Overview
Rose Njugu concentrates her practice on civil litigation and insurance coverage defense. She represents businesses and insurers in complex disputes involving multi-million dollar exposures, providing strategic counsel informed by years of experience in both public and private legal settings in the United States and Kenya.
Rose assists clients throughout all stages of litigation, including case intake and investigation and discovery motion practice, as well as supporting hearings, depositions, and trial preparation. Her work includes managing large document productions, addressing privilege issues, and preparing coverage opinions in matters involving significant financial exposure.
Prior to joining Foran Glennon, Rose’s U.S. based experience included practicing at a business immigration law firm, where she advised clients on non-immigrant visa matters, as well as at a civil litigation, real estate, and business law firm. She also honed her extensive civil litigation experience through her contract work at a first-party property insurance defense law firm and a global law firm in San Francisco. Her experience includes handling all phases of pretrial litigation, counseling clients in preparation for visa interviews and hearings, drafting and responding to motions and pleadings, preparing discovery documents, and representing clients in hearings and depositions related to real property title disputes.
Rose began her U.S. legal career supporting insurance coverage defense and litigation matters at Foran Glennon as a post-graduate Legal Assistant/Law Clerk and has remained closely involved in complex civil litigation throughout her professional practice.
Professional Leadership
Rose is a member of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern California.
Community Leadership
Rose has provided pro bono services via San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative, in which she counseled and prepared applications for citizenship naturalization for low-income immigrants in various workshops. She has also assisted in the preparation of immigrant petitions and appeals in a San Francisco law firm specializing in family and individual-based immigration issues.
Education
Rose earned her Master of Laws in International Legal Studies from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2001 and received a Bachelor of Laws degree, with honors, from the University of Nairobi, followed by a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She also holds a Certificate in Structuring Legal Agreements for Public‑Private Partnership Projects from the Institute for Public‑Private Partnerships in Washington, DC.
Admissions
Rose is authorized to practice in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and is admitted to the Roll of Advocates of the High Court of Kenya.