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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Law Firm in Raleigh, North Carolina

A Professional Limited Liability Company

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Wachovia Capital Center, 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
(Wake Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 919-755-2100  
Fax: 919-755-2150
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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
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.
Year Established: 1876
Firm Profile:
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.

Firm Size: 525
Representative Clients:
ABB, Inc.; Ali Group; Bank of America Corporation; BB&T Corporation; Carolinas HealthCare System; Brenner Companies; Charles & Colvard, Ltd.; Centennial Broadcasting, LLC; Cisco Systems, Inc.; City of Raleigh, North Carolina; DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Duke University; Duke University Health System, Inc.; Elster Electricity, LLC; General Electric Company; GlaxoSmithKline; Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company; Inmar Enterprises, Inc.; KIA Motors America, Inc; Lowes Companies, Inc.; Magneti Marelli Powertrain USA, Inc.; Medtronic, Inc; Motricity, Inc.; North Carolina Association of County Commissioners; North Carolina Housing Finance Agency; North Carolina State University; Novartis AG; PepsiCo, Inc.; Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Assn.; Piedmont Triad Airport Authority; Pulte Homes, Inc.; Red Hat, Inc.; Research Triangle Institute; Reynolds American, Inc.; SAS Institute Inc.; Syngenta Agribusiness; Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc.; The Hartford Insurance Company; The Travelers Insurance Companies; University of North Carolina Health Care System; Wachovia Bank, National Association; Wake Forest University; Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; WakeMed; West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Other Office Locations of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Tysons Corner, Virginia, U.S.A.
MEMBERS OF FIRM
Sean E. Andrussier (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, District of Columbia; 1998, North Carolina. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1989); Duke University (J.D., with high honors, 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Duke Law Journal. Clerkships: M. Blane Michael, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Sean E. Andrussier
Paul H. Billow (Member) born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., in Sociology, with honors, 1986); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Paul H. Billow
Jennifer Long Collins (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., English and History, 1990); University of Louisville (J.D., summa cum laude, 1995). Senior Editor, University of Louisville Journal of Family Law. Member, 1993-1995 and Vice President, 1994-1995, Brandeis Society. Author: "Hecht v. Superior Court: Recognizing a Property Right in Reproductive Material," University of Louisville Journal of Family Law, Summer 1994-1995 Issue. Law Clerk to Hon. Alexander B. Denson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1995-1996. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Computer Law; Intellectual Property Licensing; Promotion Law; Sweepstakes Law. Email: Jennifer Long Collins
John C. Cooke (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, September 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, with honors in history, 1975; J.D., 1978). Assistant Wake County Attorney, 1978-1983. Member: Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Urban, State and Local Government Law; Real Property and Trust) Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Land Use. Email: John C. Cooke
Susan Davis Crooks (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, September 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1987, North Carolina. Education: University of Salamanca, American Institute for Foreign Study, Spain; North Carolina State University; Rex Hospital School of Nursing (R.N., 1974); Campbell University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Business Editor, Campbell Law Review, 1986-1987. Registered Nurse, North Carolina, 1974. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Health Law and Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Estate and Trust Litigation. Email: Susan Davis Crooks
Donald A. Donadio (Member) born Hampton, Virginia, January 3, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; 1972, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1965; J.D., cum laude, 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1966-1967. Listed in: The Directory of Municipal Bond Attorneys of the United States; The Best Lawyers in America; North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. [Capt., (JAGC), U.S. Army, 1967-1972]. (Managing Member, Raleigh Office). Practice Areas: Public Finance; Commercial Real Estate; Economic Development; Capital Markets; Real Estate. Email: Donald A. Donadio
Robert E. Fields III (Member) born Bluefield, West Virginia, November 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia; 1985, North Carolina. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1981); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1982-1984. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability Law; Construction Products; Mass Torts; Multi-Forum Litigation; Class Actions; Economic and Scientific Experts; Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Robert E. Fields III
Marilyn R. Forbes (Member) born Latrobe, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, North Carolina. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1981). Member: The Order of Barristers; Moot Court Board. Law Clerk, United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1981-1985. President, Board of Directors, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Member: Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar (Member: 10th Judicial District, Grievance Committee; Professionalism Committee). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Marilyn R. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Hahn (Member) born Washington, D.C., April 20, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia; 1987, District of Columbia; 1991, Massachusetts; 1995, North Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with highest distinction, 1983); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Fasman, Dollarhide and Hahn, What Business Must Know About the Americans with Disabilities Act (United States Chamber of Commerce 1991); Hahn, "Pre-employment Information Services: Employers Beware?" 17 Employee Relations Law Journal No. 1, at 45 (Summer 1991); Hahn and Smith, "Wrongful Discharge: The Search for a Legislative Compromise," 15 Employee Relations Law Journal No. 4, at 515 (Spring 1990). Law Clerk, Hon. Judge James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1986-1987. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Products Liability Litigation; Pharmaceutical Liability; E-Discovery; Life Sciences. Email: Jeffrey M. Hahn
