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Nellie Shipley Honored for Her Leadership in the Cary, NC Area
September 15, 2008
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CARY, N.C.—Womble Carlyle attorney Nellie K. Shipley has been selected as one of the 2008 Women of Western Wake for 2008. These five women were chosen by Cary Magazine for their leadership in efforts to improve the quality of life in Cary and western Wake County.
As an attorney, Nellie’s practice focuses on real estate development throughout North Carolina, including the rapidly growing Cary region. She's played a role in developing many major residential, retail and business projects in western Wake County.
Recently, her focus has been on “green development,” including energy-efficient buildings and developments that use less water. She also is heading Womble Carlyle’s Green Initiative, which is working to help the firm itself adopt more environmentally friendly practices.
In addition to her work as a real estate attorney, Nellie is active in numerous community and economic development organizations in western Wake County. She is the chair of the Cary Economic Development Commission, and has served as chair of the Cary Chamber of Commerce and president of Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women. She is a founding member of the Triangle District Council of the Urban Land Institute and has volunteered in the local schools.
Nellie is profiled in the September/October issue of Cary Magazine and will be honored at an October 2nd luncheon at the Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary. The other Women of Western Wake honorees are Mary Lou Powell of Rex Healthcare, Ann Denlinger of the Wake Education Partnership, Barbary Mulkey of Mulkey Engineers & Consultants, and Lucy Daniels of the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood.
A full-service business law firm, Womble Carlyle ranks among AmLaw's 100 leading firms in the country and is a top law firm for companies doing business in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states. The firm is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award, making Womble Carlyle the first law firm ever to receive the highest honor given to a business organization in recognition of its support of the Fund and its 45 member educational institutions.
Founded in 1876, Womble Carlyle operates in six states and the District of Columbia with nearly 550 attorneys in eleven offices located in Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore, MD. Womble Carlyle is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally.