Current Employment Position(s)

Director

Lawyer Overview

Alan H. Rolnick received his B.A. degree from the John Hopkins University in 1972. He is a former journalist who was with the New York Times from 1977 to 1984. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1987, magna cum laude, where he was managing editor of the University of Miami Law Review, received the Order of the Coif and the J.B. Spence Scholarship, and was inducted into the Society of Wig and Robe. Prior to joining Sacher Zelman as a director in 2003, Mr. Rolnick was a partner and managing partner of Hanzman & Criden from 1995 until 2003, where he concentrated his practice on the representation of plaintiffs in class actions. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Rolnick was associated with Greenberg, Traurig in Miami, where he was litigation counsel to business clients including Chase Manhattan Bank, U.S. Sugar, Consolidated Cigar, the Rouse Company and Continental Airlines. From 1992 until 1998, Mr. Rolnick was litigation counsel to the South Florida Business Journal.

Mr. Rolnick has extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in class actions. Cases in which he has represented plaintiff classes include: Fabricant v. Sears Roebuck & Co ., Case No. 98-1281-Civ-Moreno (S.D.Fla); In Re First Databank Antitrust Litig., Master File No.1:01cv00870(D.D.C.); London v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 99-1298-Civ-Ungaro-Benages((S.D.Fla); Gen'l Foam Corp. v. Great Lakes Chem. Co., Case No. JP99-1088 C-B/S (S.D. Ind.); In re Sorbates Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litig., C-98-4886 CAL (N.D.Cal.); Brock v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Case No. 98-498-Civ-FTM-26D (M.D.Fla.); Shugrue v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co., Case No. CV-99-1225 (Ala.Cir.); Ash v. Phoenix Leasing Inc., Case No. 97AS05569 (Cal. Super.); Lehman v. Transamerica Fin. Resources, Inc., Case No. 97-1215-Civ-Jordan (S.D. Fla); Koch v. PLM Int'l, Civil Action No. CV 97-0177BH (S.D.Ala.); Bobbit v. Aetna Real Estate Assocs., L.P., Civil Action No.15386-NC (Del.Ch.); Gonzalez v. Rooms to Go, Inc., Case No. 97-3146-Civ-Graham (S.D.Fla.); Medina v. Washington Mut., FA, Case No. 96-3363-Civ-Seitz (S.D.Fla.); King v. Am. Nat'l Ins. Co. Case No. CV-96-1074 (Ala.Cir.); Wegweiser v. Great Western Bank, Case No. 95-8543-Civ-Hurley (S.D.Fla.); and Walco Invs., Inc. v. Thenen, Case No. 93-2534-Civ- Moreno (S.D. Fla.)..

Mr. Rolnick's practice concentrates on class actions and complex commercial and business tort litigation, including antitrust, securities, consumer fraud, intellectual property, media, entertainment, construction and contract law matters. Mr. Rolnick is a member of the Florida Bar and the Bars of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, including Trial Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District Florida, the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court.

Areas of Practice

• Class Actions
• Complex Commercial and Business Tort Litigation
• Antitrust
• Securities
• Consumer Fraud
• Intellectual Property
• Media
• Entertainment
• Construction
• Contract Law Matters

Representative Cases

• Fabricant v. Sears Roebuck & Co.,, 98-1281-Civ-Moreno (S.D. Fla.)
• In Re First Databank Antitrust Litig., 1:01cv00870 (D.D.C.)
• London v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 99-1298-Civ-Ungaro-Benages (S.D. Fla.)
• Gen'l Foam Corp. v. Great Lakes Chem. Co., JP99-1088C-B/S (S.D. Ind.)
• Brock v. Merrill Lynch & Co., 98-498-Civ-FTM-26D (M.D. Fla.)
• Shugrue v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co., CV-99-1225 (Ala.Cir)
• Ash v. Phoenix Leasing, Inc., 97AS05569 (Cal. Super)
• Lehman v. Transamerica Fin. Resources, Inc., 97-1215-Civ-Jordan (S.D. Fla.)
• Koch v. Plm Int'l, CV 97-0177 BH (S.D. Ala)
• Bobbit v. Aetna Real Estate Assocs., L.P., 15386-NC (Del.Ch)
• Gonzalez v. Rooms To Go, Inc., 97-3146-Civ-Graham (S.D. Fla.)
• Medine v. Washington Mut., FA, 96-3362-Civ-Seitz (S.D. Fla.)
• King v. Am. Nat'l Ins. Co., CV-96-1074 (Ala.Cir)
• Wegweiser v. Great Western Bank, 95-8543-Civ-Hurley (S.D. Fla.)
• Walco Invs., Inc. v. Thenen, 93-2534-Civ-Moreno (S.D. Fla.)

West Practice Categories

Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Communications & Media Law, Construction Law, Criminal Fraud, Entertainment, Intellectual Property Law, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Complex Litigation, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court

Past Employment Positions

• Greenberg, Traurig, Litigation Associate, 1987 - 1995
• Hanzman & Criden, Partner, Name Partner, Managing Partner, 1995 - 2003

Education

• University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1987
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: J.B. Spence Scholarship
  Honors: Society of Wig and Robe
  
  Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, Managing Editor
• The John Hopkins University, 1972
  B.A.

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