Stephen Rosenbaum quoted by California Healthline, Sept. 7, 2017

Because the goal is to win the case, good lawyers often file a number of claims, said Stephen Rosenbaum. … “Whether the ADA is the strongest claim is unclear from a strategic standpoint,” he said. … Rosenbaum said case law has not established exactly how the federal disability law applies to assisted living facilities. It is “ironic” that the attorneys in this case are using the disability law to sue Brookdale, given that the company by definition serves people with some kind of disability, he said.

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed for KPCC-FM, Feb. 24, 2016

“This is about releasing personal data to the plaintiffs’ organizations. This information is going to be handled by the attorneys under a strict protective order. … Information that’s presented to the court at trial or at some motion before trial … is not going to come even close to identifying individual students.”

Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in Contra Costa Times, September 25, 2015

“From a parent standpoint, I understand … my child will be in a bigger classroom, they’ll drown in there, they won’t get the attention they need, all of those things come up,” Rosenbaum said. “If you don’t give any support to the teacher or a teacher’s aide, then it is a dump and pray situation, close your eyes and hope that this works.”

Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 2015

“This is something that should never have gone to court, in my view,” said Rosenbaum. … “The plaintiffs make it out to be that there’s a monster at large in the neighborhood, but I know from the standpoint both as an attorney and as a parent myself of a young man who had a disability that there may be things that are the perception by the rest of the community that can be at odds with reality.”

Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in McClatchy, March 17, 2015

“It’s no surprise at all,” said Stephen Rosenbaum. … “Academics are pretty much liberal, left of center.”

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed by KPCC, December 19, 2014

Stephen Rosenbaum … said it’s up to Congress to increase spending. “They’ve never come close to doing it, so this became the bane of everyone, from administrators to parents to the students themselves.”

Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in Berkeley Political Review, November 30, 2014

“There is something to be said about national standards on science, social studies, literature, etc. But those standards should be supplemented by what local districts decide is important. The moment you say this is exactly what should be taught, you run into problems. Ultimately, we should encourage students to be critical thinkers.”

Stephen Rosenbaum quoted in The Daily Californian, November 4, 2014

Stephen Rosenbaum, a campus lecturer at the UC Berkeley School of Law, said that although he is pleased with what the governor did for primary and secondary education, higher education “needs all the funds it can get.”

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed on Celebrity Court Radio, February 16, 2014
Universal jurisdiction is exercised over “individuals who will never be brought to justice in their own countries because of weak judicial systems, weak forms of due process. So, in other countries with more robust institutions—courts in particular—attempts have been made to… obtain remedies against some of these bad actors…from generals to presidents.”

Stephen Rosenbaum interviewed on Blog Talk Radio, November 17, 2013

“We have…the irony of …one dictator [Mubarak] getting increasing levels of liberty and another shut out more and more. Morsi, for instance, didn’t even have access to his lawyers until his [first] day in court.”