Background
Roach, Gerald F. was born on April 24, 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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Gerald F. Roach
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Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1980. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
Career
Worked at Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Aviation and Aerospace, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Biotechnology, Business Law, Civil Practice, Collections, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Creditors Rights, Disabilities, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental Law, Fidelity and Surety, Finance, Franchises and Franchising, General Practice, Government, Health Care, Hospital Law, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Investments, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgages, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Property Law, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Torts, Trade and Professional Associations, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, Wills, Workers Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1982, North Carolina. Honorary Member, Scribes, 1983-1984.
Notes and Comments Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1981-1982.
Author: Comment, "Regulating the Sale of Franchises: The Business Opportunity Approach," 17 Wake Forest Law Review, 623, 1981. Member, Wake Forest University Law Alumni Council, 1986-1990.
Member, Board of Directors, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1988-1992, 1994-1996. Member, North Carolina Commission on Business and the Economy, 1994.
Member, Securities Advisory Council of the North Carolina Secretary of State, 1991-1992, 1994-1995.
Founding Director, Triangle Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Business Law Section. Chairman, 1993-1995; Vice Chairman, 1991-1993.
Council Member, 1988-1991.
Chairman, Securities Regulation Committee, 1987-1989. Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1989-1990.
Member, Appellate Survey Committee, 1983-1984) and American (Member: Business Section. Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
Foreign more than 80 years, Smith Anderson has provided high-quality legal services to a wide spectrum of clients. Continuing that tradition, our lawyers have developed significant expertise and broad experience in complex legal matters in order to help clients achieve their business goals.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Wake Forest University Law Alumni Council, 1986-1990. Member, Board of Directors, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, 1988-1992, 1994-1996. Member, North Carolina Commission on Business and the Economy, 1994.
Member, Securities Advisory Council of the North Carolina Secretary of State, 1991-1992, 1994-1995.
Founding Director, Triangle Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Business Law Section.
Chairman, 1993-1995. Vice Chairman, 1991-1993.
Council Member, 1988-1991. Chairman, Securities Regulation Committee, 1987-1989.
Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1989-1990. Member, Appellate Survey Committee, 1983-1984) and American (Member: Business Section.
Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar.
