Alexandra A. Roje

Alex Roje is a Partner in the firm's Insurance Recovery practice. Alex is highly skilled in complex insurance and commercial litigation matters, representing policyholder clients in a wide range of insurance coverage disputes involving directors' and officers' liability, product and environmental liability, employment practice liability, first-party property coverage, crime/fidelity coverage, and insurance coverage matters in bankruptcy proceedings. In addition to prosecuting insurance coverage cases, Alex assists policyholders with the design of insurance coverage strategies, manuscripting insurance policies, and provides advice and counseling to corporate boards on insurance coverage and liability issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions, and transactional risk insurance including "reps and warranties" liability and tax indemnity insurance products.

Alex's extensive trial experience includes insurance recovery and commercial litigation matters. Her achievements include arbitrations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, a multi-year trial and appellate proceedings before the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, as well as two separate verdicts on behalf of a national healthcare system and hospital against a health maintenance organization. 

In addition, Alex is a frequent speaker for panels and webinars on the topic of insurance coverage, co-authored the Rutter Group's D&O Liability Insurance Section, and has served as the Co-chair of the American Bar Association's Director and Officer Liability Insurance Section and is a member of its advisory group as well. 

• Co-presenter, Business in the COVID-19 Environment: Tax Opportunities with the CARES Act and Insurance Options for Business Interruption, Association for Corporate Growth - Minnesota Chapter, April 21, 2020
• Presenter, Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus Losses, International Franchise Association (IFA), April 5, 2020 
• Presenter, Top Five Pitfalls in D&O Liability Policies, Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Annual Conference & Exhibition, Boston, 2019
• Presenter, Reps and Warranties Coverage and Claims Experience, ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Conference, Transaction Risk, 2017
• Presenter, Management Liability and Insurance Issues: What Bank Executives and Decision-Makers Need to Know, California Bankers Association Webinar Series, 2013
• Presenter, D&O Insurance Coverage: What Corporate Decision Makers Need to Know, Webinar series, 2011
• Presenter, Advice for Corporate Clients: What Corporate Lawyers Need to Know, Webinar series, 2011

• Quoted, Northrop’s Win Curbs Excess Insurers’ Settlement Challenges, Law360, Sept. 16, 2020
• Quoted, Momentous Business Interruption Ruling Reached in Missouri, Insurance Business, Sept. 11, 2020
• Quoted, Time Is Running Out For Insurance Companies to Comply, S&P Global, Sept. 2, 2020
• Quoted, Case count tops 1,000 as litigation against insurers over COVID-19 takes shape, S&P Global, Sept. 2, 2020
• Quoted, Insurance Firms Gain Early Lead in Coronavirus Legal Fight With Businesses, The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 1, 2020
• Quoted, 25 Types of Insurance Your Small Business Should Consider, Business News Daily, Aug. 27, 2020
• Quoted, More Virus Insurance Suits Could Follow As Consolidation Fails, Bloomberg Law, Aug. 14, 2020
• Quoted, Insurance Companies Battle Their Clients Over the Coronavirus, AXIOS, July 23, 2020
• Featured, Business Interruption? Plan for the Future, Ask the Expert, Business Class News, May 27, 2020
• Quoted, More States Introduce COVID-19 Business-Interruption Bills, Claims Journal, April 16, 2020
• Quoted, Attorneys Find New Work as Insurers Deny COVID-19 Coverage, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, April 14, 2020
• Quoted, Coronavirus Business Loss Bills Face Constitutional Hurdles, Law360, March 26, 2020
• Quoted, Virus Fight Insurers Thought They’d Dodged Is Looming Anyway, Washington Post / Bloomberg News, March 24, 2020
• Quoted, Proposed N.J. Bill Would Require Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims, Insurance Journal, March 19, 2020
• Quoted, With Events Cancelled by Coronavirus, It’s Time to File Claims – and Brace for Lawsuits, Northstar Meetings Group, March 16, 2020
• Quoted, 4 Key Coronavirus Insurance Coverage Battlegrounds, Law360, March 13, 2020
• Featured, Insurance Coverage for Cancelled Events segment, CNBC, March 12, 2020
• Author, “Insurance for Business Interruption Losses Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” The Franchise Lawyer, Spring 2020
• Contributing editor, The Rutter Guide, Director and Officer Liability Insurance Section
• Contributing editor, D&O Handbook (2013)

• American Bar Association, Director and Officer Liability Insurance Section, Former Co-Chair
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Risk Insurance Management Society
• American College of Coverage Counsel, Fellow

• Public Counsel, Member of the Board of Directors

• Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC)