ROGER C. WILSON
An accomplished litigator with a background at prominent law firms.
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Roger C. Wilson is an experienced litigator with a background at big and prominent law firms, in Atlanta and Washington, DC, representing clients in numerous courts, state and federal, in Georgia and elsewhere, at trial and in appeals, in many types of litigation--civil, criminal, and commercial. An Atlanta native, six years ago Roger formed his own firm here, where he continues to represent clients in all these areas, now in a more individualized setting. He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta where he teaches courses in federal courts and procedure and international law.
Roger has appeared in all federal district courts and many different state courts in Georgia, and in federal district courts in South Carolina and the District of Columbia, as well as the United States Court of International Trade. He has represented clients in cases pending in a number of other states, including California, New York, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina. He also has represented clients in a number of appellate courts, including the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits, and the Unites States Supreme Court. His cases have involved a wide variety of matters, from the local and personal to the highly complex.
Roger was raised in College Park, Georgia. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He received his law degree with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. And he received a Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law.
After law school Roger served as judicial law clerk for a United States federal judge in New York City and then practiced law in Washington, DC with the international law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed law firms. Returning home to Atlanta, he practiced as a partner with the respected litigation firm Evert Weathersby Houff, leaving to form his own firm where has practiced since.
Roger has appeared in all federal district courts and many different state courts in Georgia, and in federal district courts in South Carolina and the District of Columbia, as well as the United States Court of International Trade. He has represented clients in cases pending in a number of other states, including California, New York, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina. He also has represented clients in a number of appellate courts, including the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits, and the Unites States Supreme Court. His cases have involved a wide variety of matters, from the local and personal to the highly complex.
Roger was raised in College Park, Georgia. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He received his law degree with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. And he received a Master of Laws degree from the New York University School of Law.
After law school Roger served as judicial law clerk for a United States federal judge in New York City and then practiced law in Washington, DC with the international law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed law firms. Returning home to Atlanta, he practiced as a partner with the respected litigation firm Evert Weathersby Houff, leaving to form his own firm where has practiced since.