About Richard
Richard Roberts constructed a legal education that mixed humanities and law. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado—Denver in 1995 and acquired his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law in 1998. Those years set the stage for a profession that has alternated between company practice and federal judiciary clerkships.
Soon after law school, Roberts moved into the federal judiciary system. In 2001 he served as a law clerk to Judge Hilda G. Tagle of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. That early publicity to trial-degree federal work preceded a string of affiliate positions at countrywide companies. In 2002 he joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as an affiliate, then moved to Gilbert LLP in 2003. By 2006 he used to be an associate at Reed Smith LLP, operating in company environments that handled complex litigation matters.
Roberts returned to the judiciary later in the decade. In 2009 he clerked for Judge Consuelo M. Callahan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He followed that position with a 2011 clerkship for Judge Morrison C. England at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The series of appellate and district court clerkships broadened his familiarity with appellate briefing, federal procedure, and the practical needs of trial work.
Those experiences tell the kinds of things he handles. Admission to practice in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Idaho gives him a multi-jurisdictional reach. His background covers federal legal proceedings, appeals practice, and the practicalities of managing cases from preliminary pleadings thru opinion and order. The blend of huge-firm practice and courtroom-side drafting has produced a methodical approach to pleadings and legal studies.
Roberts now leads Roberts Law, PLLC. The firm listing indicates an impartial practice instead of a national firm affiliation. In that placing he attracts on years of clerking and affiliate work to advise clients on litigation approach and appellate options. He is experienced in preparing appellate briefs, drafting motions in federal court, and addressing procedural issues that form case outcomes.
Quiet and precise in court preparation, he has a tendency to combine attention to detail with an understanding of how judges think about legal arguments. His current practice at Roberts Law, PLLC concentrates on federal legal proceedings and appellate things.
