Michael A Rosenhouse

I concentrate my Rochester, New York practice on appeals in state and federal courts, including the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and the Second Circuit. I hold Martindale-Hubbell's AV Preeminent® peer review rating, and I received the Karl N. Llewellyn Memorial Cup for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy at the University of Chicago Law School.

I was born in Chicago and grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, playing tennis, studying hard, and getting a ham radio license among various extra-curricular activities. I received a B.A. from Yale University, majoring in history, and then joined the Navy for three years before returning home to earn a J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School.

At Yale, I majored in history, spent a summer in Paris, reported, wrote, and edited for the Yale Daily News, and learned how to play squash. In the Navy, I served as a junior officer on the USS Forrestal, an aircraft carrier with a storied history (the famous fire was before my time). At Chicago, my teammate and I won the second-year moot court competition, known as the Llewellyn Cup. During my higher education years, I also had a summer gig as a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and served occasionally as a stringer for Newsweek magazine.

After graduating from University of Chicago Law School and practicing for a few years in Chicago, I relocated to Rochester, New York, in 1980.   Rochester is the home of the former Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (now part of Thomson Reuters), where I wrote research articles and treatises and also had the opportunity to serve as managing editor of two of its best-known national legal publications.  I have practiced law and written for legal publications ever since. 

The beautiful Rochester/Finger Lakes area reminds me a little of south central Wisconsin and has been a very nice place to practice and to live with my family. I’ve been active in the local bar association and in the Jewish community. I returned to ham radio a few years ago -- no, it’s not obsolete.

I’ve always enjoyed reading and writing, and I like people. I’m grateful that I've been able to use my skills to protect the legal rights of others.

We have offices in Rochester, NY, and Northbrook, IL., and serve clients in both of these cities and the surrounding areas. Contact the Rosenhouse Law Office if you need legal assistance with appeals, civil litigation, or real estate.