Education:

University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 1981, magna cum laude); Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (B.A., 1977, cum laude).

Member:

Florida and Ohio Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; various Federal District Courts including the Southern District of Florida.
 

      Mr. Rossi joined the Office of the City Attorney in April 2005. Mr. Rossi’s principal areas of practice are labor and employment law. He is the Chief Labor Negotiator and labor counsel for the City and is the head of the Labor/Employment Division in the Office of the City Attorney.

      Prior to joining this office Mr. Rossi was a Deputy County Attorney for Sarasota, Florida where he was employed from September 1992 to April 2005. In Sarasota Mr. Rossi was labor counsel and the head of the litigation group. Prior to joining Sarasota County Mr. Rossi was associated with Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler and Krupman, a national labor-employment law firm, where he litigated employment discrimination claims. He was the Deputy Law Director for Middletown, Ohio from January 1984 to April 1989, where he was Chief Labor Negotiator and labor counsel for the City as well as responsible for complex litigation matters. Mr. Rossi is also a former judicial magistrate and prosecuting attorney.