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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 

A Professional Limited Liability Company

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Office
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One West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina  27101
(Forsyth Co.)

Telephone: 336-721-3600
Fax: 336-721-3660
http://www.wcsr.com

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Visibility Ranking
#1 out of 211 law firms in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#109 out of 194,976 law firms

Reviser of the North Carolina Law Digest for this Directory.



About this office:

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, which traces its history to 1876, is a full-service law firm that delivers sophisticated and innovative legal services to a wide spectrum of business clients in industries that include information technology, health care, manufacturing, telecommunications and financial services. The Firm also represents a variety of governmental units and agencies.

Womble Carlyle's mission is to provide value to clients by combining professional skill, technology and a thorough understanding of clients' needs to deliver high quality, cost-effective and responsive service. The firm is comprised of approximately 530 lawyers and 800 staff members operating from offices in Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh and Greensboro, NC; Wilmington, DE; Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, DC; and Baltimore, MD.

The Firm considers technology and the benefits it offers an integral part of the legal services it provides. All of the Firm's offices are linked for full communications by telephone, fax, electronic mail and video conference over a wide area network. The Firm takes full advantage of its sophisticated computer technology for support in large-case litigation, as well as management of complex transactions. The Director of Technology is responsible for implementing existing systems, and in some instances, developing new software applications to meet specific client needs. The firm-wide communications and computer network permit the Firm to allocate resources from all offices, as needed, as well as to establish direct, secure links with clients and their legal departments, thus enhancing the responsiveness and efficiency of the Firm's lawyers.

The lawyers of Womble Carlyle have traditionally been active in community affairs, in Bar and other professional activities, and in state government. Many lawyers assume leading roles in civic and professional organizations, and several have served the government in elected or appointed positions.



 

Specific Practice & Industry Groups Details:
AgrichemicalAntitrust Litigation
Antitrust, Distribution and Franchise LawAppellate
Bankruptcy and Creditors' RightsBusiness Litigation
Capital Markets Business GroupCase Management Facility
Community Development and Affordable HousingConstruction & Building Performance
Construction Industry Transactions and Risk ManagementConstruction Law
Construction and Government ContractsConsumer Financial Services Litigation
Corporate & SecuritiesCoverGard (SM)
E-DiscoveryESOP Business Solutions
Economic DevelopmentEmployee Benefits
Federal and State Government AffairsGovernment Contracts
Health CareHealthcare Litigation
Insurance CoverageIntellectual Property
International TradeLabor & Employment
Life SciencesLitigation
Obesity LitigationPatent
Pharmaceutical Products LitigationPrivacy and Data Protection
Products Liability LitigationPublic Finance
Real EstateReal Estate Development
Real Estate Investment TrustsSarbanes-Oxley
Supply Chain ManagementTax
Timberland ResourcesToxic Tort LItigation
Toxic Tort Litigation and Environmental LawTransportation
TruckingTrusts & Estates


Bar Register Practice Area Bar Register Practice Areas:     Learn More about the Bar Register
Administrative LawAntitrust Law
Appellate PracticeBanking Law
Bankruptcy LawBusiness Law
Civil RightsCivil Trial Practice
Commercial LawCommunications Law
Computer LawConstruction Law
Employment Benefits LawEnvironmental Law
Family LawGeneral Practice
Health Care LawInsurance Defense
International Business LawLabor and Employment Law
Medical MalpracticeMunicipal Bond/Public Authority Financing
Municipal and Zoning LawNatural Resources Law
Product Liability LawReal Estate Law
Securities LawTax Law
Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate


Statement of Practice Summary:
General Civil Practice, Trial and Appellate Litigation. Administrative, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights, Bond Financing, Civil Rights, Commercial, Construction, Consumer Lending, Corporate, E-Commerce, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning, Family, Government Relations, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Municipal, Negligence, Probate, Product Liability, Real Estate, Retirement Plans, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Tort, Wills and Trusts Law.


Articles Authored by Lawyers at this office:

An Introduction To The Loan Guarantee Program
Reid C. Adams, Garth A. Gersten, Donald C. Lampe, Richard T. Rice, December 12, 2008
To date, the federal government's implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, P.L. 110-343 ("EESA") has been focused on the Capital Purchase Program ("CPP") for banks and other financial institutions.

Employment Contracts: The "Non-Economic" Concerns
Charles A. Edwards, November 3, 2008
Our previous Client Alert regarding employment issues arising out of the economic crisis gave a broad overview of employer concerns. Now it's time to focus on both existing employment contracts and those which may be drafted in the near term.

Corporate Opportunities in the Market Turmoil
Peter S. Brunstetter, Kenneth G. Carroll, Gene A. Jones, November 3, 2008
Although financial markets continue to be characterized by tight credit conditions, liquidity shortages, and declining investor confidence, we believe that this is the time when the best managers take advantage of the market turmoil by remaining calm and focusing on the long-term opportunities...


Year Established: 1876

Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Brenner Companies; Charles & Colvard, Ltd.; Inmar Enterprises, Inc.; NC Biosciences Industry Organization; Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assn.; RF Micro Devices, Inc.; Venture First Associates.

Representative Clients:
ALLTEL Corp.; Armstrong World IndustriesAndersen Corporation; Armtex, Inc.; Associated Aviation Underwriters; Bank of America; BB&T Corporation; Brad Ragan, Inc.; Brenner Companies; Budd Services, Inc.; Carolina Beverage Corporation; Carolina Biological Supply Company; Carolinas Medical; Carolina Mills, Inc.; Charles & Colvard, Ltd.; Childress Klein Properties, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; City of Charlotte, North Carolina; The Crosland Group, Inc.; Dell Inc.; Duke University; First Factors, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; The Harris Group; Inmar Enterprises, Inc.; Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc.; Lowes Companies, Inc.; Magneti Marelli USA, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; NC Biosciences Industry Organization; North Carolina Association of County Commissioners; Novant Health, Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation; Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.; Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assn.; Phillips Industries, Inc.; RegO Claimants Trust; Remington Arms Company, Inc.; RF Micro Devices, Inc.; RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company; Sedgwick James; Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company; Spectrum Properties; SQL Financials International, Inc.; Talecris Biotherapeutics; Thomas Built Buses, Inc.; The Travelers Insurance Companies; Vulcan Materials Company; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Wake Forest University; Wake Forest University Baptist Regional Medical Center.


(For Biographical Data of other Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Charlotte, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, D.C., Greenville, South Carolina, Wilmington, Delaware, Tysons Corner, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland)



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