About

Roger has practiced law from the beginning of his professional life primarily in dispute resolution matters that sometimes require litigation. In his early years Roger defended persons charged with criminal offenses, married persons in dispute, as well as researching land ownership records for the Virginia Department of Highways. Roger was involved in civil trials with his senior partners, and did the research and writing of memoranda and appellate briefs. In 1977, Roger was appointed assistant Commonwealth attorney and, following the appointment of the Commonwealth Attorney to the General District Court, Roger ran and was elected to fill the vacant term ending at the end of 1979.

     In 1980, Roger started a solo practice representing injured persons to recover damages due to vehicle accident, defective products and professional, legal and medical, negligence. Roger continued in that practice and grew to as many as five associates and/or partners. When the Supreme Court ruled to permit professional advertising, Roger began to reorient his legal activities from reliance upon bodily injury matters to other areas of dispute resolution. Because of the advertising by lawyers seeking to represent injured persons, his decision proved to be prudent as his representation of injured persons declined significantly because Roger did not and do not advertise in the traditional media.

     Roger was appointed the Commissioner of Accounts, similar to the position of probate judge, in 1988 and served in that capacity until December 31, 2008. Although his real estate staff generates over 1 million dollars of loan closings per month, his solo practice is primarily Estate Matters and Real Estate in Tazewell County and its’ surrounding areas, a small but beautiful and secluded portion of southwest Virginia. Roger associates with other counsel to work for his clients who have legal issues or activities in West Virginia.

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