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BALTIMORE—Womble Carlyle attorneys David B. Hamilton and John Parker Sweeney have been named 2009 Maryland Super Lawyers.

Hamilton made the Super Lawyers list in the category of Civil Defense Litigation, while Sweeney was ranked in the practice of Class Action/Mass Torts. Both practice in Womble Carlyle’s Baltimore Office. Hamilton and Sweeney also made the 2008 Maryland Super Lawyers rankings.

“Just 18 months ago, Womble Carlyle didn’t even have an office in Baltimore. Now, we have attorneys being recognized as among the best in the state,” said Hamilton, who is the Managing Member of the Baltimore Office.

Maryland Super Lawyers is a listing of the top five percent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The multi-step process involved soliciting nominations from attorneys across the state (lawyers were not allowed to vote for themselves), followed by a thorough case-by-case review of each nominee.

This is just the latest in a series of recent honors for attorneys in Womble Carlyle’s Baltimore office. In November, T. Sky Woodward was named the 2008 winner of the Leadership in the Law Award for professional excellence, mentoring service and dedication to community service. Sweeney and Woodward also were recognized as Baltimore Best Lawyers in late 2008.

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A full-service business law firm, Womble Carlyle ranks among American Lawyer magazine’s list of the 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.

The firm also is the first law firm to be awarded the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award, which is the highest recognition given by the U.S. government to employers for their support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.

Founded in 1876, Womble Carlyle operates in six states and the District of Columbia with more than 500 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; Baltimore, MD; and Wilmington, DE. Womble Carlyle is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally.