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Leighton Roper

Leighton P. Roper III was honored Friday as the 2008 recipient of the Health Law Section’s Distinguished Service Award.

The award was presented during the section’s annual meeting at the N.C. Bar Center "in recognition of his lifelong achievements and outstanding contributions to health law, and his exemplary service to health care professionals, the bar and the general public."

Participating in the presentation were current section Chair Lorelle Feezor and former Chair David Bohm.

Roper serves as assistant university counsel for Duke University, a position he has held since last August. He previously spent seven years as a health care attorney with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.

A 1999 graduate of the Duke University School of Law, Roper received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. He is an active member of the Health Law Section and its section council, currently serving in the role of secretary.

Among his numerous contributions to the section, Roper has devoted extensive effort to its Safe Haven initiative whereby parents who are not willing or able to care for a newborn can anonymously and voluntarily give up their infant without being arrested or put on trial for abandonment.

“As chair of the section, whenever I need something done, I can always count on Leighton,” Feezor said. “He is clearly our ‘go-to guy’ and has been for a number of years.

“It is the type of commitment and involvement that makes and sustains the Health Law Section as a viable and valuable presence in the North Carolina Bar Association.”

The award has been presented, as merited, since 1993. Previous recipients are Roddey M. Ligon Jr. (1993), John Anderson Jr. (1995), Wendell H. Ott (1996) and John G. Shaw (2003).