Jesse C. Rose

Jesse C. Rose is a Partner at Phillips & Associates Sexual Harassment, Discrimination & Employment Lawyers, where he represents employees in sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other employment matters.

His practice focuses on employees whose careers, reputations, and financial security are at stake. Jesse handles matters involving workplace power dynamics, supervisor-subordinate relationships, and workplace relationships that end badly and result in retaliation, favoritism, harassment, or adverse employment actions. He also represents employees in discrimination matters involving gender, pregnancy, race, national origin, disability, age, religion, caregiver status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other protected categories.

Jesse has worked with Phillips & Associates and its founder, William K. Phillips, since 2011. He has handled hundreds of employment matters, appeared in hundreds of federal cases, prevailed on dozens of federal motions, and obtained favorable rulings in New York state and federal courts. His experience includes discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour and contract disputes, class and collective actions, appeals, depositions, discovery, complex motion practice, and trial preparation.

Phillips & Associates' trials, published decisions, and appellate work include precedent that has helped shape New York employment law. In Roberts v. Genting New York LLC, Jesse C. Rose and William K. Phillips represented 177 former employees in a WARN Act class action. After the district court dismissed the claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived the case and clarified the WARN Act operating-unit standard. In Girshek v. Conquest Sport Group LLC, Jesse secured a significant ruling in a pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment case when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied the employer's motion to compel arbitration. The court applied the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act and allowed the employee's claims to proceed in federal court.

Phillips & Associates represents employees exclusively and is ranked by Chambers and Partners for Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs in New York. The firm has litigated approximately 2,000 employment cases and recovered more than $360 million for employees. Phillips & Associates has litigated against more than 550 management-side defense firms. Its attorneys have appeared before more than 110 U.S. District Judges and more than 70 U.S. Magistrate Judges, including nearly every sitting District Judge in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

This experience gives Phillips & Associates familiarity with major defense firms, their litigation strategies, and how employment cases are evaluated by employers and insurance companies. The firm's litigation reputation can create leverage that helps resolve cases privately and confidentially before a lawsuit is filed.

Every accepted matter is handled by a dedicated litigation team led by a partner or senior litigator and supported by an associate attorney and paralegal. Many of the firm's attorneys have worked together for more than a decade litigating sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation cases.

Jesse earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and his B.A. in Economics from Wake Forest University. He is admitted to practice in New York.