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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC today announced that Charlie Edwards -- the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group Leader who has spent the last 21 of his 37 years of practice based in Raleigh -- has moved to Womble Carlyle's Winston-Salem office.

Edwards spends most of his time devoting his attention to the representation of employers in all phases of labor and employment law. While he has defended employer interests in hundreds of cases in state and federal courts nationwide, both jury and nonjury, and has extensive experience in class action defense, he spends much of his time counseling clients on how to stay out of court, as well as how to provide the best defense in the event litigation is inevitable.

"We are pleased to have Charlie Edwards in Winston-Salem," said Keith Vaughan, Womble Carlyle's managing member. "Charlie is an extremely talented attorney with extensive employment-related experience that is a true asset to Womble Carlyle and the clients we serve."

Edwards' clients range from Fortune 100 manufacturers, retailers and service providers to small employers and local governments. Since joining Womble Carlyle in 1994, Edwards has split his practice between the Raleigh and Winston-Salem offices. Before returning to his native state in 1986, Edwards practiced in Savannah and Atlanta.

"I am very grateful for the time I was able to spend working in Womble Carlyle's Raleigh office," Edwards said. "However, I'm looking forward to serving our clients in the Triad on a full-time basis and being able to continue to build my practice from our largest and oldest office."

Edwards was named to the NC Super Lawyers list by Law & Politics in 2006 and 2007, and was also named to the NC Legal Elite list in 2004 and 2005 by Business North Carolina. Edwards has also been listed in Who's Who in American Law since 1977, as well as Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Georgia and North Carolina, and before the Supreme Court and all thirteen U.S. Courts of Appeals.