Patrick A. Roberson

Thirty years experience in the defense of workers' compensation claims for employers and insurers under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act, the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and maritime employers' liability actions pursuant to the Jones Act.

Cases litigated before the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission, all Circuit and Courts of Appeal of Maryland, District of Columbia Office of Workers Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Worker's Compensation Program, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Trustee, Client Protection Trust Fund, 2002 – date

Pre-legal employment: Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. Claims Supervisor 1972-79, Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores/ITO Corporation Claims examiner 1979-1983, USF&G Corporation Home Office Claims Examiner 1984-1986.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

• Humphreys, McLaughlin & McAleer, Partner (7/2016 - Present)
• Certified Mediator (2015 - Present)
  • Registered with the Ciruit Court for Baltimore City, Baltimore Couty, Howard County and Anne Arundel County for Workers' Compensation Matters
  • Registered mediator for DC workers' compensation and long shore act claims
• Cornblatt, Bennett, Penhallegon & Roberson, P.A., Founding principal (1/1998 - 6/2016)
• Smith, Somerville & Case, L.L.C.:
  • Partner (1993-1997)
  • Associate (1986-1993).

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

• Morgan State University, B.A., 1972

LEGAL EDUCATION:

• University of Maryland, J.D., 1986

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• Maryland (1986)
• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1996)
• District of Columbia (2004)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Bar Association of Baltimore City
• Monumental City Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Fellow Bar Association of Baltimore City Foundation
• Former Fellow Maryland State Bar Foundation
• Monumental City Bar Association –
  • President (1990-91 and 1994-95)
• National Bar Association –
  • Board of Directors (1991-92, 1993-94)
  • Regional Director – Region IV 1993-94
• Maryland State Bar –
  • Board of Governors (1993-94)
• Member Task Force on Professionalism (1995-97)
• Bar Association of Baltimore City –
  • Exec. Council (1996-2001)
  • Secretary (1996)
• Chair – Ethics Committee (1997-98)
• Member of Governor's Task Force to promote diversity in Judicial Selection Process (1995)
• Executive Board Member Maryland Workers' Compensation Educational Association
  • (1996-present) President 2006-07
• State of Maryland Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission (1999-2002)
• Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission Budget Advisory Committee, 2002
  • Chair – 2003 - date

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

• Lectures/Seminars –
  • Office of Administrative Law Judges –
  • "Diversity/race bias in judicial system –
  • Impact on decision making"
• Judicial Disability Commission – 1997
  • "Recognizing bias in the judiciary"
• Baltimore County Bar Association – 1997
  • "Recognizing bias in a diverse judicial system"
• Instructor –
  • MICPEL – 9-day Trial Advocacy Course
    • 1993-2003
  • Presenter – Bar Association Baltimore City (CLE
  • Program Workers' Compensation Seminar - 1997
  • Presenter – MICPEL (1996) – General Practitioner
    • Update
  • MSBA – Course on Professionalism - 1997
  • *Adjunct Professor University of Baltimore School of Law – summer session – 2000, 2001, 2003

COMMUNITY AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES:

• Community Advisory Board –
  • Bon Secours Baltimore Health Systems – past member
  • Board of Directors – YMCA Central Maryland – past Member
  • Board of Managers
  • Druid Hill Family YMCA 1997-2010
• Pro Bono Services
  • Park West Medical Center
  • Ryan-White Program
  • Epsilon Omega Foundation
• Community Institute for Behavioral Services
• General Counsel – Oblate Sisters of Providence of
• Baltimore ( pro bono client )
• Counsel to Senior Pastor : Douglas Memorial Community Church (pro bono)

AWARDS :

• A/V Preeminent rating 2010: Maryland Super Lawyer Designation 2011, 2012, 2013,2014,2015

If you have a consultation need, contact Mr. Roberson at Roberson@hmmlawyers.com or 410-539-0906.