Theodore O Rogers Jr

Practice Areas

Litigation; Workplace Investigations; Estates & Personal; Family Office and Business

Advisory; Employment Law; Supreme Court and Appellate

Career

Theodore Rogers joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1979 and was a partner from 1987 through 2020. His litigation activities center on two areas: labor and employment law and estates litigation. As a senior member of the Firm’s Employment Law Group, Mr. Rogers represents employers with respect to all manner of labor and employment issues, including litigation of individual disputes and class actions, and provision of general advice and services, including workplace investigations. Mr. Rogers is recognized as one of the top employment law attorneys in the country. In his Estates Litigation practice, Mr. Rogers has litigated a broad range of cases, including will contests, trust accountings, and issues of fiduciary responsibility. Among other cases, he was lead trial and appellate counsel in a case that resulted in a significant decision by New York’s highest court on trustee fiduciary obligations that has come to be relied upon by lower courts.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and is a member of the American Law Institute, and has served on the Advisory

Board of the Center for Labor and Employment Law of New York University School of Law, the Executive Committee of the New York

State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section and the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the New York City Bar

Association.

Personal

Harvard Law School (JD, 1979, cum laude); Harvard University (AB, 1976, magna cum laude)