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Roben S. West

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Atlanta

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Overview

Roben West is a litigator who focuses her practice on property and casualty insurance and general business litigation. She has experience handling a variety of coverage issues arising under both first-party and third-party policies and has counseled clients on many claims, including construction defect, professional malpractice, and bodily injury. Her other litigation experience covers a wide range of matters and industries.

Roben is a regular contributing writer to the firm’s PropertyCasualtyFocus blog, focused on legal developments in the property-casualty insurance industry.

Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Roben was a law clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Wilson of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Tampa.

Areas of Focus

Practices

Industries

Insights

Federal Court Finds No Coverage for Mouthwash Tainted From Auto Cleanser Equipment

No Paying Over Slow Milk? Wisconsin Appellate Court Finds Intentional Act by Cattle Feed Supplier May Be “Occurrence” Under CGL Policy

11th Cir. Affirms That Georgia’s Implied Waiver Doctrine Cannot Be Used to Create Coverage

Ohio Supreme Court Finds Insured’s Ransomware Payment Not Covered Under Business Owners Policy

Eleventh Circuit Finds Claims-Made Policy’s “Correlating Claims” Provision Substantially Similar to “Related Claims” Provisions

Louisiana Supreme Court Finds “Assault and Battery Exclusion” Barred Coverage for Kidnapping at Insured’s Motel

Georgia Federal Court Extinguishes Fire Claim Because of Insured’s Failure to Update Insurer on Home Use

Virginia Federal Court Orders Suppliers of Contaminated Fruit to Reimburse Subrogated Insurer for Defense of Smoothie Cafes

Arizona Supreme Court Finds That Reasonableness of Insurer’s Refusal to Consent to Settlement Under D&O Policy Is in the Eye of the Insurer

Missouri Federal Court Finds New York Choice-of-Law Provision Does Not Inhibit Insured’s Assertion of Missouri-Specific Public Policy Statute Violation

South Carolina Federal Court Finds No Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Damages Discovered Years After Occurrence-Based Policy Expiration

Seventh Circuit Rejects Insured’s “Claim Within a Claim” Argument

Pennsylvania Court Ices General Reservation of Rights Letters: Insurers Must Specify “Emergent Coverage Issues”

South Carolina Supreme Court’s Quiet Erosion of Insurers’ Attorney-Client Privilege Rights

War of the Words: Ninth Circuit Reverses Judgment for the Insurer in Rare War Exclusion Case

Form Over Substance? High Court Agrees to Take a Look at an Old Fifth Circuit Rule Requiring Formal Objection

A Lesson in Sticking to Your Guns: Court Reverses Course and Finds No Duty to Defend or Indemnify on a Motion for Reconsideration

California Federal Court Holds Scope of Duty to Defend Is Determined by the Language of the Contract

Clearing the Air: Tenth Circuit Strikes Down an Indoor Air Quality Exclusion, Citing Ambiguity

News

Carlton Fields Attorneys Named to Leadership Council on Legal Diversity 2021 Fellows and Pathfinders Programs

Roben S. West Joins Carlton Fields in Atlanta

Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law (2023–2025)

Professional & Community Involvement

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
- Pathfinder (2021)
LSU Alumni Association Young Alumni Advisory Council

Speaking Engagements

“Big Law 101," National Black Law Students Association (March 4, 2021)

Credentials

Education

Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2016)
- Business Editor & Interim Articles Editor, Thurgood Marshall Law Review
Louisiana State University (B.A., 2012)

Bar Admissions

Georgia
Texas

Court Admissions

Georgia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia

Clerkships

Hon. Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

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