Robert Guida

Robert Guida is a Partner with more than 30 years of experience in insurance law, much of that time spent in-house at Prudential Financial Inc. His primary practice area is Insurance Law.

He has a deep working knowledge of the business of insurance, with extensive experience in individual life, group life, group disability, sales conduct and class action litigation matters. He also handles coverage and claims matters across various lines of business, including professional liability, directors and officers, property and casualty, and general liability coverage matters.

Prior to joining Dentons, he served as Vice President & Corporate Counsel with Prudential, managing its individual life insurance litigation, including class actions, and group life and disability insurance litigation, as well as FINRA arbitration and customer litigation matters. He also supported the distribution and sale of insurance and securities products by the company's agency sales force, counselling on business initiatives, regulatory matters, investigations, restrictive covenant enforcement, insurance licensing and appointment, securities licensing, and compliance policies and procedures.

He was responsible for supporting the company's directors and officers, professional liability and other executive risk insurance coverages, including policy wording and claims issues. His in-house experience also includes environmental and toxic tort insurance coverage litigation and employment law litigation and counselling. Prior to his in-house career, he was in private practice concentrating on commercial, insurance coverage and employment litigation.

His areas of focus include bad faith defense, class action defense, financial services litigation, insurance and reinsurance, insurance litigation and arbitration, insurance regulation, and life insurance and annuities. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute.

He holds a JD, Cum Laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law (1983) and a BA, Cum Laude, from Muhlenberg College (1980).