Overview
Roger Warin is a trial lawyer who served as chair of Steptoe from 2003-2013. While serving as Steptoe's chair, Roger spent more than 100 days in trial.
For more than 40 years he has successfully handled a wide range of complex commercial litigation, appearing in courts and trying cases throughout the United States as well as in various arbitral forums. For more than three decades, he has been lead counsel in representing insurers in numerous major nationwide insurance coverage and reinsurance disputes involving hurricane, financial products, fine art, event cancellation, pharmaceutical and medical device claims, professional liability, asbestos, toxic substances, and environmental claims.
For ten years, Roger served on the board of the Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc. (ALAS) serving as chair for two years. ALAS is a monoline professional liability insurer which is the largest insurer of lawyers in the US.
Roger has been lead counsel in cases involving securities fraud, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), libel, trademark, products liability, directors' and officers' liability, employment discrimination, attorneys' fees, defamation, legal malpractice and other professional liability, negligence, real estate, surety, construction, environmental, toxic tort, and insurance coverage claims. He has represented dozens of international law firms in defense of legal malpractice, professional negligence and ethics claims, and in connection with a wide range of attorneys' fees disputes.
Roger is recognized as one of the leading legal malpractice defense lawyers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Roger is also a successful appellate advocate, having argued more than 20 cases in various federal circuit courts of appeals and state supreme courts.
Roger has also served as an arbitrator in insurance coverage and professional liability disputes.
- District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Tax Court
- US District Court, District of Maryland
- US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
- Hon. Oliver Gasch, US District Court, District of Columbia
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- A.B., Creighton University, cum laude
Areas of Work
News & Publications
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 28 Practice Rankings, 34 Individual Awards in Legal 500 US 2023
June 14, 2023
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 25 Practice, 72 Individual Mentions in Chambers USA 2023
June 1, 2023
Press Releases
North Carolina Court of Appeals Affirms Steptoe’s Trial Win for Client AIG
March 21, 2023
Media Mentions
The New York Times Covers Steptoe's Insurer Representation in $410 Million Art Coverage Dispute
The New York Times
November 17, 2022
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 27 Practice Rankings, 26 Individual Awards in Legal 500 US 2022
June 16, 2022
Noteworthy
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BTI Client Service All-Star List (2019)
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Chambers USA, Band 1, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer, Nationwide (2010-2024)
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Chambers USA, Band 1, Insurance: Insurer, DC (2008-2024)
- Chambers USA, Law Firm Defense (2024)
- Legal 500 US, Hall of Fame, Insurance: Advice to Insurers (2020-2023)
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Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer, Insurance: Advice to Insurers - Coverage (2018-2019)
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Legal 500 US, Insurance: Advice to Insurers (2011-2017, 2019-2020)
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Legal 500 Hall of Fame (2017)
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Law360 Insurance "MVP" (2015)
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Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America (2011)
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Washingtonian magazine, "Top Lawyer," Insurance (2011)
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Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, "Top 100 Attorneys" (2011, 2013-2016)
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Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, "Top 10 Attorneys" (2013)
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Super Lawyers, Washington, DC (2007-2021)
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Best Lawyers in America, "Lawyer of the Year," Malpractice Law-Defendants, DC (2016, 2022)
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Best Lawyers in America, "Lawyer of the Year," Insurance Law, DC (2010)
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Best Lawyers in America, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law, and Mediation (2005-2022)
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Who's Who Legal, Insurance & Reinsurance
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Wiley A. Branton Award, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (2005)
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EuroMoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013)
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EuroMoney's Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Professional Affiliations
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Chair of Board, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society (2014-2016)
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Board Member, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society (2008-2019)
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Board Member, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (1982-2017)
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Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
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Fellow, American Bar Foundation
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Litigation Section and Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
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Board Member, Council for Court Excellence