Ann-Patton Hornthal

Practices & Industries

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate Practice
• Business Law
• Construction Law
• Health Care
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Insurance Coverage
• Litigation
• Manufacturers & Distributors
• Medical Malpractice
• Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
• Products Liability
• Real Estate Law
• Sports Law

Education

• Birmingham-Southern College, BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
• Mercer University, School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, 2006

Bar & Court Admissions

• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Bar Association, Medico-Legal Liaison Committee
• Western District of North Carolina Federal Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Sections: Real Property and Federal
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, North Carolina, Western and Eastern Districts
• Cherokee Tribal Court

Biography

Ann-Patton Hornthal is an associate and litigator at Roberts & Stevens. Since joining the firm, Ann-Patton has represented clients ranging from individuals and small businesses to large companies. She practices regularly in both federal and state courts in civil litigation in matters involving complex personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, business litigation, and real property litigation.

Ann-Patton has practiced before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina; Cherokee Tribal Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Professionally, she is a member of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, the Defense Research Institute, and is a member of the Medico-Legal Liaison Committee with the North Carolina Bar Association.

Experience

Commercial/business, construction and property litigation

Coordination of complex discovery and E-discovery issues

Insurance defense

Medical Malpractice defense on behalf of hospitals and physicians

Personal injury and wrongful death litigation

Products liability

Representation of individuals, businesses and organizations in matters of civil litigation

Professional

Author, case note, 'A New Era of Dead-Beat Dads: Determining Social Security Survivor Benefits for Children Who Are Posthumously Conceived,' 56 Mercer Law Review 759, 2005

Defense Research Institute, 2006-present

North Carolina Super Lawyers, Civil Litigation Defense, Rising Star 2011-2012

Mercer Law Review, Georgia Survey Editor, 2005-2006

National Moot Court Team, 2006

North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Young Lawyers Committee, 2009-present, Member, 2006-present

Community Service

AmeriCorps Volunteer Program, Alumnus, 2001-2002

Mountain Area Volunteers Lawyers, volunteer, 2007-2009

Trinity Episcopal Church, Member, 2007-present

WCQS Public Radio Community Advisory Board; Board of Directors Chairperson, 2006-2009; Board Member, 2006-present