About us

Over the course of more than four decades, Moser, Schmidly, & Roose has served countless people and businesses around Asheboro, North Carolina. Our current team consists of two talented attorneys, one of which is a certified mediator who can help many to avoid going to court.

Richard G. "Dick" Roose

Dick is an experienced criminal defense litigator and former prosecutor with a vast knowledge of criminal law. He's defended several felony cases, including rape, assault, sexual abuse, and capital murder. Dick has also served as president of the District Bar and as the district's representative on the North Carolina State Bar Council.

Education

Rhodes College - BA in Political Science

University of Tennessee - Juris Doctorate

Michael C. "Mike" Miller

Mike has returned to the private practice of law with Moser, Schmidly & Roose after serving as president of Pfeiffer University and as president/CEO of First National/CommunityONE Bank. He started his legal career in the legal department of the Fortune-500 company Blue Bell, Inc. (now VF Corporation) before working in private practice.

Mike has also been active in community, state, and industry affairs. He serves on the Board of Directors for Randolph Hospital, Inc., and was chairman of the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. He also chaired the North Carolina IOLTA Committee of the North Carolina State Bar, making grants to provide for indigent civil legal services. On top of that, Mike served as chairman for the North Carolina Bankers Association, as a director of the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and as a director for the American Bankers Association.

Mike's practice serves both for-profit and nonprofit clients in general business matters, corporate finance, trusts, wills and estate planning, and settlements. He is a certified Superior Court mediator with the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission. Mike has been admitted to the bar of the North Carolina State Courts, the Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the US Supreme Court.

Education

UNC Chapel Hill (Morehead Scholar) - BA
Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest - MBA

Wake Forest School of Law - Juris Doctorate