James M. Roane III

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 24 years of experience

Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury, Car Accidents

107 Lindley Road, Greensboro, NC 27410

About James M. Roane III

Practice Areas

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1999
J.D.
- Honors: National Trial Team Regional
- Honors: Most Outstanding Advocate - from North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Honors: Dean Search Committee- March 2007 Helped Select the New Dean of the Law
- Honors: Elite Eight in the National Competition in San Antonio
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, 1992
B.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Worked as a Supervisor at UPS, Two-Term President of Tau Kappa Epsilon

Classes and Seminars

Adjunct Trial Practice Professor - Foundational Trial Skills and Advocacy, Elon Law School
Elder Law Class on nursing home negligence issues, GTCC, 2007 - 2008
Don't Lose Your Case Before You Even Get Started: Rules 9(j) and 702- Special Considerations in Nursing Home Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2007
The Arbitration of a Nursing Home Case- from Start to Finish, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2008
Nursing Home Cases- Basic Traps for the Unwary, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2008
Disaster Preparedness for Nursing Homes, Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, 2006
Don't Lose Your Case Before You Even Get Started: Rules 9(j) and 702- Special Considerations in Nursing Home Cases, Guilford County Paralegal Association, 2007
Disaster Preparedness for Nursing Homes, Cleveland County Department of Social Services, 2006
Speaker, Elder Law Class on Nursing Home Negligence, Guilford Technical Community College, 2007 - 2008
Keynote Speaker, Graduation of the Class, Cherryville High School, 2007
Guilford County Commissioners to Talk to Local Nursing Home Residents, Guilford County Nursing Home Advisory Committee, 2005

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

North Carolina Bar Association, 2000 - Present (Member)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Member)
American Advocates for Justice, 2003 - Present (Member)
Friends of Residents in Long Term Care (Member)
North Carolina Advocates of Justice, Nursing Home Division (Vice President)
Guilford County Nursing Home Advisory Committee, 2005 - Present (Member)
Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - Present (Member)
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001 - Present (Chairman, Nursing Home Division)
American Association for Justice (Member)
Inns of Court (Member)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
The Inns of Court (Member)

Past Positions

Published Works

Mother Permanently Injured in Head-on Collision Settles Case ($3.8 million), Lawyers Weekly, October, 2008
Mental Health Reform Flaws, Laid Bare, Greensboro News & Record, April, 2008
Jury Award Family in Nursing Home Suit ($480,000), The Dispatch Lexington NC, November, 2006
Family of Alzheimer's Nursing Home Resident Gets $275,000 Verdict After Fatal Fall, Lawyers Weekly, May, 2005
Wreck Plaintiff Wins $29,000 Verdict for Neck Injury Despite No Car Damage, Lawyers Weekly, January, 2004

James M. Roane III

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Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse, Worker's Compensation, Wrongful Death

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