Press Release
Business Litigation Attorney Bob Gaumont Joins Womble Carlyle
October 20, 2009
Public Relations Contact: Bruce Buchanan, (336) 728-7027
BALTIMORE—Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, announced that business litigator Robert A. “Bob” Gaumont has joined the firm’s Baltimore office.
Bob is an experienced business, commercial and white collar defense litigator, with a focus on disputes concerning shareholders, securities, corporate governance issues, class actions, RICO and business competition claims. He also has extensive experience conducting internal investigations and helping companies resolve employment disputes.
“Bob is well-known in legal and business circles here in Baltimore,” said David Hamilton, Managing Member of Womble Carlyle’s Baltimore office. “He is a strong addition to our business litigation practice, which has been a hallmark of Womble Carlyle for more than 130 years.”
In recent years, Bob has been involved in some high-profile cases, including representing form U.S. Sen. George Mitchell in his investigation into steroid and performance-enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball. Bob also helped MCI World Com obtain a declination of charges by the U.S. Department of Justice following a widely publicized federal investigation.
Before entering private practice, Bob served as a prosecutor in Baltimore. He comes to Womble Carlyle from the firm of DLA Piper US LLP in Baltimore.
Womble Carlyle—Innovators at Law
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.