Adam Joshua Rozen | Cobb Circuit, Post 6

Candidate Statement

I have a passion for being involved with and serving my community both personally and professionally. As lawyers, we have a unique opportunity and obligation to serve others and use our training and skills to be leaders in the community. From my experiences with the Cobb County Bar Association, the State Bar and with other civic organizations, I am confident that I will be able to have a significant impact on the Board of Governors and the State Bar. I believe this impact will, in turn, have a positive impact on my colleagues and clients. I don’t take lightly the opportunity for serving in this important position and the responsibilities that it brings. If I am chosen to serve in this role, I will be fully committed to diligently serving the State Bar and as a representative and advocate for the Cobb Circuit.

Education

• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 2007
• Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia; 2011

Personal/Family

• I reside in Marietta where I was born. My wife, Brook Rozen, and I married in 2010 and have four children together.
• Outside of my professional career, I enjoy spending time with my family, our children’s sports and engaging in numerous outdoor sports and hunting. Our family is active in the StoneBridge Church in Marietta and devoted to growing and raising our children in faith.
  
• While at the University of Alabama, I was active in my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Rho Epsilon, a University real estate organization. During law school at John Marshall, I served on the Negotiation Competition Team, was active in Phi Alpha Delta and several student organizations where I served in leadership positions, including president of the Real Property Society and a chair of its pro bono activities.
  

Professional Background, Bar Activities, Civic Activities

• I am a partner in the law firm of Rozen, Rozen & Reilly, LLP, with my father Roger J. Rozen, who has practiced in Marietta since 1979, and Jeff Reilly, who has practiced in Marietta since 2013. Our firm specializes in a broad range of matters including land use, injury, domestic, criminal defense, local government, and business litigation and transactions. My practice focuses on land use, local government, business and real estate. I also serve as the appointed solicitor for the City of Powder Springs.
• My previous employment includes the Cobb County Solicitor General’s Office and the Office of the Cobb County District Attorney; Brian M. Douglas & Associates, LLC; and Sams, Larkin, Huff & Balli, LLP.
• I currently serve as the president of the Cobb County Bar Association. I previously served the Cobb Bar as a section president, membership chair, CLE chair, trustee-at-large, secretary and treasurer. In those roles, I attended the State Bar’s Annual Meeting as a representative of the Cobb Bar. As a member of the Cobb Bar’s Board of Trustees, I have been active in the business of the State Bar and its Board of Governors through the Board of Governors serving the Cobb District attending meetings for and as members of the Cobb Bar Board of Trustees.
• Ross Adams Younger Lawyer Award, Cobb County Bar Association, 2019.
• Marietta Metro Rotary Club—membership chair and parliamentarian; Marietta/Smyrna Ducks Unlimited—committee chair; Restoring Lives Alliance (supporting Cobb County’s Accountability Courts), board member; Cobb County Drug Court Accountability Court—board member.
  

Main Issues Facing the State Bar/Position

I believe it is important for local bar associations and practitioners to serve at the state level to ensure awareness of and a voice for the local associations and practitioners and their clients. I believe that the good work of the State Bar, its leadership and Board of Governors is something that members of the Bar should be aware of and to which we should give our time and talents. I desire to be a part of and participate in solving the numerous important issues being considered by the State Bar and the state legislators as they make important decisions that impact Bar members and our clients at a state and local level. I look forward to the opportunity to serve the State Bar in the capacity of a Board of Governors member.