Rosemarie Riddell Bogdan has focused on personal injury law for over thirty years since beginning her private practice. She graduated from Cornell University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned her Juris Doctor from Albany Law School in 1992. Recently, Rosemarie earned a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, with an emphasis on Epidemiology. She completed her Capstone project in Epidemiology and also earned Graduate Certificates in Epidemiology for Public Health Professionals and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.
After serving as a confidential law clerk for a New York State Supreme Court Justice, Rosemarie started her private practice and has been a partner at Harding Mazzotti since 1999. Over the years, Rosemarie has had the privilege of representing individuals in all aspects of personal injury litigation. She has successfully handled cases in the New York State Supreme Courts, New York State Court of Claims, New York State Appellate Division, United States District Courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Her successes in representing clients span various areas of personal injury practice, including defective medical devices, pharmaceuticals and other products, construction site safety, automobile liability, and defective roadway design. Rosemarie advocates for clients in multi-district litigations resulting from injuries caused by defective medical devices and defective drugs. She has been admitted pro hac vice to handle these cases in numerous District Courts across the United States, including those in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas.
Rosemarie is at the forefront of national medical device and pharmaceutical litigation. Rosemarie is pleased to have been appointed by the Honorable Robert B. Kugler of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, to a leadership role in the national In Re: Valsartan N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Contamination Products Liability Litigation. Rosemarie is serving as the Co-Science Chairperson of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. Additionally, she is honored to have been appointed to a leadership position on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the National Zantac Products Liability Litigation (In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2924) by the Honorable Robin L. Rosenberg. Rosemarie was also appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Bard Hernia Mesh (MDL No. 3029) National Product Liability Litigation, and on the Science and Experts Subcommittee in the national Depo-Provera (Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3140).
Rosemarie has been appointed by the State of New York, Appellate Division Third Department, to the Committee on Character and Fitness, which evaluates each candidate considered for admission to the bar. She is the past President of the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association (CDTLA), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging regular consultation among its members to promote the profession and help members navigate challenges in their practice. She is also a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, National Trial Lawyers, Top 25 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers, and National Trial Lawyers Top 100. Rosemarie also contributes to the community through her volunteer work as a Board Member of the Cornell Club of the Greater Capital District and the Dake Foundation for Children.
