Beth S. Rose is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross, where she is Chair of the Product Liability Practice Group and a Co-Chair of the Litigation Department. She has tried complex product liability cases to verdict in state and federal courts throughout the country. Ms. Rose is the lawyer to whom General Counsel turn when they need an aggressive but practical approach to “bet the company” product liability matters. Clients rely on her expertise to develop successful and cost-effective strategies consistent with their business goals.
Ms. Rose has over 25 years of experience successfully defending complex product liability matters for a variety of regulated products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, foods, chemicals (asbestos, silica, benzene and PFAS) and construction/industrial machines. She also has experience defending product liability cases which arise from clinical trials and catastrophic workplace accidents. Her practice ranges from single plaintiff cases, to state coordinated proceedings, multi-district litigation and class actions. During her career, Ms. Rose has served as national counsel to several companies, including those in the pharmaceutical, medical device and contract research organization spaces, defending mass tort litigation. She has also served as New Jersey counsel to entities defending complex product liability claims in New Jersey’s Multi-County Litigation system.
Ms. Rose also serves as New Jersey counsel to generic pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman and related intellectual property litigation. She regularly appears in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey in such matters and is knowledgeable regarding the local patent rules established by the court.
Ms. Rose serves on the Firm’s Management Committee and leads the Sills Women’s Initiative.
Ms. Rose’s experience has earned her recognition in numerous industry publications. She has been highly ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, published by Chambers and Partners, since 2008. She was included in the 2025 NJBIZ “Leading Women in Business” list, having previously been included in 2015 when it was known as NJBIZ “Best 50 Women in Business.” She has also been recognized in Benchmark Litigation and Benchmark Litigation: Top 250 Women in Litigation, both published by the Legal Benchmarking Group, since 2014. See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.