Overview
Diego J. Rosado is a business litigator who focuses his practice on assessing, managing, and resolving construction and related litigations and disputes, often involving commercial and non-residential buildings and real property. Diego also represents institutional and other clients in complex commercial litigations and disputes spanning multiple industries, including construction and real estate, manufacturing and procurement, and commercial leasing.
Clients rely on Diego to strategically analyze and address the legal disputes affecting their businesses in a thoughtful and practical fashion. Clients have consistently recognized Diego’s ability to present a clear and thorough analysis of the issues at stake as well as his persuasive writing skills.
Diego also serves as the firm’s hiring partner for the Florham Park office. His responsibilities in that role include interviewing and hiring summer associates to the Florham Park office and leading the office’s summer associate program.
Construction / Real Estate Litigation and Disputes
Diego handles litigations and disputes for clients in the construction, building solutions and real estate litigation space. Diego has experience prosecuting and defending claims both upstream and downstream on behalf of his clients and litigating issues relating to default, delay, acceleration, extra work and assessed back charges.
Representative Experience
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- Representation of a solutions and equipment provider for buildings in a variety of litigations, arbitrations and pre-litigation disputes
- Representation of a prominent real estate development group in a litigation against its commercial tenant
- Representation of a premier wedding and special event venue in a complex construction dispute against its former general contractor and various subcontractors
Commercial Litigation
Diego has experience litigating business disputes involving a variety of commercial contexts. He has handled numerous matters involving or otherwise relating to supply and other procurement-related agreements, commercial advertising disputes, and executive employment agreements.
Representative Experience
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- Representation of a leading health care liability insurer in an advertising litigation; summary judgment granted in favor of the insurer. NJ PURE v. Princeton Insurance Company, 2018 WL 4502187 (D.N.J.)
- Representation of an infection prevention device manufacturer in a dispute with a former product supplier
- Counseling clients with respect to best practices surrounding various procurement related agreements and special event agreements
- Representation of the owners of several luxury automotive dealerships in litigations against several management-level executives/employees
- Representation of a parts manufacturer/supplier to the automobile industry in a pending litigation
- Representation of a leading management consultant firm in response to a variety of requests for information
Financial Services Industry
Diego has further experience representing broker-dealers and other clients in the financial services industry with respect to disputes pending before FINRA and various courts.
Representative Experience
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- Representation of a leading solutions provider to the financial services industry in a variety of matters.
- Representation of a broker-dealer in an arbitration against a financial advisor formerly employed by the broker-dealer; no monetary damages awarded.
- Representation of a broker-dealer in a variety of litigations and arbitrations involving both former advisors and former customers.
Prior Experience
Following graduation from law school, Diego served as a judicial clerk to Justice Helen E. Hoens of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Diego’s clerkship exposed him to dozens of civil litigations, in the commercial context and otherwise, before New Jersey’s highest state court.
Personal Interests
Diego is an avid fan of the New York Yankees, New York Jets, and Brooklyn Nets, as well as the NFL, NBA and MLB more generally. He also enjoys playing softball, exercising, and reading historical fiction and nonfiction novels.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Clerkships
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Hon. Helen E. Hoens, 2011-2012
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Seton Hall Law Review (2011)
The College of New Jersey
B.A. cum laude (2008)
Insights & Events
Insights
Other Perspectives
Firm Blog Contributions
- TCPA Blog – a resource analyzing TCPA-related litigation and regulatory developments
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
Professional Associations
- Investigator, N.J. District X-A Ethics Committee (appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court), 2022-present
Firm Leadership
- Hiring Partner, Florham Park Office
- National Hiring Committee, 2023 – present
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee, 2017-22
- Associates’ Committee, 2018-21
Honors
- New Jersey Law Journal — New Jersey Legal Awards “New Leaders of the Bar” Honoree, 2023
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- Best Lawyers® — "Ones to Watch," Banking and Finance Law, 2022-25
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- New Jersey Super Lawyers — Rising Star, 2018-23
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- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023
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