Robert (Bob) E. Rosenthal is a partner at JRG, having practiced law in Monterey County for the past 47 years. Bob is recognized as one of the central coast’s premier trial attorneys, having been awarded the prestigious Lewis Fenton Award from his peers in the Monterey County Bar Association for his excellence and ethics as a trial attorney. Bob has also been voted Monterey County’s “Best Attorney” by the readers of the Monterey Herald.

During Bob’s 50 years of practicing law, he has tried over 150 court and jury trials in courts throughout California. In one of Bob’s trials, Hill v Toyota, after a 5-week trial, the jury awarded his client the largest personal injury award in Monterey County history.

In 1978, Bob opened his practice in Monterey, where he soon formed the firm of Bohnen, Rosenthal & Call. In 2016, Bob merged his firm with JRG, where he continues to practice complex trial litigation, including commercial litigation, personal injury, product liability, and real estate law. Bob’s clientele is varied and includes mayors, school district superintendents, real estate developers, attorneys, physicians, and various business/corporate entities. He is often retained to negotiate business transactions/agreements, handle dispute resolutions, mediate, and generally provide legal advice to his many individual and business clients.

Bob was one of the country’s first sports agents/attorneys. He has represented over 50 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, and golf, and represented the Oakland Raiders professional football team in a trial. Bob has lectured at Santa Clara Law School and McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific, on the Art of Negotiation and has been a guest speaker discussing trial tactics and strategies and his experience in the Hill v Toyota case.

Personally, Bob believes in “giving back” and has been active in the Monterey community having sought and been elected to the Monterey Peninsula School Unified Board of Trustees; was a founder and director of Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association; was a founding member of the Monterey County Hospitality Association; was founder of the Monterey Peninsula Safe School task force; was a founding board member of Association of Representation of Professional Athletes (ARPA); served as Past President of Monterey Peninsula JayCees; was a past board member of the Living Breath Foundation, Monterey Chamber of Commerce and the Bronco Little League World Series; and has raised over $3 million acting as a charitable auctioneer.

Bob raised three sons on the Monterey Peninsula and is married to Carol.

Education

• B.A., California State University in Chico, CA, 1972
• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, CA, 1975
• State Finalist, Best oral argument, California Moot Court Competition

Practice Areas

• Complex Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury & Product Liability
• Wrongful Death/Catastrophic Injury
• Commercial Litigation
• Contract Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation
• Business, Partnership and Corporate Litigation
• Trust Litigation
• Business/Corporate Transactions
• Real Estate & Foreclosure Law
• Sports & Entertainment Law
• Education Law/Litigation

Bar & Court Admissions

• California State Bar
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• Monterey County Bar Association
• American Bar Association