Joanna M. Roberto

Joanna M. Roberto is a partner of the firm in its Long Island office and concentrates her practice on general insurance defense litigation, which includes product liability litigation, insurance coverage and commercial litigation.  Ms. Roberto received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French, Italian and International Business from Hofstra University. She also attained a degree in linguistics while studying abroad in Florence, Italy. Ms. Roberto obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from Pace University School of Law with a simultaneous certificate for concentration of study in International Law. She served as exclusive coverage counsel for a multi-national insurance carrier in numerous construction defect matters pending in California. She is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, as well as in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern Districts of New York, the District of Connecticut, and the Court of Appeals for the Second and Tenth Circuits.

Direct Dial
516.281.9820
Fax
516.281.9801
E-mail
jroberto@goldbergsegalla.com
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Practice Areas

• General Civil Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation
• Insurance Coverage
• Commercial Litigation
• Life, Health and Disability Litigation 

• Hofstra University, B.A.,1994
• Diploma di Conoscenza, Centro Linquisto, Florence, Italy, 1997
• Pace University School of Law, J.D., 1997

• New York - All Courts
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York
• District of Connecticut
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Connecticut - All Courts
• Pennsylvania - All Courts 

• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association
• Insurance Coverage Section
• Litigation Section
• New York State Bar Association
• Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
• New York County Lawyers Association
• Tort Law Section 
• Nassau County Bar Association

• Co-Author, D&O Fraud and Dishonesty Exclusion: How Broad Should It Be?, 2008
• Co-Author, "Coverage Implications of the Subprime-Mortgage Meltdown," LexisNexis Emerging Insurance Disputes Commentaries, December, 2007
• Presenter, “What a Difference a Day Makes - The Perils of Claims-Made Coverages,” Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium, Defense Research Institute, December, 2007  
• Presenter, "Law School for Claims Professionals," New York State Bar Association, Additional Insured Issues and Policy Exclusions, June, 2007
• Presenter, "Mortgagee Claims," 2007, New York State Bar Association Seminar on Insurance Coverage Update, New York, New York, May, 2007
• Presenter, "Trucking Litigation and Claims," New York State Bar Association Seminar on Insurance Coverage Issues in Trucking Litigation in New York, November, 2006
• Author, Novel Failure to Warn Theories: Viable Exception to GARA? Aviation Litigation Quarterly, Fall/Winter, 2000

• Italian
• French