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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

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