Mr. Roberts received his B.A. from Samford University and his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law. He practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, and consumer litigation. He is the author of Alabama Tort Law (7th Edition) (Lexis 2021) and the treatises, Alabama Tort Law (4th Edition) (Lexis 2004), Alabama Tort Law (3rd Edition) (Lexis/Michie 2000), Alabama Tort Law (2d Edition) (Michie 1996) and the Alabama Tort Law Handbook (Michie 1990), and their respective annual supplements, and Chapter 68, Fraud, ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases (Thomson-West 2003). Mr. Roberts has written various articles on tort and litigation topics in the Alabama Law Review, Cumberland Law Review, the Alabama Lawyer, and the Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal and is a frequent speaker at CLE seminars. He served as Law Clerk to Presiding Judge L. Charles Wright, Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama. Mr. Roberts has served with the Etowah County Bar Association (past President and past Secretary-Treasurer); the Alabama Law Foundation; The Alabama Lawyer (Editorial Board); the Alabama Association for Justice (Amicus Curiae Committee, Executive Committee); Inns of Court; and the American Association for Justice. He serves as an arbitrator in cases through the American Arbitration Association. He has been inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates, has been named to Best Lawyers in America since 2001, and was the recipient of the 2003 Walter P. Gewin Award from CLE Alabama.