Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Lewis & Roberts represented the widow of a commercial truck mechanic who was killed when an improperly mounted and mismatched split-ring wheel suddenly exploded while he was working on the tire. The split-ring wheel was over 30 years old and had been installed on a used school bus that was sold without being properly inspected. We sued the company that sold the used bus. The bus company claimed that the mismatched split-ring wheel was not detectable during an inspection. The defendant offered only $150,000 prior to trial. Jim Roberts tried the case to a jury verdict in Johnston County. The jury returned a verdict in favor of our client for $2,000,000 – one of the largest wrongful death verdicts ever in Johnston County.
• Sex Crimes
  A horrible set of facts forced a local school board to pay $500,000 in a pre-suit settlement of a student-on-student sexual assault and abuse incident. The case involved a middle school student who forced a classmate to engage in a sexual act. The school's principal was aware physical and verbal abuse was occurring between the students, but allowed the students to become unsupervised. The assault occurred after a meeting with the students in the principal's office. The students were allowed to return to the classroom when by themselves when the incident occurred.
• Fraud
  It is alleged that the Fund’s investment claims were false. For instance, it is alleged that the Fund could not demonstrate its ownership of many of the investments, and that it could not demonstrate that the investments were profitable as claimed. The hedge fund manager pled guilty to securities fraud in 2012, and he is currently serving a federal prison term.
• Murder
  In still another case, we represented the victims and families of six Iraqi citizens killed and injured by Blackwater guards in Nisur Square, Baghdad, Iraq on September 16, 2007. Four of the involved Blackwater guards were eventually found guilty of various murder, manslaughter and weapons charges for their actions. One of our clients was the family of Ali Kinani, a nine year old boy shot in the head and killed while sitting in the backseat of his father’s car. The case was fiercely litigated in two state court matters, the Federal Court in Raleigh and the Federal Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. The case settled for a confidential amount for all of our clients. Our case was reported nationally by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Democracy Now, and on national television news in Germany and France. A
• Manslaughter

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Matt Quinn is a partner at Lewis & Roberts. He is a tenacious trial lawyer who has litigated cases for over a decade. Matt has successfully handled high-stakes civil actions ranging from complex business disputes to catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, defective tire litigation, products liability, class actions, construction and surety litigation, complex financial fraud, and numerous others. He represents clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate court levels, and he enjoys trying cases before a jury.
• Business Transactions
  Whether you are a business or personal injury client, the civil litigation attorneys at Lewis & Roberts face your adversaries with a combination of legal talent, industriousness, tenacity, and fearlessness. Facing off against tough, well-heeled opponents – whether they are banks, insurance companies, or huge companies – is what we do. When a wrongdoer injures you, whether as a result of negligence or intention, the American civil justice system provides the mechanism for you to recover what you lost. We keep justice within reach for clients who have been defrauded, swindled in business transactions, harmed by the negligence of others, or who have experienced catastrophic accidents, injuries, or death.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Timothy S. Riordan practices exclusively in the area of workers' compensation. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College and the University of Notre Dame Law School. Mr. Riordan is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and was admitted to the Bar in North Carolina in 1987. He is a member of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; and was a member of the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Section Council from 2006-2009; and listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
• Wrongful Termination

Property Law

• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
  Guided by over fifty years of combined experience serving North Carolina’s growing AEC community, our construction law and surety lawyers in Raleigh provide common-sense, results-oriented, cost-effective guidance at every juncture of a construction project - from contract drafting and negotiation, to real-time project counseling, to formal dispute resolution when claims can’t be resolved at the project level.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Ashton practices in the area of workers’ compensation defense, representing self-insured employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators in all stages of litigation before the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Before joining Lewis and Roberts, Ashton practiced for over three years as a real property attorney focusing on residential real estate transactions, contract drafting, and title curative measures.
• Eminent Domain
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  When customers purchase nitrous oxide from the defendant, they were required to sign certain terms and conditions of sale which purported to release the defendant from liability in the event of death or serious personal injury.
• Medical Malpractice
  When we reviewed the medical records, we learned that during the surgery, our client experienced excessive bleeding in her right eye that could not be stopped. Repeated attempts to stop the bleeding were unsuccessful and our client's right eye filled with blood. The defendant retinal surgeon attempted to repair the eye in three subsequent surgical procedures over the next month - all without success. Our client was left with a detached retina in her right eye that made her blind. We sued the involved retinal surgeon for medical malpractice in the botched surgery - and for leaving our client blind in both eyes.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  R.J. Lane v. Deutsche Bank, AG and BDO Seidman, LLP, Case No. 14-L-39 (Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois). In this case, we represent the plaintiff, a former software executive who exercised a $250 million block of his company’s stock options. The plaintiff turned to his accounting and tax advisors at BDO Seidman for advice on investment and tax planning with respect to the options.