Womble Carlyle placed 52 attorneys in the firm's Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, N.C. offices on the 2017 Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America rankings:

Charlotte
G. Michael Barnhill, Commercial Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Municipal Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)

Robert G. Brinkley, Banking and Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

*Theodore F. Claypoole, Technology Law
Cornelius W. Coghill III, Trusts & Estates, Trust & Estates Litigation, Tax Law
Jim D. Cooley, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Banking & Finance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation
James P. Cooney III, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants), White-Collar Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants), Appellate Practice

Susan H. Cooper, Environmental Law
James E. Daniel, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation
Bradford A. De Vore, Environmental Law
Debbie W. Harden, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
Jeffrey S. Hay, Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Mark Henriques, Commercial Litigation

*Matthew B. Homan, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Mark J. Horoschak, Antitrust Law, Health Care Law, Antitrust Litigation

Cyrus M. Johnson, Jr., Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Closely Held Companies & Family Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Jane Jeffries Jones, Securities Regulation

Katherine T. Lange, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, ERISA Litigation

William C. Matthews, Jr., Real Estate Law

Meredith J. McKee, Commercial Litigation
Richard E. Morton, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Energy Law

Christopher H. Orders, Intellectual Property Litigation

Sean F. Perrin, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation

Richard L. Rainey, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation
William C. Raper, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation

Claire J. Rauscher, Commercial Litigation, General Practice Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense

Andrew T. Spence, Patent Law

*Michael A. Tobin, Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
Raboteau T. Wilder, Jr., Health Care Law

Constance L. Young, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/ Insolvency & Reorganization Law

Raleigh

Elizabeth K. Arias, Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Tax Law, Tax Litigation & Controversy
Paul H. Billow, Public Finance Law
John C. Cooke, Land Use & Zoning Law, Land Use & Zoning Litigation

Lisa J. Dixon, Corporate Law
Marilyn R. Forbes, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Christopher M. Humphrey, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law

Beth Tyner Jones, Employment Law (Management), Labor & Employment Litigation

Christopher W. Jones, Commercial Litigation

Betsy Cook Lanzen, Intellectual Property Litigation

G. Thomas Lee, Public Finance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Johnny M. Loper, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation, Administrative/Regulatory Law

Kevin R. Lyn, Patent Law
Pressly M. Millen, Antitrust Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Litigation, Antitrust Law
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation,  Administrative/Regulatory Law, Antitrust Law, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Jon Mize, Public Finance Law

Dorinda L. Peacock, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Elizabeth LeVan Riley, Real Estate Law
Frederick W. Rom, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Nellie K. Shipley, Real Estate Law

Theresa M. Sprain, Employment Law (Management)
 

Research Triangle Park
M. Christopher Bolen, Copyright Law

Charles R. Holton, Construction Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)

Sarah Anne Keefe, Trademark Law

Kenneth N. Shelton, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Timber Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law