Roberts & Stevens

What Roberts & Stevens does

Roberts & Stevens, P.A. is a private Professional Association law firm headquartered at the City Centre Building in Asheville, North Carolina (301 College Street, Suite 400). Founded in 1986 through the merger of two long-standing Asheville firms — Redmond, Stevens, Loftin & Currie (led by John 'Jack' S. Stevens) and Roberts, Cogburn, McClure & Williams (led by Landon Roberts) — the firm has collectively practiced law in Western North Carolina for more than five decades and is recognized as one of the largest full-service firms in the region.

The firm operates approximately 30 practice areas organized into four clusters: litigation (general litigation, appellate, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, professional liability, insurance defense); corporate and business services (business/corporate law, tax, M&A, employment, nonprofit); real property services (real estate, land use, construction, environmental, eminent domain); and personal/wealth services (estates and trusts, healthcare directives, tax planning). Additional specialties include government relations, health law, hospitality and craft beverage law, and alternative dispute resolution through certified mediators and arbitrators. Technology consists of cloud-based practice management, legal research platforms, and secure client communication tools; no proprietary technology or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The business model is traditional professional services: fee-for-service legal representation via hourly billing, contingency fees, and flat fees depending on matter type. Customers span large corporations, family-owned businesses, startups, local governments, nonprofits, and individuals across healthcare, insurance, real estate, hospitality, and education sectors in Western North Carolina. Go-to-market relies on peer recognition (Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Legal Elite), referrals, and deep civic involvement with 40+ community organizations. The firm is independently owned by its equity partners, led by President Vincent D. Childress, with no external institutional or PE ownership.

Name

Roberts & Stevens

Legal name

Roberts & Stevens, P.A.

Website

https://roberts-stevens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Roberts & Stevens is a private, full-service law firm in Asheville, North Carolina, serving Western North Carolina since 1986 across approximately 30 practice areas for corporate, government, nonprofit, and individual clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Asheville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Full-service law firm providing comprehensive legal representation across 29-30 practice areas to large corporations, small businesses, family-owned companies, government entities and individuals. Revenue generated through attorney fees for legal services including hourly billing, contingency fees, and flat fees depending on matter type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Roberts & Stevens is a full-service law firm in Asheville, North Carolina, providing comprehensive legal representation across approximately 26 distinct practice areas. The firm serves large corporations, small businesses, family-owned companies, government entities, and individuals with services spanning litigation, business and corporate law, real estate, estates and trusts, employment, environmental law, healthcare, insurance defense, and alternative dispute resolution. Revenue is generated through attorney fees billed on hourly, contingency, and flat-fee arrangements depending on matter complexity.

Product overview

Roberts & Stevens is a full-service law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of 26 distinct legal practice areas and services. The firm operates as a single integrated legal practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core service clusters include litigation (covering general litigation, appellate, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, professional liability, and insurance defense), corporate and business services (business law, tax law, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, and nonprofit law), real property services (real estate, land use, construction, environmental law, and land condemnation), and estate planning and trust services (estates, trusts, tax planning, and fiduciary matters). Additional specialized services cover government relations, health law, hospitality/tourism law, and alternative dispute resolution through mediation and arbitration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Comprehensive litigation services delivered with understanding, efficiency, creativity, and dedication for complex legal matters across federal and state courts.
• Appellate Law Appellate representation in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, North Carolina Court of Appeals, North Carolina Supreme Court, and Cherokee Supreme Court for existing firm clients.
• Business, Banking, Contract & Corporate Law Legal services for small businesses, large companies, family-owned start-ups, and international corporations covering business organizations, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial contracts.
• Employment Law Employment law services for family-owned start-ups through large corporations with over 100 employees, covering training, compliance, and discrimination complaints.
• Real Estate, Development, Land Trusts & Conservation Comprehensive real estate services including commercial and residential acquisition, leasing, selling, land trusts, and conservation easements.
• Estates & Trusts Estate planning and administration services including wills, trusts, tax planning, advance medical directives, powers of attorney, and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Environmental Law

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Parker Poe: Charlotte-headquartered full-service law firm with overlapping healthcare, government, real estate, and litigation practices — a broader incumbent with comparable practice mix.
• Moore & Van Allen: Charlotte-based full-service firm with strong corporate, litigation, and financial services practices — competes for similar clients in NC though at a larger scale.
• McGuireWoods LLP: Large AmLaw firm with a significant Charlotte office serving NC clients across litigation, healthcare, insurance defense, and corporate — competes for the same regional high-end matters.
• Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P. Raleigh-based full-service firm with strong corporate, litigation, healthcare, and government practices — broader incumbent in the NC legal market with overlapping verticals.
• Robinson Bradshaw: Charlotte-based, larger NC full-service law firm with deep corporate, litigation, healthcare, and real estate practices — overlapping service lines but with a larger footprint and resources.
• Womble Bond Dickinson: Large multi-jurisdiction full-service firm with a significant NC presence (including Charlotte and Raleigh) — overlapping corporate, healthcare, and litigation practices at greater scale.

Direct peers

• Ward and Smith, P.A. New Bern, NC-based full-service regional law firm of comparable size and breadth, serving clients across corporate, healthcare, real estate, and litigation — the closest analog to Roberts & Stevens as a North Carolina full-service regional practice.
• Brooks Pierce: Greensboro/NC Triad-based full-service law firm with comparable practice breadth including litigation, corporate, healthcare, employment, and government — a strong comparable as a mid-size NC full-service firm.
• Nexsen Pruet: Regional full-service law firm with offices across the Carolinas offering comparable litigation, corporate, healthcare, and government-relations services — strong regional mid-market comparable.

Regional players

• Grimes Teich Anderson LLP: Asheville-area regional law firm serving Western North Carolina with overlapping litigation, real estate, employment, and business practice areas — direct local competitor within the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RobertsandStevens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roberts-&-stevens-attorneys-at-law

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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