Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
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| Womble Carlyle Sandrigdge & Rice, PLLC | |
| Type | Professional limited liability company |
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| Founded | Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1876) |
| Headquarters | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Industry | Law |
| Products | Legal advice |
| Employees | 1,700+ |
| Website | [http://www.wcsr.com |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, established in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1876, is one of the largest business law firms in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States. Currently, Womble Carlyle has eleven offices: Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Greensboro, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Greenville, South Carolina; Tysons Corner, Virginia; Washington, DC; and Wilmington, Delaware. The firm’s growth has matched the economic growth of North Carolina and the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. evolving economy of the State and the region.
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[edit] Brief History
Although the name of the firm has changed several times since 1876, Womble Carlyle has been in continuous operation since it was initially established under the name Watson & Glenn.
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- In 1885, the firm name changed to Glenn & Glenn
- In 1891, the firm name changed to Glenn & Manley
- In 1898, the firm name changed to Glenn, Manley & Hendren
- In 1905, the firm name changed to Manly & Hendren
- In 1911, the firm name changed to Manly, Hendren & Womble
- In 1942, the firm name changed to Womble, Carlyle, Martin & Sandridge
- In 1954, the firm name changed to Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Womble Carlyle began expanding outside Winston Salem in the 1980’s when it established offices in Raleigh and Charlotte. The 1990’s were marked by the firm’s early commitment to technology and further expansion into new cities by opening new offices and also merging with other law firms. By the end of the 1990’s Womble Carlyle had opened its Atlanta, Research Triangle Park, Washington D.C. and Greenville, South Carolina offices. The firm’s commitment to technology was recognized in 1999 when Red Herring (a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market), recognized Womble Carlyle as one of the most progressive law firms in the country due to its commitment to technology. Since 2000, the firm has added its offices in Tysons Corner, Greensboro, Wilmington and Baltimore.
[edit] Today
Womble Carlyle now has more than 500 lawyers and 1200 staff located in eleven offices. Its attorneys and professionals provide a full range of legal services to regional, national and international businesses and other clients in a wide ranch of industries. Lawyers at Womble Carlyle include former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt and former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell.
Womble Carlyle is a member of Lex Mundi, a global organization of independent law firms.
[edit] Honors and Awards
- 2003 recipient of Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund's Corporate Leadership Award in recognition of the firm's commitment to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, its 45 member institutions and the students educated at those schools.
- Womble Carlyle is included in the AmLaw 100 Survey and is ranked by The American Lawyer as being among the 100 leading firms in the United States and was ranked number 67 in the 2005 survey. [1]
- Womble Carlyle is included as one of the 300 largest US law firms in the listing prepared by LawPeriscope.
[edit] Representative Clients
Womble Carlyle represents many nationally and internationally known corporations, businesses and foundations in industries that include manufacturing, transportation and energy, financial services, insurance, health care, education and technology including:
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- Armstrong World Industries
- Bank of America
- Bayer CropScience
- BB&T
- Childress Klein Properties
- Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc.
- DaimlerChrysler
- Dell Inc.
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Jefferson-Pilot
- Lowe's
- Novartis
- Thomas Built Buses, Inc.
- Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
- UNC Hospitals
- Wachovia Bank
- Wake Forest University
Womble Carlyle also has an active pro bono practice which has included high-profile cases such as the defense of death-row inamte Alan Gell by Womble Carlyle lawyer James P. Cooney, III.
