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Hach & Rose secured an $11.7 million jury verdict for an NYPD officer whose career was ended by unsafe conditions — a result consistent with a firm whose founding partners built their practice on union labor and workplace safety.
Origin and Background
Hach & Rose, LLP practices in Manhattan, confirmed through the firm’s own site and independent listings. Founded roughly 25 years ago by Gregory Hach and Michael Rose, the firm pairs two distinct backgrounds: Hach grew up in the labor movement — his father a respected New York labor leader — and represented union members nationally before founding the firm, while Rose was already known for million-dollar jury verdicts and as a speaker for the New York Bar. Rose earned his J.D. from New England Law in 1996 and holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating.
Practice Concentration
The firm concentrates on plaintiff-side personal injury with a pronounced labor and union orientation: construction accidents, workplace injuries, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, and municipal liability, with multilingual staff serving the five boroughs. See this New York Personal Injury directory for how this union-rooted practice compares to general consumer firms serving the five boroughs.
Notable Work / Track Record
Reported results include the $11.7 million NYPD officer verdict, a $25 million auto accident settlement, multiple eight-figure construction accident verdicts, a $6 million verdict for a construction worker hurt in a ladder fall, and an $8.5 million medical malpractice result. Michael Rose’s biography states he secured the largest New York construction-site accident jury verdict of 2012, and the firm reports total recoveries well in excess of $1 billion. Past results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
Client Voice
Published client accounts describe partner responsiveness and preparation; one couple wrote that the firm’s team was “responsive, prepared, and ready to answer our questions” throughout. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative reviews warranting disclosure.
Beyond the Courtroom
Rose is a frequent lecturer to the bar on construction-site accidents, vocational rehabilitation, and expert witness examination, and the firm’s staffing reflects its multilingual client base.
Recognition for This New York Personal Injury Firm
Michael Rose holds the AV Preeminent peer rating including its Judicial Edition, Best Lawyers selections for 2026 and 2027, and New York Metro Super Lawyers recognition; the firm has appeared in Best Lawyers’ top-firm listings — peer- and judiciary-reviewed credentials distinct from paid marketing placements, which Awesome Attorneys distinguishes from the assorted commercial “top 10” plaques the firm also lists. New York State does not operate a state-run attorney specialization certification program, so Awesome Attorneys does not apply “specialist” language to any New York profile on a state-certification basis.
New York Legal Backdrop
Construction workers injured in elevation-related accidents — a core Hach & Rose docket — benefit from Labor Law Section 240(1)’s near-strict liability and Section 241(6)’s Industrial Code protections, and injured union members’ third-party claims proceed alongside workers’ compensation rather than being barred by it. Claims involving City defendants, including the NYPD, require a 90-day notice of claim under General Municipal Law Section 50-e. Most other claims run three years under CPLR 214(5) with pure comparative negligence under CPLR 1411. None of this is legal advice; a specific workplace or injury claim should be evaluated by a licensed New York attorney based on the actual facts involved.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Hach & Rose’s clearest differentiator is authentic labor lineage: a founding partner raised inside New York’s union movement, paired with a trial partner whose verdicts include a year’s largest construction-site result — a combination that maps directly onto the city’s injured-worker population. The honest trade-off is that the firm’s recognition list mixes strong peer credentials with commercial marketing awards, and Awesome Attorneys weights only the former; prospective clients should do the same. For an injured union member, construction worker, or officer with a workplace-safety claim, this firm’s roots and results make it a natural shortlist entry.
Methodology and Sourcing
This profile was researched from Hach & Rose’s own site and attorney biographies, its published verdict announcements, its FindLaw and Martindale-Hubbell profiles, and independent editorial coverage.
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Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Hach & Rose, LLP prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.