William H. Roberts. Courtesy photo Scientist, Scholar, Lawyer: Remembering Blank Rome's First General Counsel William Roberts
The Philadelphia lawyer died Aug. 30 at the age of 79 following a brief illness.
September 06, 2024 at 01:21 PM
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What You Need to Know
- William Roberts, Blank Rome's first general counsel, has died at the age of 79.
- Known for his acute memory and passion for botany and the arts, Roberts bore witness to the firm's merger-based expansion as its general counsel from 2009 to 2021.
William Roberts, who spent nearly five decades at Blank Rome and served as the firm's first general counsel, died Aug. 30 at the age of 79 following a brief illness.
Roberts, joined Blank Rome, then known as Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley, in 1972 as an associate after clerkships in both federal and state court. From there, he became a partner in the firm's litigation department with a broad array of expertise, including cases involving antitrust issues, international cartels, defamation, legal malpractice, and federal campaign finance law, before taking up his general counsel position in 2009.
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