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Robert D. Chesler
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Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2328 | Fax: 973.597.2329


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Recent Representative Speaking Engagements
  • Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee and Admiralty Law Committe Telecongerence, "Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill:  The Legal Fall Out," July 21, 2010
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Conference, "Do I Really Need IP/Cyber Insurance?," October 16, 2009
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Conference, "Intellectual Property and Cyber Insurance Issues Under General Liability Policies," October 16, 2009
  • Webinar, "The AIG Meltdown: What it Means to You and Your Clients," October 7, 2008
  • New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, "Settling Asbestos & Environmental Insurance Claims," March 13, 2007
  • Insurance Law and Litigation Week, Live Interactive Teleconference Program, "Occurrences in Complex Insurance Claims -State of the Law-Emerging Trends," February 15, 2006
  • 2006 Corporate Council Institute, Moderator/Program Coordinator, "Issues That Confront In-House Council," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 25, 2006
  • 2005 Corporate Counsel Institute, Moderator/Program Coordinator, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 3, 2005
  • "The Decision to Litigate: Should I Stay or Should I Go?," Mealey's Insurance 101 Conference, February 28 - March 1, 2005
  • "Construction Defects Insurance," Insurance Coverage for Construction Defects, October 5, 2004
  • "Environmental Insurance Issues," USDA Pollution Control Team Professional Development Conference, September 27 - 29, 2004
  • "Insurance Law in the Age of NRD & Asbestos", 2004 Environmental Law Forum, June 25 - 26, 2004
  • "Insurance Coverage for Asbestos, Silica and Other Industrial Inhalation Claims", Industrial Minerals Association North America Meeting, May 2, 2004
  • "Analyzing A Complex General Liability Insurance Coverage Action", 2004 Mid-Year Meeting of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (ABA), March 4 - 6, 2004
  • "Analyzing A Complex General Liability Insurance Coverage Action", 2004 Corporate Counsel Institute, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 25, 2004
  • "Insurance Coverage 101 for Natural Resource Damage Claims", Natural Resource Damages What It Means to New Jersey Businesses, Seminar, December 12, 2003
  • "Trigger and Allocation: Insurance Law in the Age of NRD and Asbestos", Lowenstein Sandler Insurance Coverage Seminar, December 5, 2003
  • "And The Mold Creeps On", New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education Seminar on the Legal and Technical Aspects of Mold Cases, June 28, 2003
  • "Using Insurance To Do the Deal", 6th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, June 19, 2003
  • "Practical Training for the Claims Professional", Mealey's Conference, March 3 - 4, 2003
  • "Handling D&O Insurance Claims in the Post-Enron Era", 6th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, February 5, 2003
  • "Environmental Insurance", American Conference Institute, December 12 - 13, 2002
  • "D&O", 5th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, December 5, 2002
  • "Insurance Broker Liability", 5th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, October 2, 2002
  • "Insurance Broker Liability", Mealey's Conference on New Insurance Issues in the Northeast, June 6 - 7, 2002
  • "Surviving Today's Hard Market", 5th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, April 30, 2002
  • "New Jersey Law Provides Insurance Coverage For Asbestos Claims", Lowenstein Sandler Asbestos Liability Seminar, March 16, 2002
  • "Contingency Planning Seminar", Lowenstein Sandler Insurance Coverage Seminar co-sponsored with Grant Thornton, February 8, 2002
  • "Employment Law", 4th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, October 18, 2001
  • "Doing the Deal in Hudson County", Brownfields, June 18, 2001
  • "Coverage Under Your Traditional Policies", 4th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, June 14, 2001
  • "Asbestos Program for the Essex/Union Lumber Dealers", New Jersey Lumber Dealers Association, April 25, 2001
  • "The Duty to Defend", 4th Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, April 5, 2001
  • "Cost Effective Resolution of Environmental Insurance Claims", 3rd Annual New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute Seminar Series, October 4, 2000
  • "Catastrophic Risk in New Jersey: Preparing For Loss After 9-11 and Katrina", New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education/NJSBA, December 7, 2006




  • Wheel In The Sky Keeps On Turning
    Mealey's Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, August 2010
    Robert Chesler, Michael Lichtenstein

  • Key Recent Insurance Coverage Decisions
    New Jersey Law Journal, June 7, 2010
    Robert Chesler, Michael Lichtenstein

  • The Insurance Broker and Coverage Disputes: Emerging Issues
    Professionals', Officers' and Directors' Liability Committee Newsletter, Spring 2010
    Robert Chesler

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  • Robert Chesler discusses lawyers' and law firms' need for cyber insurance policies, which provides coverage for intangibles such as identity theft and IP infringement--claims that general policies do not cover., Lawyers USA, July 21, 2010

  • The article "Does a Subpoena Constitute a Claim for Purposes of D&O Insurance Coverage," written by Robert Chesler and Cindy Sonenblick, is highlighted., The D&O Diary, January 21, 2009

  • Robert Chesler discusses the growth of cyber insurance, a new form of coverage for intangible Internet-based property loss., Lawyers USA, April 21, 2008

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    Insurance Coverage
    Litigation
    Privacy Law


    Education

    Harvard Law School (J.D., 1982), cum laude
    Princeton University (Ph.D., 1979)
    Princeton University (M.A., 1976)
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (B.A., 1973), summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa




    New York
    New Jersey




    • Professor, State University of New York at Purchase (1978-1979)
    • Vice-Chair, Intellectual Property Insurance Sub-Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Legal Methods Instructor, Harvard University (1981)
    • American Bar Association
      • Environmental Insurance Subcommittee
      • Litigation Section
      • Torts Section
      • Insurance Practice Section
    • New Jersey State Bar Association
      • Co-Chair, Environmental Insurance
      • Committee of the Environmental Section
    • Essex County Bar Association
      • Former Co-Chair, Insurance Committee



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