Michael Henry (Attorney) admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania; 2006, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., Philosophy, 2001); Villanova University (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk to Honorable Martha A. Geer, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2005-2007. Judicial Extern, Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2004. Summer Associate, Corporate Business and Entrepreneurial Law Internship Program, Law Offices of Pepper Hamilton, LLP, 2004. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Zoning, Planning, Land Use Section, Pro Bono Committee; Young Lawyers Division Mentor) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Municipal Law; Land Use. Email: Michael Henry
James B. Hunt, Jr. (Member) born Greensboro, North Carolina, May 16, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S., 1959; M.S. 1962); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1964). Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1973-1977. Governor of North Carolina, 1977-1985; 1993-2001. Recipient: The Education Commission of the States, James B. Conant Award; The Horace Mann League's, Friend of Education Award; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education; The National Mentoring Partnership, Award for Public Leadership; The Children's Defense Fund Award; The Columbia University Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service; The Women Executives in State Government's, "Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award"; The American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Health Advocate Award; The National Secondary Schools, Distinguished Service Award; The National State Boards of Education, Policy Leader of the Year Award; The Council of Chief State School Officers, Distinguished Service Award; The National Education Association, Friend of Education Award; The National 4-H, Outstanding Alumnus Award; The National Wildlife Federation's, Conservation Achievement Award; The Honor Award from the Soil Conservation Society of America; The National Religious Heritage Award. Chairman, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. Member, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Corporation of New York. Past Chairman, National Education Goals Panel. Past Vice Chairman of the Board, Achieve, Inc. Chairman, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (at San Jose, California). Past Member, Commission on US-Japan Relations for the 21st Century. Co-Chair, National Commission on Asia in the Schools. Practice Areas: Government; Government Affairs. Email: James B. Hunt, Jr.
Beth Tyner Jones (Member) born Manhattan, Kansas; admitted to bar, 1988, North Carolina. Education: Campbell University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985; J.D., cum laude, 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi; The Order of Barristers. Editor-in-Chief, Campbell Law Review, 1987-1988. Former Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Vice-Chair, Carolina Chapter, 1994—). (Corporate Attorney). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Beth Tyner Jones
Christopher W. Jones (Member) born Pearisburg, Virginia, September 30, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia; 2000, North Carolina. Education: Virginia Tech (B.A., cum laude, 1992); West Virginia University (J.D., 1996). Member, Golden Key. Member and Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review. Author: "The Subjective Realization Requirement in Deliberate Intent Cases in the 90's: When has a Plaintiff Produced an Issue of Fact Sufficient to Reach a Jury," Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Sixteenth Annual Notebook, p. 215-250; "It's a Small World: Opportunities and Pitfalls in Complex Federal Litigation Against International Opponents," The Litigator, Vol. 27, No. 4, June 2007. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Negligence; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Professional Negligence. Email: Christopher W. Jones
Kelly B. Jones (Member) born Kingston, New York, November 7, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (B.S., 1994); Campbell University (J.D., 1997). Member: North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Kelly B. Jones
Tina C. Jones (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, December 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia; 2000, North Carolina. Education: Fairmont State College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); West Virginia University (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Order of the Barristers. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: West Virginia State Bar; North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina Society of Health Care Lawyers; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability Litigation; Health Care; Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Tina C. Jones
Sarah Anne Keefe (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, October 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Florida; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1995, Colorado; 1996, North Carolina. Education: University of Miami (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992); Georgetown University (1988). Member: North Carolina (Member, Intellectual Property Section) and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Sarah Anne Keefe
G. Thomas Lee (Member) born Mt. Vernon, Illinois, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1989, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (A.B., 1980); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1983). Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: G. Thomas Lee
Johnny M. Loper (Member) born Forest, Mississippi, September 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1983, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1988, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., with highest distinction, 1974; M.B.A., 1975); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Blue Key. Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Managing Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1982. Member: The Mississippi Bar; North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Johnny M. Loper
Heather K. Mallard (Member) born New Kensington, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: Grove City College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); Washington & Lee University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Mortar Board. Recipient, John W. Davis Prize for Law; Washington & Lee National Trial Competition Team. Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Board Member, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Past President, Law Council at Washington & Lee University, 1999-2000. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Partnership Law; General Business Law; Private Placement Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Heather K. Mallard
William C. Matthews, Jr. (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, May 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut; 1981, North Carolina. Education: Southwestern at Memphis (B.A., 1971); Yale University (M.A.R., 1973); University of Richmond (J.D., 1977). Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Member, University of Richmond Law Review, 1976-1977. Lecturer and Director, Legal Writing Program, The University of Connecticut School of Law, 1977-1979. Law Clerk to Hon. Lawrence W. I'Anson, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1979-1981. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Real Property Section) and American (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Finance Law; Real Estate (Property) Law. Email: William C. Matthews, Jr.
