Ken Rosenberg

Background

Ken Rosenberg is a fast-talking criminal lawyer based in Washington Beach who works for the Forelli Crime Family in Vice City. He is perpetually nervous, speaks at high speed and has a heavy cocaine habit. Sonny Forelli relies on him to help arrange the large drug purchase that opens GTA Vice City, and Ken is the one who meets Tommy Vercetti when he arrives in town.

Events of GTA Vice City

• In In The Beginning..., Ken accompanies Tommy to the deal with the Vance brothers. When masked gunmen ambush the exchange, Ken and Tommy escape by car, and Ken drops Tommy at the Ocean View Hotel.
• From his law office, Ken becomes Tommy's first mission contact. In The Party he hands Tommy an invitation to Colonel Cortez's yacht and sends him to buy a suit first.
• In Back Alley Brawl, Ken points Tommy toward Kent Paul at the Malibu Club to dig for rumors about the ambush, which leads Tommy to the hitman Leo Teal.
• In Jury Fury, Ken explains that Sonny's cousin Giorgio is on trial for fraud, and Tommy intimidates two jurors to swing the verdict.
• In Riot, Ken introduces Tommy to Avery Carrington, who wants a delivery company called Spand Express ruined. Avery becomes another regular employer.
• After Tommy takes over Ricardo Diaz's mansion, Ken becomes part of the new Vercetti Gang. He handles legal matters, helps run the Malibu Club office, and takes part in planning the bank robbery in The Job.
• When Forelli enforcers start taxing Tommy's businesses, it is Ken who warns Tommy that there is trouble at the Print Works, setting up Cap the Collector.
• In Keep Your Friends Close..., Ken is at the Vercetti Estate when Sonny arrives. During the gunfight he stays behind cover, and he survives to see Tommy win.

Personality

Ken is anxious, chatty and quick to panic, and his drug use often makes him even more erratic. He has no stomach for violence and regularly complains about the danger he is in. At the same time he is genuinely loyal, and he grows fond of Tommy, who protects him and gives him a stable place in the organization. His humor comes from his rapid-fire, rambling speech and his tendency to say exactly the wrong thing at the wrong moment.

Relationships

• Tommy Vercetti: his client, boss and closest friend, who sticks up for him throughout the story.
• Sonny Forelli: the mob boss Ken fears and eventually turns away from.
• Lance Vance: a fellow survivor of the opening ambush and later a colleague in the Vercetti Gang.
• Avery Carrington: a client who uses Ken for legal advice.

Trivia

• Ken is voiced by William Fichtner.
• He returns in GTA San Andreas, where he works as a front man for the Mafia families at a casino in Las Venturas.
• His office in Washington Beach is the first mission marker after the opening of the game.