Roberta Felicia Walton

Roberta Walton currently practices real estate, land use and development, immigration and business law. A native of Panama City, Florida, Roberta Walton obtained a degree in Social Work at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. From there she began her career in philanthropic development as a District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America. She later served in similar roles with the American Heart Association and Kids Incorporated (also known as 4C), an early childhood human service agency. 

Roberta began practicing Administrative Law with Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida providing litigation and advocacy for Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security Disability, and other like cases on behalf of low-income clients. Additionally, she served as an adjunct instructor for both ITT Technical Institute and Everest College in the Criminal Justice department. 

For the last seven years, Roberta worked as the District 6 Aide and Senior Advisor to Orange County Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell where she adopted a strong grasp of not only the intricacies surrounding local government and policy implementation, but more importantly about what makes this community work—and how strategic planning and public engagement will serve to make it better. 

Both personally and professionally, Roberta is devoted to serving her community. She has held memberships in the Florida Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, Central Florida Women Lawyers Association, Paul C. Perkins Chapter of the Virgil Hawkins Bar Association, and currently serves on the Board of Visitors for Florida A&M College of Law. She is also the current President of the Southwest Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce; Vice-President and Charter Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Metro Orlando Chapter; board member for RAPHA! Soul Care and Empowerment Institute; member of the Orange County Chapter of NAACP; League of Women Voters of Orange County; the Orlando Chapter of the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association and a devoted member of Mount Zion A.M.E Church in Oakland, Florida. 

Roberta has two loving sons and is also a 2014 Candidate for Orange County Commissioner, District 6.