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Roberta F. Green 
Charleston, West Virginia
Member, since 1999
phone (304) 345-1400
fax (304) 343-1826
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Roberta F. Green joined the firm in May 1994 and became a member in 1999.  Her practice has come to focus on Insurance Defense, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Product Liability/Personal Injury, State and Municipal Government Liability, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Labor and Employment Law, Environmental Law, Civil Rights (including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)), Constitutional Law, and Appellate Practice.  Her clients include physicians, ambulance services, volunteer fire departments, and corporations, among other entities and individuals. Throughout her years of practice, Ms. Green has handled litigations in these areas before administrative tribunals and in state and federal courts throughout the state and region.  Ms. Green has considerable experience with appellate work, both before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Roberta was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, and previously served as an award-winning faculty member at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Virginia Tech (VPI&SU) in Blacksburg, Virginia, where her areas of research and publication included film and feminist theory.  She and her husband, chemical engineer Hal Foss, enjoy travel and working on their golf games together.

Year Joined Organization:
1994
Areas of Practice:
Insurance Defense
Medical and Professional Malpractice
Products Liability/Personal Injury
State and Municipal Government Liability
Administrative and Regulatory Law
Labor and Employment Law
Environment Law
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Appellate Practice
Bar Admissions:
West Virginia, 1994
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2001
U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
Education:
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


Hollins College, 1990
C.A.S.


Princeton University, 1988
N.E.H.


Harvard University, 1986
R.P.P.C.


Louisiana State University, 1980
M.A.


Colorado State University, 1977
B.A.


Published Works:
"Legislative Guidelines for and Judicial Review of Contingency Fees in Tort Cases: Protecting the 'Little Guy' from Excessive Fees" (Co-Author), Defense Trial Counsel 1996 Notebook


"Legislative and Judicial Controls of Contingency Fees in Tort Cases" (Co-Author), 99 W.Va.L.Rev 81, Fall, 1996


"Undue, Unfair, Undone: The Tension Between 'Probative' and 'Prejudicial' in Rule 403 of the Rules of Evidence" (Co-Author), Defense Trial Counsel 1995 Notebook


Louisiana Administrative Code (Editor), Titles 7, 46, 1985-1986


Synopsis of Louisiana Law and Practice (Co-Author), 1982-1990


"Narrowing the Scope of Capital Murder During the Commission of a Robbery: When Must the Intent to Rob Arise?", Capital Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1993


Representative Cases:
King v. Heffernan, --- S.E.2d ---, 2003 WL 22850620 (W.Va. 2003)
Strawser v. Atkins, 290 F.3d 720 (4th Cir. (W.Va.) 2002)
In re Mountain Laurel Resources Co., 258 B.R. 652, 31 Envtl.L.Rep. 20,435 (S.D.W.Va. 2001)
Pleasants v. Alliance Corp., 209 W.Va 39, 543 S.E.2d 320 (W.Va. 2000)
Crispen v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Com'n, 206 W.Va. 486, 525 S.E.2d 677, 142 Ed.Law.Rep 551 (W.Va. 1999)
Jan-Care Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Public Service Com'n of West Virginia, 206 W.Va. 183, 522 S.E.2d 912 (W.Va. 1999)
U.S. v. Bailey, 112 F.3d 758 (4th Cir. (W.Va.) 1997)
Kirkpatrick v. Raleigh County Bd. of Educ., 78 F.3d. 579, 1996 WL 85122 (4th Cir. (W.Va.) 1996)
Spaulding v. Mingo County Bd. of Educ., 897 F.Supp. 284, 103 Ed.Law Rep. 756, 12 A.D.D.163 (S.D.W.Va. 1995)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association (ABA)


Defense Research Institute (DRI)


West Virginia State Bar


Kanawha County Bar Association


Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia


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