Robert J. Conrad, Jr.
Judge Conrad no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Conrad decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Stratifyd v. Wang, Conrad allowed an unjust-enrichment claim to proceed because North Carolina law permits liability where a corporate insider causes the company to confer a benefit on himself.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. No. 16) is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART, that is: 1. DENIED as to Count 15 for Unjust Enrichment, and 2. GRANTED as to Count 16 for Disgorgement.”
Procedural preferences
In Stratifyd v. Wang, Conrad dismissed disgorgement as a standalone claim because it is a remedy, while preserving disgorgement as a possible remedy for the surviving claims.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. No. 16) is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART, that is: 1. DENIED as to Count 15 for Unjust Enrichment, and 2. GRANTED as to Count 16 for Disgorgement.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant USAA Federal Savings Bank's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, (Doc. No. 38), is GRANTED.”
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. No. 16) is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART, that is: 1. DENIED as to Count 15 for Unjust Enrichment, and 2. GRANTED as to Count 16 for Disgorgement.”
“Defendants' 14 Motion to Dismiss (Renewed) and Notice of Demand for Arbitration is DENIED.”
“Defendants' 9 Motion to Compel Arbitration and Dismiss or, in the Alternative Stay Pending Arbitration is DENIED as moot. This matter is STAYED pending arbitration”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 315 days (N = 8).
The sampled assigned caseload includes many motions to vacate sentence that remained linked to Conrad as the original sentencing judge after his retirement. The terminated civil sample includes employment, trade-secret and business-tort, credit-reporting, False Claims Act, Social Security, lease and ejectment, and product-liability matters. Referral magistrates included David C. Keesler, Susan C. Rodriguez, and David S. Cayer.
A historical record
Judge Conrad no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.