Background
Roberts, James C. was born on March 29, 1932 in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States.
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James C. ROBERTS
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Hampden-Sydney College. University of Richmond (Bachelor of Laws, 1957). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi.
Member, McNeill Honor Society.
Winner of Charles T. Norman Medal, Best Graduate in Law, 1957. Substitute Judge, Henrico County General District Court, 1968-1987, since 1988.
President, Virginia State Bar, 1980- 1981.
Career
Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1957, Virginia. Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi.
Member, McNeill Honor Society.
Winner of Charles T. Norman Medal, Best Graduate in Law, 1957. Substitute Judge, Henrico County General District Court, 1967.
President, Virginia State Bar, 1980-1981. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-1994.
1995-1996, 1997-1998.
Member: Richmond (President, 1977), Virginia and American (Member, House of Delegates) Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute. Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit.
Commission on the Future of Virginia"s Judicial System. Richmond Inn of Court (President, 1991).
Supreme Court Historical Society. Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation.
American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. American Board of Trial Advocates. International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area.
The firm traces its origins to the 1920s. The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing).
Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.
Achievements
Membership
Member, McNeill Honor Society. Winner of Charles T. Norman Medal, Best Graduate in Law, 1957. Substitute Judge, Henrico County General District Court, 1967.
President, Virginia State Bar, 1980-1981.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1993-1994. 1995-1996, 1997-1998.
Member: Richmond (President, 1977), Virginia and American (Member, House of Delegates) Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute.
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys.
Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit. Commission on the Future of Virginia"s Judicial System. Richmond Inn of Court (President, 1991).
Supreme Court Historical Society.
Fellow: Virginia Law Foundation. American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. American Board of Trial Advocates.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
