GARY C. ROSEN

MANAGING SHAREHOLDER & CEO, BECKER, FORT LAUDERDALE

Becker is a Fort Lauderdale-based commercial law firm with 380 professionals across the East Coast and abroad. Rosen joined it in 1982, rose to become chairman of its litigation practice, then became managing shareholder and CEO in 2012. He helped establish a professionalism and civility magistrate pilot program in Florida’s 17th Judicial Circuit. Through an initiative called Becker Gives Back, the firm partners with a variety of nonprofit organizations. Rosen is a past chair of the United Way of Broward County.

EDUCATION: Brandeis University (BA), Catholic University (JD)

FIRST JOB: I stocked shelves in a grocery store at 16. During college, I spent my summers as a movie theater projectionist and my weekends working as a stagehand.

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: I would teach college history.

MENTEE IMPACT: I initiated an annual trial training program for our firm’s litigators several years ago. It is an intensive three-day workshop with top trial lawyers from around the country serving as instructors. It has resulted in outstanding growth in the courtroom for our lawyers.

INDUSTRY TREND: Without a doubt, AI will increasingly disrupt the legal profession. It will impact hiring of new lawyers, pricing for legal services and almost every service lawyers deliver to clients.