Roger J. Dodd

Roger J. Dodd      

Roger J. Dodd is an internationally-known trial attorney, author, lecturer, consultant and recognized expert on cross-examination techniques. His focus is on serious or catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, trucking cases, aviation accidents, and medical malpractice.

Mr. Dodd is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in both civil and criminal practice, and has been a member of the Florida Bar for 31 years, and The State Bar of Georgia for 32 years. 

Listed among the nation’s most elite lawyers in The Best Lawyers in America since 1991, he is co-author of the best selling title ever published by the Lexis-Nexis publishing company: Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques. Since its inception in 2004, Mr. Dodd has been named a Georgia “Super Lawyer” -- the prestigious professional recognition based on peer nominations.  He is a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates, attaining the distinction of Advocate in that organization.

Mr. Dodd is a frequent guest and commentator on Court TV, Good Morning America and numerous local Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC affiliate stations.  Since 1990, he has published numerous articles in Trial, the American Trial Lawyers Association’s monthly magazine. Mr. Dodd has lectured or testified as an expert witness in all fifty states, as well as internationally. His lecture tour is limited to 30 appearances a year, to standing-room-only crowds, at state bar association meetings and at meetings held by expert witnesses and other legal organizations.

(Roger live on Court TV in St. Augustine, FL)

Mr. Dodd was born in a small steel mill town outside Pittsburgh. He graduated from Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University in Economics and then completed law school at the University of Pittsburgh.  After graduating with his law degree, Mr. Dodd joined a firm in Valdosta, Georgia, where he took a burglary case to trial in his first month in practice.  This was to be the first of hundreds of court-room experiences in his over 30 years of practice. In addition to taking on and winning a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, Mr. Dodd has long been a strong proponent of pro-bono work and has served on boards of organizations that work on behalf of underprivileged children. 

A list of Mr. Dodd’s professional memberships and offices, published articles and professional distinctions include: 

Professional Memberships and Offices:

Member of the Florida Bar and The State Bar of Georgia; Fellow of the Georgia Bar Foundation; Past Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Institute of Trial Advocacy; Past President of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Former Board Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Former Member of the State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Board; Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; ABOTA; American College of Matrimonial Lawyers. 

Published Articles, American Trial Lawyers Association’s Trial Magazine:

 “Parlor Tricks for the Courtroom” (April, 1990); “Controlling the Runaway Witness” (January, 1991); “Bait” (April, 1992); “A Tragic Accident - Not Murder: Synopsis of Opening Statements” (March, 1998). 

Additional Professional Distinctions: Selected for inclusion in Martindale-Hubbell’s Preeminent Lawyers, Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in America.

Roger Dodd is single and has two children.