professional fulfillment from receiving a peer referral, which conveyed the “trust that my lawyer friends had in me”.

    • South Carolina Bar
      • President, 2002-2003
      • President-Elect, 2001-2002
      • Treasurer, 2000-2001
      • Secretary, 1999-2000
      • Former Chairman, House of Delegates
      • Past Member, Board of Governors
      • Past Member, House of Delegates
      • Past Member, Nominating Committee
    • American Bar Association
      • Litigation Section
      • Tort and Insurance Practice Section
        • Past Chair, Plaintiff’s Policy Task Force
    • International Society of Primerus Law Firms
      • Past Chair, Primerus Personal Injury Institute
    • American Board of Trial Advocates
      • Charleston Chapter – Past President
    • Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
    • South Carolina Judicial Council, 1987 – 2000
    • American Association for Justice
    • South Carolina Association for Justice
    • Charleston County Bar Association
      • Past Member, Executive Committee
    • Charleston Lawyer’s Club
      • Past President
    • AV Preeminent® rating, Martindale-Hubbell
    • Selected to the South Carolina Super Lawyers list, 2008-2018*
    • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©, 1995-2019*
      • Bet-the-Company Litigation
      • Commercial Litigation
      • Securities Litigation
      • Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2013 and 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” in Charleston, SC
      • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2014 “Lawyer of the Year” in Charleston, SC
    • Leadership in Law Award by Lawyers Weekly – September, 2009
    • Charleston Post & Courier, “High Profile” – October 19, 2002
    • South Carolina
    • U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • Tulane University (B.A., 1971)
    • University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1975)