Robert H. Sasser, III
Robert received a B.S. degree in business in 1980 and a J.D. degree in 1983 from Wake Forest University. He has jury trial experience in North Carolina federal and state courts. He has defended numerous claims, including products liability, construction, personal injury defense, antitrust, insurance fraud and coverage, medical, accountant and real estate broker malpractice, and civil rights violations, including employment discrimination. He has represented counties and municipalities throughout North Carolina. In addition, Robert has represented clients in courts in Mississippi and Louisiana. He served as national coordinating counsel in Mississippi for a large manufacturer. Robert coordinated the defense of over 50 cases involving over 450 plaintiffs. Robert also developed expert witnesses throughout Canada for a major international manufacturer. Robert worked with Canadian counsel in defense of class action and recoupment cases in multiple provinces, including British Columbia, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Robert developed broad experience in document management, pre-trial discovery, motions practice, expert witness development and depositions. Robert has examined, cross-examined, or defended experts from many different disciplines including economists, psychiatrists, marketing representatives, historians, including state of the art medical historians, and physicians of various specialties. Robert has an AV Martindale Hubbell rating.Contact Information
(919) 899-9655 ext. 642 (office) or (919) 906-4524 (mobile) or
robert.sasser@sasserfields.com.
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Professional Activities
Bar Associations: Forsyth County Young Lawyers’ Association, President (1988-89), President Elect (1987-88), Treasurer (1986-87); Wake County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section Bar Review Steering Committee (1986-87); American Bar Association, Litigation Section (1983-95).
Admitted to practice before the United States Eastern, Middle, and Western District Courts of North Carolina and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Admitted to bar: 1983, North Carolina
Education
B.S., 1980, Wake Forest University
J.D., 1983 Wake Forest University School of Law,
Wake Forest Law Review.
Prior Legal Employment
Member, Womble Carlyle, 1990 – January 2010
Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, 1983 - 90
Summer Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, 1982
Summer Associate, Sumrell Sugg & Carmichael (New Bern, NC), 1981
Publications and Presentations
Note, “Torts-Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: North Carolina and the Restatement-Dickens v. Puryear,” 18 Wake Forest Law Review 624 (1982).
CLE Presenter, Wake Forest University's Annual Review, 1994 - 97.
Presenter, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners’ Annual Conference.
Significant Cases
Hudgins vs. Allstate Insurance Company (insurance fraud)
Powell vs. Seawell Realty (real estate broker malpractice)
Braswell vs. Edgecomb County (wrongful death case involving claims of excessive force against the Sheriff's Department)
Sanders vs. City of Henderson (fire loss claims) Hicks vs. New Hanover County (employment discrimination and workplace harassment)
County of Guilford vs. Wm. F. Freeman, Incorporated d/b/a Wm. F. Freeman Associates, et.al. (claims alleging design and engineering defects in the construction of the High Point City Jail)
Mitchell vs. BET Plaint Services (catastrophic personal injury claims surrounding scaffolding collapse)
Char - Mike, Inc. vs. National Security Services (claims surrounding security system failure to detect jewelry store robbery)
Carville vs. Honda Motor Company (wrongful death case resulting from ATV accident)
Chapel Hill Pediatrics vs. Black (accounting malpractice)
Slaughter vs. Life Connection of Ohio (claims surrounding the transplantation of a cancerous kidney)
Estate of Dawn Jolly vs. Orange County (wrongful death case involving claims of failure to protect)
Lakey vs. Wake County, et. al. (claims surrounding the evisceration of a small child after sitting on a wading pool drain)
McLawhon, et.al. vs. Food Lion (multi district litigation involving allegations of being coerced to work "off the clock")
Deloach vs. Philip Morris Companies, et. al. (anti-trust claims)
Owens Corning vs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et.al. (claims against the tobacco industry in Jefferson County, Mississippi for recoupment of $25 billion in asbestos settlements)
Ezell Thomas, et.al. vs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et.al. (claims of multiple joined plaintiffs in Jefferson County, Mississippi asserting personal injury and wrongful death claims)
King vs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et.al. (personal injury and wrongful death claims)
Gunnie McGee, et.a. vs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et.al. (personal injury and wrongful death claims of multiple joined plaintiffs in Jefferson County, Mississippi)
Mary Emma Woods vs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et.al. (personal injury claims in federal court)
Conseil Que'be'cois Sur Le Tabac Et La Sante' and Jean-Yves Blais vs. JTI - MacDonald Corp. and Imperial Tobacco Canada and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc. vs. Attorney General of Canada (class action brought by all "addicted" smokers in Quebec)
Ce'cilia Le'tourneau vs. JTI - MacDonald Corp. and Imperial Tobacco Canada and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. vs. Attorney General of Canada
(class action brought by all persons in Quebec suffering from an alleged smoking related disease)
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of British Columbia vs. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc., Rothmans Inc., JTI MacDonald Corp., Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council., B.A.T Industries p.l.c., British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, Carreras Rothmans Limited, Philip Morris Incorporated, Philip Morris International, Inc., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc., Rothmans International Research Division and Ryesekks p.l.c. (medical cost recoupment claims brought by British Columbia)
Her Majesty The Queen in Right of The Province of New Brunswick vs. Rothmans Inc., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc., Carreras Rothmans Limited, Altria Goup, Inc., Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc., Philip Morris International, Inc., JTI-MacDonald Corp., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco International Inc., Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, British American Tobacco P.L.C., B.A.T Industries P.L.C., British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, and Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council
(medical cost recoupment claims brought by New Brunswick)
Community Activities
Member - First United Methodist Church, Cary
Trustee - The Raleigh School Board of Trustees, 2007 - 09
Board Member - MacGregor West Homeowners’ Association, 1995 - 97
YMCA Indian Guides' and Princesses' programs - 7 years
Personal
Married to Andrea
Three children: Harrison, Emily and Patrick
Pet - Portuguese Water Dog, "Deacon"
Extensive travel - 41 states; 15 foreign countries
Hobbies - Coaching youth sports, attending Wake Forest sporting events, golf and fishing
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