Pressly M. Millen (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, July 1, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1988, North Carolina; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982); Duke University (J.D., high honors, 1985). Order of the Coif. Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Note Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1984-1985. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Litigation; Trade Regulation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Tax Litigation; Securities. Email: Pressly M. Millen
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. (Member) born Oxford, North Carolina, December 15, 1940; admitted to bar, 1969, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1966; L.H.D., 1995); Campbell University (D.L., 1996); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1969);. Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1995-1999; Associate Justice, 1982-1994; North Carolina Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety (Governor's Cabinet), 1979-1982; Judge, Court of Appeals, North Carolina, 1977-1979; District Attorney, Tenth Judicial District, North Carolina (Raleigh), 1972-1977; Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina, 1969-1972. ABA Presidential Task Force on Corporate Responsibility, 2002; Board of Trustees. North Carolina State University, 2005—; Board of Directors, North State Bank, 2000—; Who's Who in America, 1982—; Best Lawyers in America 2004—; Chair, North Carolina Progress Board, 1999—; Chair, Governor's Advisory Board of Prisons and Punishment (appointed by Governor James Martin-R), 1989-1992; Governor's Crime Commission (appointed by Governor James Hunt-D), 1977-1994, (Chairman, 1977-1979); North Carolina Court's Commission, 1983-1990; North Carolina News Media Administration of Justice Council, 1976-1986. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Vice President, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations. [U.S. Navy, 1958-1962]. Reported Cases: San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S.1; 93 S. Ct., 1278; 1973 U.S. Lexis 91; 36 L.Ed. 2d 16 (1973)(establishing that U.S. Constitution does not include a right to public education) (counsel for the State of North Carolina, amicus curiae); Rhyne v. K-Mart Corp., 358 N.C. 160, 594 S.E. 2d l (2004) (constitutionality of statutory cap on punitive damages); Leandro v. State, 346 N.C. 336, 488 S.E.2d 249 (1997)(state constitutional right to public education); Gwathmey v. State, 342 N.C. 287, 464 S.E.2d 674 (1995)(public access to navigable waters under public trust doctrine); Moss v. JC Bradford & Co., 337 N.C. 315, 446 S.E.2d 799 (1994)(issue of liability of commodities merchant for liquidating plaintiff's under-margined account without prior demand or notice); In re Guess, 327 N.C. 46, 393 S.E.2d 833 (1990)(homeopathic medicine, regulation under the police power); Hall v. Post, 323 N.C. 259, 372 S.E.2d 711 (1988)(tort of invasion of privacy by public disclosure of truthful but embarrassing facts); Crow v. Citicorp Acceptance Co., 319 N.C. 274, 354 S.E.2d 459 (1987)(establishing prerequisites for class actions in North Carolina); Speck v. North Carolina Diary Foundation, 311 N.C. 679; 319 S.E.2d 139 (1984)(whether plaintiff acquired interest in secret process he discovered while employed as professor and researcher by defendants); Renwick v. News & Observer, 310 N.C. 312, 312 S.E.2d 405 (1983)(false light invasion of privacy tort). Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Mediation; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Government; Litigation. Email: Burley B. Mitchell, Jr.
Alexander P. Sands, III (Member) born Reidsville, North Carolina, October 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1967); University of North Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1970-1971. Member, North Carolina Senate, 1987-1994; Chairman, Local Government and Regional Affairs Committee; Chairman, Judiciary Committee; Chairman, Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate; Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, 1995-2001. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Gaming Law. Email: Alexander P. Sands, III
Robert H. Sasser, III (Member) born Patuxent River, Maryland, November 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1983). Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1981-1982. Member: Wake County and North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Forsyth County Young Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1986-1987; President-elect, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Robert H. Sasser, III
Nellie K. Shipley (Member) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, August 12, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, North Carolina. Education: Yale College (B.S., Computer Science, cum laude, 1987); University of Texas, Austin (J.D., with honors, 1994). Co-Author: with Anna Pond McLamb, "Adult Living Brings New Dimension to Economy," Triangle Business Journal, July 27, 2007; with Anna Pond McLamb, "Freeze! Moratoriums are Popular, But Are They Proper?" Triangle Business Journal, December 8, 2006; with Anna Pond McLamb, "Inconvenient or Not, Truth is Green Has Made Inroads," Triangle Business Journal, Space quarterly insert, July 28, 2006. Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Real Property Section, Law Practice Management Section) and American (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member, State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Redevelopment; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Dispositions. Email: Nellie K. Shipley
M. Todd Sullivan (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of International Trade; 1997, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Cornell University (J.D., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: North Carolina, New York State, U.S. Supreme Court and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Litigation. Email: M. Todd Sullivan
Maury M. Tepper, III (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1988); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1991). Order of the Coif. Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006. Student Articles Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "Works Made for Hire and the Copyright Act of 1976: We're Finally Back Where We Started," 59 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 299, 1990; "False Advertising Claims and the Revision of the Lanham Act-A Step in Which Direction?" 59 U. Cinn. L. Rev., 1991; "Copyright Law: Integrating Successive Filtering Into the Bifurcated Substantial Similarity Inquiry in Software Copyright Infringement Cases: A Standard for Determining the Scope of Copyright Protection for Non-Literal Elements of Computer Programs," 14 Campbell L. Rev. 1, 1991; "What IP Is All About," Legal Times, August 19 and 26, 1996; "Protect Copyrights Early to Avoid Trouble Down the Line," Corporate Legal Times, November, 1996. Co-Author: Advanced Trademark and Trade Dress Issues in Computer Software Distribution, 1994 Computer Law Companion (Computer Law Association). Member: North Carolina (Immediate Past Chair, Intellectual Property Section) and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association (Board of Directors; Audit Committee Chair); USPTO (Subcommittee Chair); Institute of Trademark Attorneys (Overseas Member); North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. (Trademark Attorney). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Domain Names; Intellectual Property Licensing; Copyrights. Email: Maury M. Tepper, III
