Rob has been representing insurance companies as coverage counsel for over 20 years. Rob has represented insurance companies in courts across the country, from Connecticut to California. He has developed an insurance coverage specialty, and wealth of information and experience, in the intermountain west.

Rob maintains active licenses in the state and federal courts of Arizona and Utah, and in the federal district courts of Colorado and New Mexico, as well as the US Courts of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit and Tenth Circuit. He has over a decade of experience in Nevada as pro hac vice counsel in litigation, and coverage counsel on innumerable Nevada coverage assignments.

Rob has extensive contacts throughout the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah which serve as the basis for successful litigation and resolution in these jurisdictions. Mediators and counsel alike know and respect Rob in these jurisdictions, and work with him towards constructive resolutions where possible. A big believer in creatively exploring win-win resolutions, Rob has developed a wide range of resolution frameworks for insurance coverage and insurance bad faith cases in the intermountain west.

Risk exposure analysis, and counsel and advice, is a big part of the practice. Insurance coverage analysis, extra-contractual exposure, and consent judgment set-ups are an important consideration in the intermountain west. Clear eyed advice is critical for an insurance company making a decision in these jurisdictions. The risks associated with certain decisions, and the exposures created from these decisions, are mission critical in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

Collaboration and reporting are as important to Rob as the coverage work that he does. It is the insurance company that makes the decision, and timely and comprehensive reporting and evaluation is the only way for the insurance company to make the right decision. Conferences and collaboration with the insurance company are critical to Rob’s role as coverage counsel.

Rob’s partner – in life – is his wife, April Justman. Happiness and hardship are the stuff of life, and he has no better partner than April. They have four children together.