Michael Roberts

Michael L. Roberts is a criminal defense attorney and sole practitioner in Joplin, Missouri, at The Law Office of Michael L. Roberts, LLC. He represents adults from Missouri and people from other states charged with crimes in Missouri. His criminal practice covers violations, misdemeanors and felonies, with DWI, traffic, drug, theft and weapons cases among the matters listed on his website. Wills and probate or estate administration also appear in his practice areas.

Roberts spent 16 years as a police officer and another five as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Jasper County. His work at the Joplin Police Department included patrol and traffic assignments, field training, and positions as patrol and K9 sergeant and detective sergeant. The traffic assignment included training in accident reconstruction. A federal court internship, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, is also part of his employment history.

Roberts studied criminal justice administration at Missouri Southern State University, receiving a B.S. in 1997. At Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, he completed his J.D. in 2000. His listed bar admissions followed in 2001, both in Missouri and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Under classes and seminars, his biography lists police interview and report writing at Missouri Southern State University in 2003–2004, and search and seizure at the Joplin Police Department in 1997.