Kurt D. Weaver (Member) born Hinsdale, Illinois, December 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 2000, North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Education: Hillsdale College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1987). Member, National Trial Team. Research Editor, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy. Law Director, Village of Peninsula, Ohio, 1998-1999; Assistant Law Director, City of Independence, Ohio, 1991-1999. Deputy Solicitor, Village of Bratenahl, Ohio, 1991-1999. Member: American Bar Association; Wake Coutny and North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Toxic Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Kurt D. Weaver
ASSOCIATES
Owen B. Asplundh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Maryland. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with honors, 2002); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Practice Areas: Products Liability Litigation. Email: Owen B. Asplundh
Jason Belk (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: Duke University (A.B., 1999); Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., 2001); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Litigation. Email: Jason Belk
Susan A. Blazier (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Political Science, 1993); Norman A. Wiggins School of Law (J.D., 2005). Lead Articles Editor, Campbell Law Review, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development.
Kimberly Brackett-Jones (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia and North Carolina. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1996); University of Georgia (J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Products Liability Litigation. Email: Kimberly Brackett-Jones
Tammye Campbell Brown (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: University of Alabama (B.S.N., 1991); Southern University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Alexandria (Diversity Committee, Council Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2005-2006; Secretary, Young Lawyers Council, 2006) and Louisiana Bar Associations; Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville; Central Louisiana Business League. Practice Areas: Products Liability. Email: Tammye Campbell Brown
Wes Camden (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: Belmont University (B.S., Philosophy and Political Science, cum laude, 2000); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2004). Law Clerk to Honorable Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2004-2005. Assistant, United States Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2005-2008. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development. Email: Wes Camden
Kathryn M. Eyster (Associate) born Lynchburg, Virginia, September 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina; 2004; U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: Duke University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1996); Wake Forest University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity; Sigma Gamma Delta; Psi Chi. Member, Golden Key Honor Society. Member: Wake Forest Law Review; International Moot Court Team. A.J. Fletcher Scholarship. Recipient: CALI Awards for Academic Achievement; West Group Outstanding Achievement Award, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Member, Duke Chapel Choir, 1993-1996. Judicial Clerkship: The Honorable N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 2003-2004. Member, Joseph Branch Inn of Court, 2001-2004. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Kathryn M. Eyster
Jonathan Jenkins (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, North Carolina. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 2003); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Capital Markets. Email: Jonathan Jenkins
Sarah Lindemann Buthe (Associate) born Rahway, New Jersey, November 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: Columbia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); Stanford University (J.D., 2003). Author, "Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East," Book Note, 38 Stan. J Int'l L. 168 (2002). Member: North Carolina (Member, Appellate Rules Committee) and American (Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers) Bar Associations; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Business Litigation. Email: Sarah Lindemann Buthe
Matthew K. Lung (Associate) born Hammond, Indiana, October 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, South Carolina; 2001, North Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina College, Conway, S.C. (B.S., 1994); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1999). Recipient: CALI Excellence For The Future Award, Computer Law; CALI Excellence For The Future Award, Antitrust. Research Editor, Wake Forest Law Review. Member: Charlotte and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Products Liability Litigation; Toxic Torts; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation. Email: Matthew K. Lung
Jonathan Mize (Associate) born Jacksonville, North Carolina, July 14, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., with distinction, 2000); University of Tennessee (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Author, "Fencing Off the Path of Least Resistance: Re-examining the Role of Little FTC Act Actions in the Law of False Advertising," Tennessee Law Review, Winter 2005. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Jonathan Mize
Catherine E. Otto (Associate) born Raleigh, North Carolina, October 8, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., with honors and distinction, 1997; Masters in the Art of Teaching, 1998; J.D., 2003). Note and Comment Editor, Journal of International Law and Commerical Regulation. Summer Clerk, Federal District Judge W. Earl Britt, Raleigh, NC, 2002. Social Studies Teacher, Wake County Public School System, Southeast Raleigh High School, 1998-1999. Curriculum Specialist and Training Coordinator, LEARN NC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, 1999-2000. Author: "Tracking Immigrants in the United States: Proposed and Perceived Needs to Protect the Borders of the United States," North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol.28, No 2, (2002). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Promotion Law; Advertising and Marketing. Email: Catherine E. Otto
