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Womble Carlyle placed 125 attorneys on the 2012 Woodward/White Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America rankings, a new record for the firm.

 

The following is a list of the Womble Carlyle attorneys who rank among the country’s best. Attorneys marked with an asterisk (*) are new to the Best Lawyers list for 2012. Lawyers marked with (10) have been on the Best Lawyers list for at least 10 years. Those marked with (20) have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years, while those marked with (25) have been on the Best Lawyers list for at least 25 years:

Atlanta
William M. Ragland, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Patent Litigation, Technology Law

*John F. Sandy Smith, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Michael J. Sullivan, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
James F. Vaughan, Patent Litigation
Richard H. Vincent, Health Care Law

 

David B. Hamilton, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
John Parker Sweeney, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
T. Sky Woodward, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Mass Tort Litigation

 

J. Marshall Allen, Health Care Law

Charles J. Baker III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation

William C. Cleveland III, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Securities Litigation, Mediation

David M. Collins, Admiralty & Maritime Law

David H. Crawford, Real Estate Law

Morris A. Ellison (10), Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Law

W. Foster Gaillard (10), Real Estate Law

C. Allen Gibson Jr., Construction Law, Construction Litigation

Henry E. Grimball, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Thomas L. Harper, Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Law

*Julius H. Hines, Admiralty & Maritime Law

Sean D. Houseal, Environmental Litigation

John J. Kerr, First Amendment Law, First Amendment Litigation

David B. McCormack, Arbitration, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

James D. Myrick, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Gordon D. Schreck (20), Admiralty & Maritime Law

Kenneth F. Smith, Trusts & Estates

Henry B. Smythe, Jr., Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Susan M. Smythe (20), Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

Charles P. Summerall IV, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

David S. Yandle, Employment Law (Management), Labor Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation 

 

Charlotte
Garza Baldwin III (10), Corporate Governance Law, Securities Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
G. Michael Barnhill, Commercial Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Municipal Litigation
Cornelius W. Coghill III, Trusts & Estates, Trust & Estates Litigation
Jim D. Cooley, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
James P. Cooney III (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), White-Collar Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants)
James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits Law
Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law
Debbie W. Harden, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Law, Health Care Law, Antitrust Litigation
Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Corporate Law
Jane Jeffries Jones, Securities Law
Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
Richard L. Rainey, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
William C. Raper (20), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr., Health Care Law

 

Greensboro
Frank W. Bullock, Jr., Appellate Law, Arbitration, Mediation

*Jacqueline E. Camp, Corporate Law

*Gregory M. Chabon, Corporate Law

Randall A. Hanson, Mergers & Acquisition Law
Jack B. Hicks, Intellectual Property Litigation, Copyright Law, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law
James M. Powell (10), Labor Law (Management), Employment Law (Management)
C. Robert Rhodes, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law

Thomas S. Stukes (10), Health Care Law

 

Greenville
Larry D. Estridge (20), Real Estate Law
R. Howard Grubbs (10), Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
D. Allen Grumbine, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Corporate Law
Sandra Louise Weikel Miller, Heath Care Law
Samuel W. Outten, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
W. Lindsay Smith (10), Real Estate Law
Elizabeth O. Temple, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Rory D. Whelehan, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

 

Raleigh
Paul H. Billow, Public Finance Law
Kenneth G. Carroll (10), Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

John C. Cooke, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation
Donald A. Donadio (20), Real Estate Law
Marilyn R. Forbes, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants)
Garth A. Gersten, Insurance Law

*Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., Economic Development Law
G. Thomas Lee, Public Finance Law
Johnny M. Loper, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate Law
Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Securities Litigation
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Frederick W. Rom, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Nellie K. Shipley, Real Estate Law

 

Research Triangle Park
Leslie E. Browder (25), Real Estate Law
Kenneth N. Shelton, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Timber Law

 

Washington
Richard David, Real Estate Law
Diane J. Fuchs, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
John D. Hagner, Real Estate Law

*Elizabeth C. Lee, Real Estate Law

*Kenneth W. Logwood, Real Estate Law
Pamela V. Rothenberg, Real Estate Law
Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

 

Winston-Salem
Alfred G. Adams (20), Real Estate Law
Jean Taylor Adams (10), Trusts and Estates

Mary Craven Adams, Family Law
Reid C. Adams, Jr., Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs)
Elizabeth K. Arias, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation
H. Grady Barnhill, Jr. (25), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Securities Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
Jimmy H. Barnhill (10), Family Law
Anthony H. Brett (20), Health Care Law
Peter S. Brunstetter (10), Corporate Law, Health Care Law
Karen E. Carey, Construction Law
Keith A. Clinard, Commercial Litigation, Property Liability Litigation
W. Andrew Copenhaver (10), Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, First Amendment Law
Linwood L. Davis (25), Corporate Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law
Ronald R. Davis, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation, Securities Litigation
Charles A. Edwards, Labor Law (Management), Employment Law (Management)
Gusti W. Frankel, Municipal Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
Allan R. Gitter (20), Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants), Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants)
Ellen M. Gregg, Commercial Litigation
Michael D. Gunter (10), Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Hardin G. Halsey, Real Estate Law, Timber Law
Hada de Varona Haulsee, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Lori Privette Hinnant, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation
Jeffrey C. Howland (10), Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Technology Law, Venture Capital Law, Securities Regulation
Jeffrey T. Lawyer, Tax Law
Christopher E. Leon, Banking & Finance Law
R. Michael Leonard, Mass Tort Litigation

Jeffrey R. McFadden, Patent Law
James R. Morgan, Jr., Labor and Employment Litigation
Kenneth A. Moser (10), Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Elizabeth L. Quick (25), Trusts & Estates
George A. Ragland (10), Trusts & Estates
Michael E. Ray, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
Richard T. Rice (10), Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants)
Greg L. Smith (10), Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Tax Law
Kimberly H. Stogner, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation
William B. Sullivan (10), Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law
Keith W. Vaughan (10), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
William R. Whitehurst, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
C. Mark Wiley (10), Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy
Erna A.P. Womble, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
William F. Womble, Jr. (20), Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Personal Injury Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

 

 

Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to better align legal services with the needs of corporate clients.

The firm is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally, with more than 550 attorneys in twelve offices: Atlanta; Charleston and Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Washington, D.C.; Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, Del.

In the community, the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.