Roberta B. King

Associate
rking@bennett-guthrie.com
Admitted to bar
- 2003, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Education:
- Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1997)
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Golden Key
- Wake Forest University (J.D., 2002)
- Member, Wake Forest Moot Court Board (Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Team)
- Member, Wake Forest Law Review
- Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research and Writing
Member:
- North Carolina Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Chair, 2010-2011; Chair-Elect, 2009-2010; Chair of Disaster Legal Services Committee, 2008-2009; Division Director, 2007-2008; Chair of Poverty Issues Committee, 2006-2007; Poverty Issues Committee, 2005-2006, 08)
- Charles F. Blanchard Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2007-2008
- North Carolina Bar Association Foundation (Board of Directors, 2010-2011; Endowment Committee 2009-2010)
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Young Lawyer's Committee, Chair, 2009-2010; Vice-Chair, 2008-2009; Executive Committee, 2004-2007)
- American Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division District 9 (North Carolina) Representative 2008-2009
- Forsyth County Bar Association (Young Lawyer's Division, Executive Committee, 2005-2008, Treasurer, 2006-2007)
- Defense Research Institute
- North Carolina State Bar
- Joseph Branch Inn of Court
- Who’s Who in American Law 2009-2010
Activities:
- A Survey of Rule 11 in North Carolina, Judge W. Erwin Spainhour (Cabarrus County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge) and Roberta B. King (Bennett & Guthrie, PLLC), 28th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (June 2005).
- Presenter at “Medicine and Law 101 – A Medical Legal Liability Seminar for Health Care Providers, 2009”, May 30, 2009, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Practice Areas:
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Trial Practice
- Defense Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Insurance Coverage