Anna Pond McLamb (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, May 19, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. (Not admitted in North Carolina). Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., with honors, 1999; J.D., with honors, 2002). Hands On Atlanta, Servis Juris Day Co-Chair, 2005. Selected as a 2005 Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star. co-Author: with Nellie K. Shipley, "Adult Living Brings New Dimension to Economy," Triangle Business Journal, July 27, 2007; with Nellie K. Shipley; "Freeze! Moratoriums are Popular, But Are They Proper?" Triangle Business Journal, December 8, 2006; with Nellie K. Shipley, "Inconvenient or Not, Truth is Green Has Made Inroads," Triangle Business Journal, Space quarterly insert, July 28, 2006. Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Estate Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development(80%); Real Estate Finance(20%). Email: Anna Pond McLamb
Kristen S. Provenza Benko (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 25, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina. Education: Loyola University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 1999). Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Kristen S. Provenza Benko
Sheri Roberson (Associate) born Martinsville, Virginia, November 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, North Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1992); Duke University; Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1996). Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Law. Email: Sheri Roberson
Theresa M. Sprain (Associate) born Juneau, Alaska, May 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Willamette University (B.A., 1994); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1997). Law Alumni Council, Wake Forest University School of Law; Volunteer Advisor, North Carolina State University. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Theresa M. Sprain
Randy G. Vestal (Associate) born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina Central University (B.A., 1983); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1986). Member: North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Corporate Defense; Antitrust. Email: Randy G. Vestal
Alan K. Windham (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (B.A., 1992); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 1997). Phi Alpha Delta. International Law Society, 1996-1997. Member: North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Alan K. Windham
OF COUNSEL
Jack L. Cozort (Of Counsel) born Valdese, North Carolina, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, North Carolina. Education: North Carolina State University (B.A., 1972); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1975). Former Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals. Former Director, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. Former Legal Counsel, Governor James B. Hunt. Former Associate Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice. Former Vice President, North Carolina Judicial Conference. Former Board of Directors, Wake County Bar Association. Member: Board of Directors, North Carolina Forum for Research and Economic Education, 1999—; Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University School of Law; Board of Visitors, North Carolina State University. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Government Contracts; Constitutional Law; Government; Government Affairs. Email: Jack L. Cozort
E. Lawrence Davis, III (Of Counsel) born Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 30, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, North Carolina. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1960); George Washington University (M.B.A., 1966); Duke University (LL.B., 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1962-1963. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law Section; Who's Who in America. Member: North Carolina House of Representatives, 1971-1974; North Carolina Senate, 1975-1978. Member, North Carolina Courts Commission, 1979-1985. Chairman, 1993 and Board Member, 1994—, North Carolina Family Business Forum. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1982); American Judicature Society. [Capt., U.S. Army, active duty, 1963-1965]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Government Relations. Email: E. Lawrence Davis, III
Peter J. Duffley (Of Counsel) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, North Carolina; 1995, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1989); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Partner, Poyner & Spruill LLP, Raleigh, NC, 1998-2003; Associate, Pinna Johnston & Burwell PA, Raleigh, NC, 1996-1997. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Tax Law, and Poverty Law); Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Affordable Housing and Community Development(70%); Banking Law(30%); Finance. Email: Peter J. Duffley
Mary Lynne Grigg (Of Counsel) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, North Carolina; 1993, South Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina, Charlotte (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Duke University (J.D., 1992). Omicron Delta Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Section on Public Utility Communications and Transportation) and American Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Energy; Regulated Utilities; Government Relations. Email: Mary Lynne Grigg
Gwenda L. Laws (Of Counsel) born Sanford, North Carolina, July 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1987); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1991). Member, Moot Court Invitational Team. Member: Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; The North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Litigation. Email: Gwenda L. Laws
Elizabeth LeVan Riley (Of Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1987, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Oxford University, Oxford, England; University of Kentucky (J.D., 1983). Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1982-1983. Member: North Carolina Council of School Attorneys; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member: Education Law Section; Construction Law Section) and American Bar Association (Member, Construction Industry Forum); Mississippi State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation and Education Law; Construction Law; Education Law. Email: Elizabeth LeVan Riley
STAFF ATTORNEY
Melissa Dix Donahue (Staff Attorney) born Campbellsville, Kentucky, June 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, North Carolina. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., Political Science and Psychology, cum laude, 1996; J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member: North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Melissa Dix Donahue
LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Terry Michael Wiley (Executive Director)
Susan DeVore (Office Administrator - Atlanta)
John E. Turlington (Office Administrator - Research Triangle Park and Raleigh)
Cheri Edwards (Office Administrator - Tysons Corner, VA)
Charles R. Allison, III (Office Administrator - Charlotte)
Steve Bell (Director of Sales)
Hails Foster (Director of Finance and Systems)
Mark Whitley (Director, Strategic Planning and Marketing)
Cynthia K. Pruitt (Professional Development/Recruiting Administrator - Winston-Salem and Greensboro)
Elizabeth P. Keasler (Professional Development/Recruiting Administrator - Charlotte and Greenville, SC)
Barbara Fountain (Office Manager - Greenville)
Melissa B. Weaver (Office Manager/Billing Coordinator - Greensboro)
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices


