About Joe Rose
I’m a California employment lawyer who began my legal career in 2001 after a successful public service career as a firefighter and paramedic. I founded my own law firm in 2004 and have since represented thousands of laborers, tradespeople, professionals, labor organizations, and small business employers, including restaurant and franchise owners, across a wide range of private-sector industries, as well as throughout California’s public sector.
My practice includes unpaid wages and overtime, workplace discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, trade secrets, employment and civil litigation, class and representative actions, mediation, arbitration, and neutral workplace investigations. I’ve recovered millions for California workers and successfully defended complex, high-stakes cases.
Professional History
Rose Law, A Professional Corporation
Attorney, Managing Shareholder
2004 – present
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
Adjunct Law Professor
2005 – present
Goyette & Associates, Inc.
Associate Attorney, Labor Relations Representative
2000 – 2004
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire
Firefighter/Paramedic, Company Officer, Fire Inspector/Investigator
1999 – 2001
Cameron Park Fire Department
Firefighter/Paramedic
1989 – 1990
Education
Pepperdine Caruso Law
Mediating the Litigated Case
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
2025
Spence Trial Lawyers College
Thunderhead Ranch, Dubois, Wyoming
2013
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
Juris Doctor, cum laude
2004
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Center for Prehospital Care (formerly Daniel Freeman Paramedic School)
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
1988
Cosumnes River College
Associate of Arts
Liberal Studies
1999
Bar Admissions
United States Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. Tax Court
Recognition
AV Preeminent® Martindale-Hubbell, 2021-2025
Super Lawyers, 2015 – 2025
Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2013 – 2014
American Board of Trial Advocates, Trial Advocacy Student Award, 2004
Community Service
Cameron Park Community Services District
Director, Board of Directors
1992 – 1993
El Dorado County Fire Protection District
Chairman, Director, Board of Directors
1994 – 1996, 2007 – 2011
