Why Womble Carlyle

Your work should bring you more than just a paycheck.

You deserve more from your legal practice than a paycheck and a lock-step march to partnership. Meaningful work that challenges and excites you. Mentors eager to help you grow. Freedom to seek a balance between your work and home life. The opportunity to serve your community in a way that suits your interests and values. A collegial environment filled with people you look forward to seeing each day. We invite you to search our web site and meet some lawyers who've found those things at Womble Carlyle.

For sheer scope and quality, our practice rivals any in the country. Womble Carlyle's corporate and tax lawyers are involved in multimillion dollar transactions and high-tech startups. Our labor and employment lawyers help companies cope with today's complex workplace environment. Our patent lawyers protect our clients' inventions and other intellectual property and our litigators handle bet-the-company cases. Our capital markets and commercial real estate groups advise lenders and developers responsible for premier projects in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Our expansion has mirrored the dynamic growth of the Southeast. From our Winston-Salem roots, we have expanded along with our clients and other businesses drawn by the region's economic, climatic, and lifestyle advantages. Today, we are helping clients thrive in the vibrant economy of Greenville and upstate South Carolina, connect with capital in Charlotte and Atlanta, grow emerging technology companies in Research Triangle Park and Northern Virginia, and influence state and federal policymakers in Raleigh and Washington, D.C.

At Womble Carlyle, multidisciplinary teams advise clients on complex and challenging issues. We help our health care clients navigate in a constantly changing regulatory climate. Our clients in the financial services industry use our technology-based due diligence process to move quickly in the fast-paced world of mergers and acquisitions. We help our high-tech and emerging growth clients access capital and protect their intellectual property. To our clients in the pharmaceutical industry, we bring our medical, patent prosecution and large-volume document management experience.

Our lawyers proudly contribute time and energy to pro bono and community service projects, both through the firm and individually. Our litigators help clients through the Voluntary Lawyers Program obtain restraining orders on behalf of the Domestic Violence Advocacy Center and are deputized as special assistant district attorneys to prosecute child sexual abuse cases. Lawyers and staff volunteer at homeless shelters and help build and fund Habitat for Humanity houses. Many also serve in leadership positions in community and charitable organizations, state and local bar associations, and Legal Aid societies.

If you're looking for a serious practice with a progressive, growing law firm, Womble Carlyle could be right for you.

Come see us. Sit and talk. You'll want to stay.