Charlotte, North Carolina Office: 3500 One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street. Telephone: 704-331-4900. Fax: 704-331-4955.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Office: One West Fourth Street, 27101. Telephone: 336-721-3600. Fax: 336-721-3660.

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Office: 2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 400 (Durham), 27713, P.O. Box 13069, Research Triangle Park, 27709. Telephone: 919-484-2300. Fax: 919-484-2340.

Greensboro, North Carolina Office: 300 North Greene Street. Telephone: 336-574-8030. Fax: 336-574-4520.

Atlanta, Georgia Office: One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 3500. Telephone: 404-872-7000. Fax: 404-888-7490.

Washington, D.C. Office: Suite 700, 1401 Eye Street. Telephone: 202-857-4400. Fax: 202-467-6910.

Greenville, South Carolina Office: River Place, 550 South Main Street, Suite 400. Telephone: 864-255-5400. Fax: 864-255-5440.

Tysons Corner, Virginia Office: 8065 Leesburg Pike, Fourth Floor. Telephone: 703-790-3310. Fax: 703-790-2623.

Wilmington, Delaware Office: 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1501. Telephone: 336-721-3600. Fax: 336-721-3660.

Baltimore, Maryland Office: 250 West Pratt Street, Suite 1300, 21201. Telephone: 410-545-5800. Fax: 410-545-5801.

(For Biographical Data on other Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Winston-Salem, Charlotte, 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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