Sam S. Rosen leads the Corporate, Business, Intellectual Property, Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Tech Law and Litigation practices at RLG.  

Mr. Rosen has an all-encompassing legal and business experience as an attorney in New York City law firms, private practice, and as General Counsel to multi-million dollar Internet corporations, preceded by a senior accounting and auditing positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers. 
 

Mr. Rosen has published numerous legal articles about corporations, LLCs, and Internet issues, and is a Winner of the 1999 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Award in Copyright Law. 

 

In 2014, Mr. Rosen was named a finalist in the Attorney of the Year Category of the SmartCEO magazine CPA & ESQ AWARDS and profiled in the July-August 2014 issue of the magazine.

 

Mr. Rosen practices various business matters, including:

 

• Negotiating business transactions and drafting related contracts and legal documentation

• Forming and overseeing Corporations and LLCs:

• Purchase and Sale of Corporate Stock and Membership Interests

• Operating Agreements

• Employment and Consultancy Agreements

• Technology and Licensing Agreements

• NDAs and Corporate Due Diligence 

• Corporate compliance

• Representing Music, Film, and Theater companies, artists, and professionals

• Internet, websites, and domain name issues:

  • Terms and Conditions

  • Privacy Policies

  • Protecting online presence, interests, and rights 

• Advising on Labor/Employment matters: 

  • Wage-hour issues; overtime and exemptions 

  • Representing labor litigants in Federal and State courts 

  • Overseeing government labor investigations 

• Registering and litigating trademarks and copyrights

• Analyzing international tax situations

• Commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation

Bar admissions:  New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of NY; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; Supreme Court of the United States. 

Education:  JD cum laude, New York Law School (Journal of International and Comparative Law); BBA cum laude in Accounting, Hofstra University. 

Membership: New York State Bar Association.  Lifetime Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, the National Honor Society in Business and Commerce; inducted 1992.