JOSHUA D. ROGERS

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PRACTICE DESCRIPTION:

Mr. Rogers’ primary practice areas are insurance coverage and defense. In his practice, he has been involved in analyzing and litigating numerous complex insurance coverage matters in representation of insurance companies. A major portion of Mr. Rogers' practice involves representing insurance companies in defense of insurance bad faith claims. Mr. Rogers’ has analyzed complex advertising injury and personal injury general liability coverage claims.

Mr. Rogers is one of two associate authors for Couch On Insurance 3d, a nationally recognized authoritative treatise on insurance law.

EDUCATION AND SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES:

PepperdineUniversity Schoolof Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001)

• Pepperdine Law Review, Staff
• Graduated in the top 10%
• Corporate and Securities Law Society, Co-Founding Member
• Witkin Award for Academic Excellence: Jurisprudence (Spring 2000) and International Public Law (Fall 2000)
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Jurisprudence (Spring 2000) and International Public Law (Fall 2000)

The Master’s College (B.A., Political Studies, summa cum laude, 1998)

• Political Studies Student of the Year (1997-1998)
• Who’s Who in American Colleges (1997-1998)

JUDICIAL LAW CLERKSHIPS and INTERNSHIPS:

• Legislative Intern to the Office of Congressman J.C. Watts, United States House of Representatives (1997)

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

• Associate Author, Couch On Insurance 3d
• Mr. Rogers is authoring the chapter on libel, slander, defamation. false light and invasion of privacy for the soon to be published Arizona Tort Law Handbook

Academic Journals And Law Reviews:

• The Practical Ramifications of Dual Sovereignty in Prosecuting Declaratory Judgment Actions Against State and Federal Governments. CONN. INS. L.J. (forthcoming Spring 2008)
• Charting A Course For Federal Removal Through The Turbulent Waters Of The Abstention Doctrine: A Titanic Experience In The Sargasso Sea Of Jurisdictional Manipulation.  Vol. 56, DePaul L. Rev. 107 (Fall 2006)
• Judicial Abstinence:  Ninth Circuit Jurisdictional Celibacy for Claims Brought Under the Federal Declaratory Judgment. 27 Seattle U.L. Rev. 751 (Issue 3, Spring 2004)
• A Methodical Approach to Analyzing the Application of the Absolute Pollution Exclusion, Insurance Litigation Reporter, Vol. 28, No. 19 (December 2006)

Speaker/Presentations:

• "Arizona Liability Insurance Coverage" (May 14, 2004) (Topic: The "Where, What, When, Why and How" of an Occurrence) Sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona.
• "The Construction Defects Litigation Explosion: Current Issues of Importance to Contractors" (October 12, 2005) (Topic: Insurance Issues) Sponsored by The Southwest Builders Show.
• "Arizona Insurance Coverage" (January 25, 2007) (Topic: Insurance Coverage For Construction Defects) Sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona.