Amy Rosenberger '85, with the firm Willig, Williams & Davidson, has been named one of Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers." Only the top 5 percent of Pennsylvania’s 50,000 lawyers are named to the lists. (Courtesy photo)

Attorney Amy Rosenberger ’85 named ‘Super Lawyer’

Amy Rosenberger ‘85 was among 16 attorneys at the law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson to be listed among the 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Rosenberger, who works from the Philadelphia office, has been honored before by the list.

The firm’s attorneys were recognized for their expertise in the practice areas of labor and employment, workers’ compensation, and employee benefits.

Rosenberger was profiled in the spring/summer 2019 issue of Crossroads alumni magazine. Her mother predicted a career in law when her eight-year-old daughter was making the argument for spending time with a friend. Years later, after spending time in EMU’s Washington D.C. program, now the Washington Community Scholars’ Center, and working as a legal secretary and in legal administration, Rosenberger went to law school and never looked back. 

Amy Rosenberger in her Philadelphia office in spring 2019. (Photo by Jon Styer)

As an eight-year-old, she had had “no idea” what her mother had been talking about – “but I certainly do now,” she said. “It is still thrilling to be able to help right a wrong for an individual employee, or to help ensure fair treatment for a group of workers.”

A program of Thomson Reuters, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who, through a peer review and independent research process, have been identified as attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only the top 5 percent of Pennsylvania’s 50,000 lawyers and the top 2.5 percent of up-and-coming Pennsylvania lawyers are named to the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, including verdicts and settlements; honors and awards; special licenses and certifications; pro bono and community service efforts; and scholarly lectures and writings. The ultimate objective of Super Lawyers is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse list of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for other practitioners and consumers searching for legal counsel.

Willig, Williams & Davidson is one of the largest union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Jenkintown Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, the firm focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; election and campaign finance; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; family law matters; benefits law design and compliance issues; discrimination, overtime and unpaid wages, and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; social security disability; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond. 

Discussion on “Attorney Amy Rosenberger ’85 named ‘Super Lawyer’

  1. Congratulations Amy, well deserved I’m sure. I remember fondly our time together at EMC when you and Shannon were roommates. Tom Foreman

  2. Congratulations to Amy!
    Your parents Earl and Doris are my dear friends. So I will be congratulating them too.

  3. Congratulations, Amy. I remember you from our days in Pennsylvania. You always impressed me. Joyce hedrick

  4. Amy, it is obvious that hard work and good decision-making has brought you to this pinnacle in your career. Congratulations and blessings to you! Don and June Risser

  5. Amy, let me add my congratulations! This honor is well deserved (and not surprising). That year we worked together in the Dean’s Office gave me a glimpse of your wonderful talents. I had no doubt you would go far.

  6. Congratulations, Amy. Good memories of you as a good friend of our son, Don. Glad to read of your accomplishments. Take care. Peggy and Michael

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