Jamie A. Rosen
Associate
Jamie A. Rosen is an Associate at Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP. Ms. Rosen is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and New Jersey.
Ms. Rosen’s practice is primarily focused on Mental Health, Health Care and Elder Law. As part of the firm’s Mental Health Law practice, the only family-focused mental health practice in the country, she helps individuals and families navigate the complicated legal and mental health systems. Ms. Rosen handles Article 81 guardianship proceedings, involuntary psychiatric treatment and retention hearings, Kendra's Law applications (Assisted Outpatient Treatment), mental health warrants and Family Court Orders of Protection matters, as well as other civil litigation and negotiation specific to mental health and/or substance abuse issues. She also represents mental health and health care professionals, major hospital systems, and higher education institutions.
Ms. Rosen is eligible for court appointments in Nassau County, New York County, Queens County and Suffolk County as Court Evaluator and Attorney for the Alleged Incapacitated Person pursuant to Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge of the New York State Unified Court System.
Ms. Rosen was selected as one of the 2018 Outstanding Women in Law - Emerging Leaders by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. She has been designated as a "Rising Star" in New York Health Care Law by "Super Lawyers" since 2017.
Ms. Rosen was a Guest Editor for the Family Court Review Special Issue on Mental Illness in the Family published in January 2016. Ms. Rosen also received attribution for her contributions to numerous articles that are published in professional journals and newspapers including the Nassau Lawyer, NYSBA Elder and Special Needs Law Journal, NYSBA Health Law Journal, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Northwestern University School of Law, Family Court Review, NYSBA Family Law Review, the New York Law Journal, and The Risk Management Quarterly.
Ms. Rosen is an Adjunct Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, co-teaching Law & Psychiatry in Spring 2020. She was also an Alumni Instructor to a group of second year law students enrolled in the skills course “Foundational Lawyering Skills” from 2015 to 2018..
Ms. Rosen received her J.D. from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University with a Concentration in Child and Family Advocacy. She was an Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review and Vice President of the Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
- J.D.
- Concentration in Child and Family Advocacy
- Honors: Hofstra Law Review, Volume 41, Associate Editor
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- B.A.
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Women in Law - Emerging Leaders, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (2018)
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro Rising Star, (2017-2019)
- New Lawyer of the Month, Nassau Lawyer, (March 2016)
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Foundational Lawyering Skills, Hofstra Law School, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018
Publications
- Enduring the Aftermath of a School Shooting: When Survivors Take Their Own Lives, 68.10 Nassau Lawyer 3, 22 (June 2019), Co-Author.
- New York Article 9 Proceedings: Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill, 28.3 New York State Bar Elder and Special Needs Law Journal (Summer 2018), Author
- Gun Control Is Not Enough: Early Identification and Intervention for Those At Risk Means Safety and Security Before It’s Too Late, 67.10 Nassau Lawyer 3,19 (June 2018), Co-Author
- Guardianship Proceedings and Mental Illness, 67.7 Nassau Lawyer 8,10 (March 2018), Co-Author
- Distinguishing Dementia from Mental Illness and Other Causes of Decline, 89.1 NYSBA Journal 22-27 (Jan. 2017), Co-Author.
- Best Interests of the Special Needs Child: Mandating Consideration of the Child’s Mental Health, 54 FAM. CT. REV. 68 (Jan. 2016), Co-Author.
- View From the Bench: Parental Mental Health and Child Custody, 54 FAM. CT. REV. 10 (Jan. 2016), Co-Author
- Representing Clients with Mental Illness, 64.10 Nassau Lawyer 19 (June 2015), Co-Author
- Specialized Courts: Have They Gone Too Far or Not Far Enough?, 64.6 Nassau Lawyer 3, 16 (Feb. 2015), Co-Author
- Telepsychiatry: What Every Health Care Attorney Needs to Know, 20.1 NYSBA Health Law Journal 42 (Winter 2014), Co-Author
- The Child’s Attorney and the Alienated Child: Approaches to Resolving the Ethical Dilemma of Diminished Capacity, 51 FAM. CT. REV. 330 (Apr. 2013).
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 2018-2021
- New Lawyers Committee, Co-Chair, 2017-2019
- Mental Health Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2020
- WE CARE, New Lawyers Committee Liaison
- Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee, Member
- Steven J. Eisman New Lawyers/Judicial Relations Task Force, Member
- Nassau County Women’s Bar Association, Member
- New York City Bar Association, Member, Mental Health Law Committee
- New York State Bar Association
- Elder Law Section, Member
- Health Law Section, Member
- Young Lawyers Section, Executive Committee Member (Elder Law Section Liaison)
- New York State Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Family Law, Member
- Association for Family and Conciliation Courts, Member