Michael T. Rose, JD/MBA is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of STARRS.
Michael is a 1969 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
He has the highest professional rating of “AV” and is on the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers from Martindale-Hubbell.
Michael was an associate attorney at a major law firm and has founded and been President of various entrepreneurial companies. He was the winner and plaintiff of a landmark US Supreme Court decision about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
He served four terms as a Republican State Senator in South Carolina, and has lectured at various universities, colleges, professional organizations, and television programs, including on CBS “60 Minutes.”
LINKS:
Watch the 1974 60 Minutes interview of Mike Rose: “Captain Rose versus The System”
His 1973 Law Review article: A Prayer For Relief: The Constitutional Infirmities of the Military Academies’ Conduct, Honor and Ethics System (pdf)
Department of the Air Force v. Rose, 425 U.S. 352 (1976 US Supreme Court decision establishing precedent of redaction for FOIAs)
Political Resume – 2012 Senator Michael T. Rose (pdf)
Senator Rose Named as “Outstanding State Legislator’, Evening Post, August 27, 1990 (pdf)
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