Joseph B. Roberts, III
Member
Email: joe@robertsfirm.com
Practice Areas: Litigation; Worker's Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Torts; Products Liability; Wrongful Death.
Admitted: 1964, North Carolina; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Claims Court
Law School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, LL.B., 1964
College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1962
Member: Gaston County, 27th Judicial District (President, 1970; 1980-1982), North Carolina (Chairman, Workers Compensation Section, 1998-1999) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. William T. Phillips Scholar. Member, National Transportation Safety Board, 1976. Chairman, Gaston-Lincoln Mental Health Board. Member, Flynn Homes, Inc. Chairman, Gaston County Board of Elections, 1977. Lay Member, Appointed by Governor Jim Hunt, North Carolina Pharmacy Board, 1982-1988. Member, North Carolina House of Representatives, 1983. Editor, "Course and Scope," Chairman, Workers Compensation Section, North Carolina Bar Association (September 1998-1999). (Managing Partner)
Reported Cases: Sizemore v. Raxter, 344 S.E.2d 391, 314 N.C. 527; Sizemore v. Raxter, 327 S.E.2d 258, 73 N.C.App. 531; Ross v. Young Supply Co., 322 S.E.2d 648, 71 N.C.App. 532; Bush v. BASF Wyandotte Corp., 306 S.E.2d 562, 64 N.C.App. 41; Hughey v. Cloninger, 253 S.E.2d 898, 297 N.C. 86; Phillips v. Phillips, 252 S.E.2d 790, 34 N.C.App. 428; Henderson County v. Osteen, 235 S.E.2d 166, 292 N.C. 692; In re Robinson, 215 S.E.2d 631, 26 N.C.App. 341; Gastonia Personnel Corp. v. Rogers, 172 S.E.2d 19, 276 N.C. 279; Gastonia Personnel Corp. v. Rogers, 168 S.E.2d 31, 5 N.C.App. 219; State v. Gibson, 162 S.E.2d 627, 2 N.C.App. 187.
Born: Gastonia, North Carolina, May 24, 1940
ISLN: 902101928
