Edward F. Roche

Ed Roche joined Smith Anderson’s Litigation practice group in 2019. He has experience in general business litigation spanning a variety of substantive areas of law, and has advised clients in a wide range of industry sectors including technology, health care, insurance, financial services, energy, media government, universities and non-profits.

Prior to joining Smith Anderson, Ed was an attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of a global law firm.

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• British-American Business Council, Triangle Chapter

Editor in Chief, North Carolina Law Review

Litigation experience Ed gained prior to joining Smith Anderson:

• Defended directors against shareholder derivative actions alleging securities violations, breaches of fiduciary duties and various related claims in state and federal courts.
• Represented mutual fund advisors against claims of excessive fees.
• Advised a university on potential antitrust dispute concerning the competitive opportunities open to the university’s athletic program.
• Represented multinational technology companies responding to regulators’ allegations of antitrust violations.
• Provided advice on First Amendment arguments for a news website to raise in appealing trial verdicts obtained by a public figure based on the website’s news report.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in an investigation launched in response to a federal government subpoena seeking information on compliance with Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Served as counsel to the American Bar Association and individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Department of Education, challenging the department’s conduct in relation to the Public Interest Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Wrote briefs and delivered arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on behalf of a federal habeas petitioner.
• Represented a voting rights organization litigating constitutional and statutory civil rights claims in federal court to stop a state preventing access to public voter registration records.
• Coordinated nationwide litigation efforts to assist detained immigrants.