ASSOCIATES
Gregory T. Babbitt
Sharon E. Glassey
John W. Hanson
Michael Vachon
A. Kerry Stack

HALLEN D. ROSNER
Partner
hal@rosnerandmansfield.com

Hallen D. Rosner founded the firm in 1985 and has litigated consumer protection matters for over 22 years. He is responsible for a number of outstanding recoveries and has obtained multiple jury verdicts that exceeded $1 million each. His most recent case--Thompson v. 10,000 RV Sales--and the appeal he later won is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant cases in the country involving consumer rights in vehicle cases. His most recent class action settlement, meanwhile, offers consumers in 47 states refunds for brake jobs on specified Kia vehicles. Mr. Rosner worked with the Attorney Generalí³ Office to obtain a record-setting $27 million settlement with Pacific Bell. Starting with his own Lemon Law matter in 1982 while still a law student, he has devoted his career to consumer protection and advocacy. Following one of his trial wins (resulting in a full vehicle repurchase and a $100,000 civil penalty) the presiding judge in remarked in a post-trial proceeding: ì– [Mr. Rosner] is certainly as able a lawyer in this area as we have in the State of California.î ¦lt;/p>

Mr. Rosner received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Rhetoric and Economics, 1980). He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1983), where he was a member of the Law Review and a representative of the Regional Moot Court. While attending law school, Mr. Rosner handled his first consumer fraud and Lemon Law case as an intern for Professor Robert Fellmeth at the Center for Public Interest Law. (Prof. Fellmeth is one of the most noted consumer advocates in the country and is one of the two original 쎡der's Raiders.Based on the success of his first case, Mr. Rosner continued to handle consumer fraud and Lemon Law matters, working with Prof. Fellmeth before and after graduation from law school.

Mr. Rosner has served as a state Lemon Law conference moderator and has given numerous presentations regarding consumer rights and warranty law, including a recent presentation at the National Consumer Law Conference. His firm helped host the 2005 regional auto fraud conference for the National Association of Consumer Advocates, where Mr. Rosner was a featured speaker. Mr. Rosner has also appeared before a state Senate subcommittee, and provides opinions on consumer legislation to legislators.