Michael Ian Rott
mrott@hrollp.com

Senior Partner
Labor and Employment Department
Litigation Department
Real Estate Department

Education:
JD, Thomas Jefferson, 1992
BS, University of Arizona, 1987

Experience:
Michael Ian Rott is a Founding Partner of Hiden, Rott & Oertle, LLP., and works in the Firm's San Diego and El Centro Offices. Mr. Rott's practice encompasses all areas of employment law litigation and related disciplines.

Mr. Rott has served as general counsel for a professional sports team, Workers' Compensation defense counsel for 2-Major League Baseball (MLB) Teams, and currently serves as general counsel to numerous Labor Unions throughout California.

Mr. Rott has experience in state and federal claims, including product liability and complex commercial and class action litigation.

Mr. Rott has also been successful in resolving wage & hour disputes on a class-wide basis.

Mr. Rott has experience in representing clients involved in multiparty litigation and indemnification disputes between past and current property owners concerning cleanup costs, and toxic tort
cases. Mr. Rott also has experience negotiating environmental insurance and other environmental risk-transfer products.

Mr. Rott has advised clients in the regulation of commercial chemicals and products, including requirements arising under toxic substances control act (TSCA), hazard communication and right-to-know standards, and consumer product laws, along with related product liability issues. Mr. Rott also has experience in working with clients on matters involving chemical/product hazard and risk evaluations, and the legal implications of such evaluations.

Mr. Rott serves as a Civilian Attorney Panelist for General Civil Legal matters for the Military Personnel at Camp Pendleton, in Oceanside, California.

Mr. Rott is the author of "The Employee's Workers' Compensation Handbook" and is a sought after guest lecturer on labor issues and Legal Trends.

Mr. Rott is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker and the Founder of Union Real Estate, a Real Estate Brokerage Firm which provides representation to clients in sales and acquisition of residential and commercial properties.

Mr. Rott has served in the past as a Judge Pro Tempore for the San Diego Superior Court, Small Claims Division and a past Committee Member for the San Diego County Bar Ethics Committee. In 1996, Mr. Rott was selected as an interviewee for the California State Bar Committee on Professional Rules and Conduct.

Mr. Rott's pro bono service includes the representation of Native Americans from the Dineh Tribe, in the case of Jenny Manybeads, et al. v. United States of America, et al., No. 90-15003 (1994).

Practice Areas
Labor & Employment Law
Product Liability and Mass Torts
Entertainment, Sports and Media

Bar and Court Admissions
California
District of Columbia
United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central
Districts of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States of America

Professional Associations
California Bar Association
San Diego County Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
American Bar Association
San Diego Association of Realtors
California Association of Realtors
National Association of Realtors