Charles B. Roberts is a "distinguished" member of the legal profession and a veteran trial lawyer. Mr. Roberts' 23 year practice has been devoted to aggressive and outstanding representation of clients, including an NFL Super Bowl winner, platinum recording artists, elected officials, corporations, and the U.S. Government. He is an extremely successful trial lawyer whose track record in his practice has proven he is a consistent winner.
Mr. Roberts' victories include winning "million dollar cases", such as a $2,100,000.00 nursing home case and a $1,200,000.00 award from the United States Government in a vaccine reaction case. He has also been the subject of numerous articles in newspapers and legal periodicals. A Virginia judge who has presided over a number of Mr. Roberts' trials described him as a trial lawyer who "Comes to court prepared, doesn't back down, and wins a lot". Mr. Roberts' jury trial victories are approximately double the national average, and he has conducted hundreds of jury and bench trials. Mr. Roberts' successes have brought him serious injury and wrongful death cases from throughout the United States.
Mr. Roberts is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and he has over 23 years of experience in the courtroom successfully litigating civil and criminal cases. He was first listed in "Who's Who in American Law" in 1983, and his biography appears in the current 2002 edition of the publication.
Mr. Roberts' education includes Harvard Law School and the Ohio State University. He graduated in the top 11% of his law school class and received numerous academic awards, including the American Jurisprudence Award for Scholastic Excellence in the area of personal injury law. Mr. Roberts' academic awards also include three awards for being the "Best Oralist" in his trial practice class, and he received an invitation to his law school's National Trial Team.
After receiving his law degree in 1978, Mr. Roberts was awarded a prestigious law clerk position with the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mr. Roberts then accepted a position as an investigative and trial lawyer for the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. As a congressional attorney, he was chosen to be a member of the trial team in a nationwide class action lawsuit which settled for $3,200,000.00 after an eight week trial. Mr. Roberts received numerous awards while serving as a Congressional trial attorney, including the honor of being chosen to serve on the Board of Directors of the Younger Lawyers Section of the Federal Bar Association, and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Federal Bar Association's Journal.
