Four service lines, structured to meet a case at any stage — from early evaluation through deposition, trial, and post-judgment monitoring. Every engagement opens with a complimentary, privileged consultation.
Early-stage evaluation of facts against operating practice, regulatory framework, and federal consent decrees — to identify the questions the case will rise or fall on, and the witnesses, records, and policies most likely to matter.
Detailed, evidence-based written work product — built to withstand cross-examination, to be read by judges and juries without translation, and to operate as standalone analysis at the summary-judgment stage.
Clear, authoritative testimony delivered at the level a juror can follow and a court of appeals can review. Comfortable in state and federal forums, in matters under protective order, and in cases with significant media attention.
Beyond the case file: counsel, monitorship support, and operational reform engagements drawing on three decades of running the agencies under review — with discretion appropriate to sensitive matters.
The same domains appear, in different proportions, in nearly every consequential case in this space. Bobby's experience spans all four — at the caseworker level and at the executive level.
Frontline investigations through executive direction of the country's largest child welfare agency.
Two-time State Commissioner with regulatory authority over thousands of licensed providers.
Statewide direction of SNAP, TANF, child care subsidy, and adult protective services.
Eleven years inside the North Carolina Department of Correction, including judicial-district leadership.
Engagements are structured to give counsel an early read on the case before scope is set, and to produce work product on a calendar that matches the case's actual cadence — discovery, dispositive motions, trial.
Privileged, no-cost call to scope the matter, run a conflict check, and identify whether a written engagement is the right next step.
Engagement letter, retainer, and document intake. Initial review of pleadings, agency file, expert disclosures, and policy library.
Operational and regulatory analysis. Drafting of the expert report under counsel's direction and Rule 26 disclosures.
Deposition, qualification briefing, and trial testimony. Continued advisory through verdict and any post-trial motions.
Initial consultations are conducted at no cost and under privilege. Engagements are accepted nationally, in state and federal forums.
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