J. Robert Renner

practices in the areas of commercial, insurance coverage, product liability and intellectual property litigation, representing insurers and other business enterprises. Mr. Renner is admitted to practice in all California state courts, as well as before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California. He has conducted trials in federal and state courts and arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, the Independent Film & Television Alliance and other institutions.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Renner served as a Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice.

Mr. Renner is a 1990 graduate of the University of California Berkeley School of Law, where he was a member of the California Law Review, and a magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2008-present
- Associate, 2005-2007
•Coudert Brothers LLP
- Senior Attorney, 2003-2005
- Associate, 1995-2003
•California Department of Justice
- Deputy Attorney General, 1991-1995
•Hon. Oliver W. Wanger, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- Law Clerk, 1991

Honors and Awards

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Member of the British American Business Council of Los Angeles
•Trustee of The Renner Foundation

Publications

Selected Publications

• Anticipating Insurance Issues Raised By Climate Change Suits, Law360, August 22, 2019

• Second Circuit Limits Zeig v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co., Duane Morris Insurance Law, September 26, 2013
• Fewer lawyers per capita in French system, Daily Journal, April 8, 2013
• Ambiguity and the interpretation of insurance policies in California, Daily Journal, May 17, 2012
• Recent Supreme Court Decision Will Not End Climate Change Tort Litigation, PropertyCasualty360.com, June 30, 2011, and National Underwriter Property & Casualty, August 1, 2011
• Coverage for Climate Change Claims, An Uphill Fight, Daily Journal, April 11, 2011
• Will Global Warming Tort Claims Increase Coverage Litigation? Daily Journal, August 23, 2010
• Liability of Website Operators for Defamatory Postings by Third Parties, Global eCommerce Law and Business Report, February 2000