Press Release
O'Rourke, Pazuniak Named Among The Best Lawyers in America
August 12, 2009
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WILMINGTON, DL -- Two attorneys in Womble Carlyle's Wilmington, Del., office have ranked highly on Woodward/White Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America rankings for 2010. Delaware lawyers ranking among the country's best are:
Gerard M. O'Rourke, Intellectual Property Law
George Pazuniak (10), Intellectual Property Law
(Lawyers marked with (10) have been on the Best Lawyers list for at least 10 years.)
The total number of Womble Carlyle attorneys firm wide appearing on the list has increased for the ninth consecutive time, from 102 attorneys in the 2009 rankings to 106 in the 2010 rankings.
The 2010 edition is the sixteenth edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which thousands of top leading attorneys throughout the country cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. The current edition is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
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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.