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In 2000 Mr. Roberts joined Spohrer & Dodd, P.L., a preeminent trial firm with a national practice in Mass Torts, catastrophic aviation casualties, Federal Tort Claims, and products liability. He has tried jury cases in state and federal courts throughout Florida and has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts as lead trial counsel. In Multi-District Litigation he has served as the Plaintiff's Committee state liaison and has successfully managed the simultaneous representation of hundreds of mass tort claimants. He is Board Certified in Aviation Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization.

Following a year in the Jacksonville, Florida office of Foley & Lardner, LLP, Mr. Roberts joined the litigation department of Holland & Knight, LLP. His practice immediately gravitated to civil litigation matters where technical issues predominate: product liability, professional negligence, intellectual property, mass tort, and catastrophic aviation casualties. He has been AV rated since 1996, and was elected to the partnership of Holland & Knight in 1998.During this time period, Mr. Roberts served as the General Counsel of a privately held international shipping line and marine terminal operator managing regulatory compliance, corporate compliance programs, outside litigation, and risk management portfolios.

Mr. Roberts graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981 with a degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics. After graduation he received a commission as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy and was assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Clark (FFG-11). Deployments with that command included the Eastern Mediterranean in support of the Multi-National Peace Keeping Force in Beirut (1983), the Persian Gulf escorting U.S. flagged carriers transiting the hostilities of the Iran-Iraq War (1984), and the Caribbean Basin conducting air interdiction operations with the DEA and United States Coast Guard (1984).Following his initial tour, LT Roberts was selected to be the pre-commissioning CIC Officer of the Navy’s third Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser, USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51), a computer integrated Aegis System platform. LT Roberts’ pre-commissioning responsibilities with CG-51 included the project management of INSURV sea trials, acceptance trials, and eleven successful live missile firings on the Atlantic Test Range. Upon separation from active duty he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for having conceived and validated innovative applications of the Aegis System in Naval Aviation Close Air Support warfare doctrine.