Roberta King Latham - Winston Salem, NC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

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

• Non Legal Education

  • Wake Forest University, 1997
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Golden Key

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Employment Law – Overview, Avoiding Common Mistakes & Best Practices,”June 15, 2024, October 15, 2022, March 5, 2021 and February 6, 2020, Legal Support Staff of Winston-Salem
  
• Employment Law – “Overview, Avoiding Common Mistakes & Best Practices,” June 15, 2024, December 2, 2023, October 15, 2022, March 5, 2021 and February 6, 2020, Legal Support Staff of Winston-Salem
  
• "Ethical Considerations Regarding Expert Witnesses," part of Mastering the Expert Witness Deposition CLE for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, August 1, 2013 and August 23, 2019
  
• “Ethical Dilemma – Keeping Your Head above Water,” panel participant, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals of the Carolinas Educational Conference, Greensboro, March 15, 2019
  
• “Legal Landmines Facing Small Business Owners,” Fearless Winston-Salem, September 18, 2018
  
• “The Nitty Gritty of Depositions, Part 1,” The Nitty Gritty of Discovery, Annual Trial Skills CLE presented by the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys Young Lawyers Committee, August 26, 2016 and August 23, 2019.
  
• “Documenting Discipline and Performance Issues: Legal Perspective,” Addiction Recovery Care Association, Inc., March 8, 2016
  
• Instructor at “Medicine and Law 101 – A Medical Legal Liability Seminar for Health Care Providers”: May 30, 2009, March 25, 2011, April 12, 2013, and May 15, 2015, Wake Forest University Baptist School of Medicine
  
• Keynote speaker at Wake Forest University Panhellenic Council Fashion Show, October 28, 2013 and October 28, 2014, regarding breast cancer
  
• 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
  
• A Survey of Rule 11 in North Carolina, Judge W. Erwin Spainhour (Cabarrus County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge) and Roberta King Latham, 28th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (June 2005)

Pro Bono Activities

• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Board of Directors, 2010, 2019-2021
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation Leadership Academy Co-Chair, 2015-2019
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, CLE Committee
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Chair, 2016–2018
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Vice-Chair, 2014-2016
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Strategic Planning Subcommittee Chair, 2014-2016
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Marketing Subcommittee Chair, 2012-2014
• North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Endowment Committee, 2009-2010
• Forsyth Country Day School Parents’ Association Representative for Pre–K (“Scholars”), 2017 - 2018
• Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro – Legal Hotline Volunteer, 2016 - 2019
• Wake Forest University School of Law Litigation Clinic Supervising Attorney, 2008 - 2019
• Elon University School of Law Extern Site Supervisor, 2016 - Present
• Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem, part of the Winston-Salem Foundation, 2014 - Present
• Young Leaders United, United Way of Forsyth County, 2011 - 2015
• Community Impact Council, United Way of Forsyth County, 2006 - 2008

Published Works

Articles

• Forsyth Woman Magazine, “The Last Word”, September, 2014
  
• Forsyth Woman Magazine, Women on the Move, May, 2012
  
• “Employment Law Update,” Panelist Participant, North Carolina Society of Health Care Professionals Annual Meeting, September 16, 2022
  

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 2003
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2003
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2004
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• North Carolina Bar Association - Member: Board of Governors, 2018–2021
• Young Lawyers Division President, 2010-2011
• Co-chair of Young Lawyers’ Leadership Academy, 2014-2019
• CLE Committee Chair (2018-2019)
• North Carolina State Bar Liaison Committee Co-Chair, 2018-2019, Board of Governors Nominating Committee, 2012
• Young Lawyer Initiatives Task Force, 2010 -2012, Chair of YLD Disaster Legal Services Committee 2008-2009
• Division Director YLD, 2007 – 2008
• Chair of YLD Poverty Issues Committee, 2025-2026
• North Carolina Bar Foundation - Board of Directors (2018-2021)
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Chair of Young Lawyers Committee, 2011 – 2012
• Board of Directors, 2011-2014, Chair of Women Litigator’s Committee, 2013-2014
• American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors, 2008 – 2009
• Touch 10,000 State Coordinator 2010 – 2011
• Forsyth County Bar Association: Executive Committee, 2019-2020
• Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee, 2005 – 2008
• Joseph Branch Inn of Court, 2008 – 2010
• North Carolina Consumers Council
• Trial Law Institute (Member)
• Diversity Law Institute (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Delta Gamma
• Pi Sigma Alpha