ROBERTA KING LATHAM

Partner
rlatham@bennett-guthrie.com

Bar Admissions

• 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 School of Law (J.D., 2002)
  • Member, Wake Forest Law Review
  • Member, Wake Forest Moot Court Board (Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Team)
  • Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research and Writing
    

Member:

• North Carolina Bar Association - Chair of Young Lawyers Division, 2010-2011
  • Nominating Committee, 2011-2013
  • Young Lawyer Initiatives Task Force, 2010-2012
  • Executive Committee, 2010-2011
  • Young Lawyers Division
    • 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
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
  • Board of Directors, 2010-2011
  • CLE Committee, 2010-2012
  • Endowment Committee, 2009-2010
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Board of Directors, 2011-2014
  • Young Lawyers Committee
    • Chair, 2009-2010
    • Vice-Chair, 2008-2009
    • Executive Committee, 2004-2007
• American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • Touch 10,000 State Coordinator, 2010-2011
  • District 9, North Carolina Representative, 2008-2009
• Forsyth County Bar Association: Young Lawyers Division
  • Executive Committee, 2005-2008
  • Treasurer, 2006-2007
• Defense Research Institute
• North Carolina State Bar
• Joseph Branch Inn of Court (2008-2010)
• Who's Who in American Law (2009-2011)
• United Way of Forsyth County
  • Young Leaders United (2011-2012)
  • Community Impact Council (2006-2008)
• North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management

Presentations and Publications:

• Moderator at the North Carolina Bar Association's New Admittee Professionalism Program, a mandatory Continuing Legal Education program for newly admitted North Carolina attorneys, on September 22, 2011, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.
• Presenter of 2 hour continuing education program for nurses, "Legal Aspects to the Faith Community Preparation Course" for the Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry Program approved by the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, October 21, 2010 and October 20, 2011.
• Presenter at "Medicine and Law 101 – A Medical Legal Liability Seminar for Health Care Providers": May 30, 2009 and March 25, 2011, Wake Forest University Baptist School of Medicine.
• A Survey of Rule 11 in North Carolina, Judge W. Erwin Spainhour (Cabarrus County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge) and Roberta King Latham (Bennett & Guthrie, PLLC), 28th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (June 2005).
  

Practice Areas:

• Defense Litigation
• Professional Liability Defense
• Trial Practice
• Appellate Practice
• Insurance Coverage
  

Professional Recognition:

• America's Most Honored Professionals, 2011
• Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Civil Litigation Defense, 2011-2012
• Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Young Guns, 2011-2012
• 2010 Women Extraordinaire Recipient, Business Leader Media
• Charles F. Blanchard Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, NCBA YLD, 2007-2008

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