Roberts & Stevens, PA 1100 BB&T Building One West Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801 Telephone: (828)252-6600 Fax: (828)253-7200 E-Mail: jwilliams@roberts-stevens.com Current Employment Positions: Private Practice 1970 to present; Partner, Roberts & Stevens, 1976 to Present; Roberts & Stevens is a leading law firm in Western North Carolina employing 28 lawyers providing diverse services to the business community. Areas Of Practice: Negligence, Contract, Insurance, Construction, Products Liability, and Commercial Litigation Bar Admissions: North Carolina State Bar, 1970; US Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; US District Court, Western, Eastern District & Middle Districts; Member Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, JD, 1970 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA in Business Administration, 1967   Teachings and Published Works: Frequent CLE presenter on issues relevant to litigation Professional Associations and Memberships: North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Bar Association (Past President), North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Past President), Defense Research Institute, National Committee of State and Local Defense Associations (Past Chairman), Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers Personal Information: Born January 13, 1946, Rocky Mount, North Carolina Points of Interest: The Best Lawyers in America for ten consecutive years from 1993 to Present; Voted Legal Elite in the Field of Litigation in Business North Carolina, January 2003.