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Womble Carlyle's Keith Vaughan Named One Of America's Most Admired Firm Leaders
April 25, 2007
Keith W. Vaughan, Managing Member of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC., has been named one of the country's 10 most admired law firm leaders in an independent national survey of managing partners.
According to a press release dated April 16, 2007, Edge International, a legal consulting firm, conducted the survey of more than 60 top law firm managing partners. These top attorneys were asked to identify which law firm leaders, from firms other than their own, they most admired for their management and leadership skill.
The qualities most cited in these leaders are a willingness to make change, an ability to promote ambitious agendas, the skill to deftly handle difficult matters and build consensus within the firm, and a commitment to maintaining the core values of the firm.
Other managing partners named in the "Most Admired" survey were Robert M. Dell, of Latham & Watkins LLP; Regina M. Pisa, of Goodwin Proctor LLP; Lee I. Miller, of DLA Piper US LLP; Ben F. Johnson III, of Alston & Bird LLP; Cesar L. Alvarez, of Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Bob Odle, of Hogan & Hartson LLP; Patrick McCartan, of Jones Day; Ralph H. Baxter, Jr., of Orrick and Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; and T. Kennedy Helm III, of Stites & Harbision, PLLC.
"It is always an honor to be recognized by your peers," Vaughan said. "However, I think this recognition is due in large part to the respect people in the legal profession have for Womble Carlyle as a whole. We have many innovative programs in place here at the firm, all designed to help our clients succeed in our rapidly changing world."
Before becoming the firm's Managing Member in 2002, Vaughan served as Womble Carlyle's Litigation Practice Group Leader for 10 years. He has tried numerous jury and bench trials during his more than 30-year legal career and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the country’s top business litigators.
With more than 530 lawyers, Womble Carlyle is one of the largest law firms in the South Atlantic and is listed on the AMLaw 100 roster of the nation's leading law firms.
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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.