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Heather M. Rogers

“We Stand Up For You®, so you can Stand Up for those you love."

- Christopher H. Roberts

My favorite thing about working for CR Legal Team is the opportunity to be part of a whole team of people who are working toward a common goal, which is to assist our clients in winning their cases and easing their burdens of navigating the legal system in order to achieve their own goals.

Bio

With her zest for persuading people to see things through another’s eyes and doing so herself, Heather Rogers energizes and motivates herself, her coworkers, and her clients to learn how other people view the world and why they make the decisions they do. She loves sharing what she has learned to bring people together and to help people find commonalities. Heather truly believes that most people are working toward similar goals, and having learned that she finds we all often have more in common than we may think. She feels if we share our viewpoints with others, we may learn better ways to reach our personal goals and may become more empathetic toward others who do not share our same views. Practicing law has been a great way for her to experience this professionally.

Heather received her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Indiana State University and her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University where she attended on an honors scholarship. During her time there she also served in a legal externship for the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office in Ann Arbor.

Heather enjoys listening to live music, hiking, traveling, and attending the annual conference, Expanding the Vision, of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.

She has admissions to practice law in North Carolina, Tennessee, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the Tennessee State Bar.

Education

  • Indiana State University, B.S.
  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Juris Doctorate
    • Honors Scholarship
    • Legal Externship at the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office
    • Phi Alpha Delta Bar

Bar Admissions
and Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar – 2008
  • Tennessee State Bar – 2007
  • The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee – 2007
  • Took part in NOSSCR conferences for Social Security practitioners

Education

Bar Admissions
and Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar – 2008
  • Tennessee State Bar – 2007
  • The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee – 2007
  • Took part in NOSSCR conferences for Social Security practitioners

The Personal Injury Lawyers

Who'd Rather You Never Need Them

Kimberly and I met in 1992 as kindred spirits, both drawn to the idea of building something larger than ourselves—an extension of our family committed to serving others. We married in 1994, while I was practicing law, and Kimberly worked in healthcare consulting. We thought we understood how the legal system worked. Then September 19, 1995 changed everything.

It’s the worst possible situation to be in after a serious injury. I’m sitting across from a guy who’s supposed to be one of the better traumatic brain injury lawyers, but I’m realizing he doesn’t understand what Kimberly and I are going through!

I got hit by a tractor-trailer just two months before. My wife Kimberly—nineteen weeks pregnant with our first child—has had to watch me deal with personality changes, possible lifelong symptoms, and terrifying fears of our family's future.

What makes it all worse is the fact that I am a lawyer with years of experience, and yet even I can’t get the kind of representation we desperately need. It’s a scary situation.

I grew up in Charlotte. My mother was a teacher, my father a manager working with blue-collar contractors. My parents instilled in me a simple principle: stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves. Becoming an Eagle Scout reinforced it.

Kimberly grew up in Rockingham, a small North Carolina community. Her parents, a nurse and a salesman, also instilled the importance of community service. Sunday mornings singing in youth prison ministry, working with rehabilitation centers, partnering with local organizations – all part of Kimberly’s youth and what shaped her heart.

My brain injury accident showed us that even being on the inside of the legal profession didn’t protect us from getting poor representation. Our lawyer didn’t really serve us well because he couldn’t put himself in our shoes.

After my personal injury, I knew exactly what kind of lawyer I wanted to be:

someone who truly understands what clients are going through because I've been there myself. Kimberly joined me, bringing her healthcare background and passion for wellness. We built our practice around a simple idea—we don't just handle your case, we understand your whole journey, and we prepare you for it.

Today we’ve been in business for 35 years and we’ve recovered billions of dollars for our clients, but more importantly, we’ve advanced our services to what we call “whole person legal care.” We don’t just fight for financial recovery—we address the physical, emotional, and mental needs that make up a whole person. We prepare people before accidents happen through safety education. We stand beside them during their recovery. And we help them figure out where to go when their time with us is done.

What drives us is knowing that if you know better, you have to do better. Through our Roberts Center, we give away thousands of bicycle helmets, teach CPR, provide scholarships, and run safety programs in schools because we’d rather prevent accidents happening to your family than litigate them.