Robert Tugander
Partner
Robert Tugander
Partner
An experienced insurance litigator with a proven track record of quality work, Rob knows that understanding his clients’ needs is essential. His dedication to detail and extensive knowledge of insurance law allows him to develop creative strategies to help clients achieve their goals.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (516) 357-3335
Fax: (516) 357-3333
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY, 11556-0926
Practice Groups
Bar Admission
New York
Robert Tugander dedicates his practice to complex insurance coverage litigation.
For about two decades, Rob has represented and advised some of the nation’s leading insurers on a broad range of coverage matters, from historic manufactured gas plant operations to emerging issues such as global climate change, in state and federal courts and in arbitrations across the country.
Most recently, Rob has concentrated on complex environmental claims arising from oil and gas exploration and production and power generation activities. His recent cases have involved environmental contamination and toxic exposure arising from pipeline leaks, toppled offshore platforms, well blowouts, coal ash storage, tire fires, the use of gasoline additives, and asbestos. Rob also has substantial experience in counseling insurers on coverage issues arising from intellectual property and business tort claims.
A member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Rob has published several articles on insurance matters, including the insurance implications arising from the subprime mortgage and global credit crisis, issues arising from complex insurance litigation, and the apportionment of liabilities between insureds and insurers. He co-authored a chapter in the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide entitled “Understanding Multiple Insurer Situations.” He is also co-editor of The Reference Handbook on the Commercial General Liability Policy, published by the ABA and released in its second edition in 2014.
In law school, Rob was a member of the Hofstra Law Review.
Court Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Bar Affiliations
American Bar Association
Education
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, J.D.
SUNY Stony Brook, B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
News & Publications
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August 2025 Insurance Update
August 21 | 2025 -
July 2025 Insurance Update
July 22 | 2025 -
Advisory Council Recommends Amending NY’s Commercial Division Rules
June 27 | 2025
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Since 2019, Legal 500 has recommended Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage practice in the Insurance: Advice to Insurers category. The Insurance Coverage Practice Group since 2016 has been included in the Chambers USA directory in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category.
