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Womble Carlyle Sponsors Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association Reception
November 13, 2006
On the evening of Nov. 2, 2006, more than 500 people attended the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association's second annual Awards Reception at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Va. Womble Carlyle was a Diamond category sponsor, the highest level of sponsorship.
WMACCA is the 1500-member D.C.-area affiliate of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and was recently chosen as the ACC's chapter of the year. Womble Carlyle has recently co-sponsored several events with WMACCA and plans to sponsor more.
Nine Womble Carlyle lawyers attended the event. Pam Rothenberg (pictured), managing member of the D.C. office, was the presenter of the Chief Legal Officer of the Year Award. She gave it to James Fontana, the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned research, development and technology company based in McLean, Va.
