Robert S. Shields, Jr.

Rob’s experience comes from years of representing clients in civil litigation matters.  He specializes in estate and trust litigation and real estate litigation and has earned the reputation of being aggressive both in the courtroom and his preparation of a case before it ever goes to trial.  Rob understands that many clients want to avoid a jury trial given the time, expense and risk involved, and given his extensive jury trial experience, he is skilled at knowing when it is best for a client to settle a case without a trial.

Along with these services, Rob has extensive experience on professional liability defense. He has represented physicians, attorneys, insurance agents, real estate agents, appraisers, and variously licensed tradesman with respect to negligence and fraud claims in state and federal court, and before their respective licensing boards.

“Be prepared for everything you do and do it with passion.”  Rob has followed those principles his entire life and he learned them growing up in a small town in Eastern North Carolina.  His father was an FBI agent who later became a Methodist minister and his mother was a school nurse.  They modeled these principles to him in everything they did.  Rob played basketball and football in high school and went on to play football at the University of Virginia.  Athletics is a lot like civil litigation.  You have to be prepared for every game, and once the game starts you play with absolute passion.  In his early years Rob was mentored by two of the best trial lawyers in the history of North Carolina, Howard Manning and Tom Harris.

Rob is married to his wife Ginger and they have four children, Robert, Claude, Ryan and Rachel, and five grandchildren.  He has served as a volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for more than 30 years.  He is a member of Capital Community Church in Raleigh.