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Jesse Roth
Jesse L. Roth

Jesse L.
Roth

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Practices

Professional Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage, Employment and Workforce Management, Complex Litigation and Risk Advisory

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JESSE L. ROTH, shareholder, is a member of the firm’s Professional Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage and Appellate practice groups. Jesse represents clients in professional liability, insurance coverage, commercial litigation, class actions, professional and licensing disciplinary proceedings, consumer litigation, and complex tort matters.

Jesse has advanced and defended his clients’ interests at the trial, appellate, and administrative level in multiple jurisdictions, including wins in the Michigan Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Jesse’s zealous representation of individuals and businesses has earned him recognition from his peers, who have named him to the Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch lists since 2021.

A graduate of Emory University, Jesse earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School. Actively involved in his community, Jesse and his wife founded and operate a non-profit organization that provides baby necessities to families in need.

When not serving his clients or community, Jesse can be found spending time with his wife, six daughters, and two sons.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2014
– Clarence Darrow Scholar

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Bachelor of Arts, 2004

 

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Michigan

 

Recognition

Named since 2021 by Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch

Publications

“Settle and Sue” Defense Strategies published in Detroit Legal News, March 21, 2017, published in Oakland County Legal News, March 24, 2017

COA Reverses Witness Immunity Ruling, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, January 2019 

Spokeo, 16 Months Later, State Bar of Michigan Litigation Journal, Fall 2017

 

Cases

Johnson v Bender Management, LLC, 2025 WL 2742524 (6th Cir. 2025) (court affirmed dismissal of employee’s discrimination and retaliation claims)

Edgewater Apartment Properties, LLC v Ehlert, 2024 WL 5152798 (Mich App 2024) (court affirmed summary disposition to employer in trade secrets/tortious interference case)

Rodriguez v. Hirshberg Acceptance Corp., — NW2d – (341 Mich App 349 (2022)) (Court of Appeals affirmed trial court’s dismissal of putative class action under Michigan consumer statutes)

Moore for Estate of Velez v Shafer, 960 NW2d 682 (Mich 2021) (Supreme Court reversed Court of Appeals and reinstated trial court’s dismissal of premises liability claim against general contractor arising out of construction accident)

Eickenroth v Roosen, Varchetti & Olivier, PLLC, No 20-11647, 2021 WL 1224912 (ED Mich 2021) (granting dismissal of FDCPA claims based on in-person service of process during COVID-19 state of emergency)

Van Vleck v Leikin, Ingber & Winters, P.C., No 20-11635, 2021 WL 1212702 (ED Mich 2021) (granting dismissal of FDCPA claims based on in-person service of process during COVID-19 state of emergency)

Clendening v Stillman, P.C., No 20-11820, 2021 WL 1313235 (ED Mich 2021) (granting dismissal of FDCPA claims based on in-person service of process during COVID-19 state of emergency)

Down v Ann Arbor Public Schools, No 17-13456, 2020 WL 6043293 (ED Mich 2020) (granting dismissal of employee’s retaliation claims)

Bates v. Green Farms Condominium Assoc., 958 F.3d 470 (6th Cir. 2020) (court affirmed dismissal of FDCPA claims against law firm attempting to foreclose on a lien on behalf of its condominium association client and rejected plaintiff’s attempt to thwart dismissal by submitting “evidence” to support opposition to motion addressed to pleadings).

Buchholz v. Meyer Njus Tanick, PA, 946 F.3d 855 (6th Cir. 2020) (court affirmed dismissal of case on ground that “anxiety” caused by alleged violation of consumer protection statute was not a sufficient injury to sustain jurisdiction under Article III of the U.S. Constitution)

Bates v. Green Farms Condominium Association, No 18-13533, 2019 WL 4073395 (ED Mich 2019) (granting dismissal of FDCPA claims on basis of new U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that FDCPA does not apply to law firms engaged in nonjudicial foreclosure)

Noel v. CARite of Garden City, No 19-11493, 2019 WL 3219845 (ED Mich 2019) (granting dismissal of claims for racially hostile work environment, wrongful termination and retaliation)