Skillful. Precise. Dedicated.
CHRISTINA M. ROBERTO
Partner
SPECIALTIES
Insurance Litigation and Appeals
Gig Economy Insurance
First and Third Party Cyber Claims
croberto@tittmannweix.com
213.550.5232
Christina Roberto serves as national counsel for insurer clients, advising on complex coverage issues. She handles numerous high risk and complicated coverage matters across a spectrum of insurance products, including D&O, E&O, CGL, pollution liability, and multimedia liability policies.
Christina has worked on matters involving opioid coverage and drafting policy language for cutting edge gig economy insurance.
Christina led an effort to achieve a $10 million summary judgment win on an issue of first impression on the joint venture exclusion, in the matter of Reno Contracting v. Crum & Forster.
She also led an argument to find a non-defending carrier responsible for our insurance client’s attorney fees after our client was forced to fund the settlement alone.
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D.
Merit Scholarship Recipient
Semifinalist, Hale Moot Court Honors Program Oral Advocacy Competition - Suffolk University
B.S. Government, summa cum laude
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program - State Bar of California
- United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Featured, Insurers, Broker Near Settlement In Unpaid Commissions Suit, Law360 (July 2022)
- Quoted, What To Know As Vermont Justices Hear Virus Coverage Row, Law360 (January 2022)
- Quoted, Policyholders Hopeful Despite 9th Circ. COVID-19 Losses, Law360 (October 2021)
- Mentioned, Faegre Drinker Facing DQ Bid In Del. Insurance Row, Law360 (September 2021)
- Presenter, COVID-19 and the Insurance Industry, San Francisco Bar Association (February 17, 2021)
- Author, “Testing the Waters: The UK High Court of Justice Found Business-Interruption Coverage Applies to Covid-19-Related Losses. Will the Ripples Be Felt in the US?,” CLM Magazine (November 2020)
- Presenter, 2020 Vision: Keep Your Eyes Trained on Emerging Cyber Insurance Trends, CLM (July 2020)
- Author, 5 Insurance Coverage Questions Raised By Opioid Litigation, Law360
(August 2019) - Mentioned, Federal Judge Finds Joint Venture Partner’s Insurance Policy Inapplicable, Mealey’s California Insurance (March 2019)
- Mentioned, Insurer Says Firm Made Up Bad Faith Claim In Dog Bite Case, Law360 (February 2019)
PUBLISHED DECISIONS
- Voyager Indem. Ins. Co. v. Zalman N., Inc.,_F. Supp.3d_, (C.D. Cal. April 7, 2023)
- Grand Isle Partners, LLC v. Assurant, 580 F. Supp. 3d 342 (E.D. La. 2022) (no property damage coverage for government lockdowns)
- Am. Bankers Ins. Co. of Fla. v. Nat’l Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, 517 F. Supp. 3d 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2021)
- Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 389 F. Supp. 3d 794 (C.D. Cal. 2019)
- Reno Contracting, Inc. v. Crum & Forster, 359 F. Supp. 3d 944 (S.D. Cal. 2019)
- Seneca Specialty Ins. Co. v. DB Ins. Co., Ltd., 2019 WL 4386367 (N.D. Cal. Sep. 9, 2019)
- First Mercury Insurance Co. v. Kinsale Insurance Co., 2018 WL 3995836 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 21, 2018)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITIONS
- Chambers & Partners USA, Up and Coming, Insurance Law (Insurer), 2022, 2023
- Appointed, Law360’s 2022 IA General Liability Editorial Advisory Board
- Recognized as a “Rising Star” in California by Thompson Reuter Super Lawyers, 2022
- Finalist, CLM Professional of the Year, 2022