NCLW Big 25 for 2011 – The largest law firms in North Carolina

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011:
Atlanta 65 (61 in 2010); Charlotte 65 (62 in 2010); Greensboro 14 (unchanged); Raleigh 57 (111 in 2010); Research Triangle Park 63 (19 in 2010); Washington, D.C. 45 (51 in 2010); Greenville, S.C. 26 (25 in 2010); Winston-Salem 146 (145 in 2010); Tysons Corner, Va. 23 (24 in 2010); Wilmington, Del. 10 (12 in 2010); Baltimore 8 (9 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 345 (351 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -1.7 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 306 (390 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 980 (1,007 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 98 (97 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $115,000 (unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,800

n  Managing partner:  Keith W. Vaughan

n  Year firm was founded: 1876

n  Up to 10 areas of practice:
Litigation (business, products, environmental, insurance, labor and bankruptcy); corporate (securities, ERISA, tax, emerging companies and health care); finance (capital markets, real property and banking); antitrust, regulatory and government affairs; intellectual property       

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; BB&T; GlaxoSmithKline; Reynolds American, Inc.; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novartis Animal Health; Bank of America; Wake Forest University; Bayer CropScience AG; and Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 223 (232 in 2010); Research Triangle Park 38 (39 in 2010); Charleston, S.C. 28 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 261 (271 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -3.7 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 47 (50 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 558 (574 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 79 (82 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/management committee: Ernest W. Reigel (Charlotte/chairman); James W. Hovis (Charlotte); Robert V. Baker (Charlotte); James H. Clark (Research Triangle Park); David E. Fox (Research Triangle Park); Donald Bancroft Meyer (Charleston); Paul M. Lynch (Charleston)

n  Year firm was founded: 1950

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Bankruptcy and restructure; business; employment; estate planning and wealth transfer; financial services; government, policy and regulatory affairs; health care; intellectual property; litigation; real estate

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

McGuireWoods LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 198 (159 in 2010); Raleigh 24 (18 in 2010); Wilmington 7 (6 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 229 (183 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 25.1 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 23 (19 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 324 (308 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 45 (40 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours
target: 1,950

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Richard Cullen, chairman; Peter J. Covington, vice chairman; Thomas E. Cabaniss, managing partner; Stephen D. Busch, executive committee member; Craig R. Culbertson, executive committee member; M. Melissa Glassman, executive committee member; Robert Hugh Pryor, executive committee member; Robert J. Couture, executive director.

n  Year firm was founded: 1834

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking and finance; commercial
litigation; commercial real estate; corporate and securities law; energy; labor and employment;
mergers and acquisitions; tax

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Bank of America N.A.; Branch Banking and Trust Company; Carolinas Healthcare System; Compass Group North America; Duke University Health System; Falfurrias Capital Partners; Ruddick Corp.; Time Warner Cable Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each office as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 121 (118 in 2010); Raleigh 52 (59 in 2010); Spartanburg, S.C. 5 (4 in 2010); Columbia, S.C. 17 (14 in 2010); Charleston, S.C. 26 (26 in 2010);
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 2 (3 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 173 (177 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -2.3 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 31 (33 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 434 (Not disclosed in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $115,000
(unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours
target: 1,900

n  Managing partner/executive committee: William P. Farthing Jr.

n  Year firm was founded: 1884

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking and capital markets; corporate and securities; international business; litigation; governmental and regulatory; employment and employee benefits; real estate and commercial development; environmental; public finance; tax

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Wells Fargo; Duke Energy; Laboratory Corporation of America; Speedway Motorsports; Sonic Automotive; Nucor Corporation; Ashtead Group PLC/Sunbelt Rentals; Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority;
Crescent Resources, LLC

K&L Gates LLP

Locations and number of

attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 103 (113 in 2010); Raleigh 33 (30 in Raleigh); Research Triangle Park 25 (23 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 161 (166 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -3.0 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 19 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 294 (297 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 83 (Note this number includes all partners, both income and equity.) (76 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: There is no minimum billable hours expectation. However, associates qualify for a discretionary bonus after 1,950 billable hours, including 100 pro bono hours for first-year associates, 75 for second-year associates and 50 for third-year associates and up.

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Peter Kalis, chairman and global managing partner for the firm; Eugene C. Pridgen, administrative partner in the Charlotte office

n  Year firm was founded: Firm was founded in 1946; Charlotte office was established in 1957

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Commercial litigation; corporate; employee benefits; employment law; environmental law; financial restructuring; health law; intellectual property; land use and zoning; real estate development

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Bank of America Corp. and subsidiaries; The Bissell Cos. Inc.; Carousel Capital; Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Collett & Associates; Crosland, Inc.; Duke Energy Corporation and subsidiaries; Kimco Realty; Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.; Wells Fargo Company and subsidiaries

Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 120 (122 in 2010); Rock Hill, S.C. 4 (5 in 2010); Chapel Hill 5 (4 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 125 (126 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -0.8 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals: 12 (14 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 216 (217 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 78 (75 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $130,000 (Not disclosed in 2010)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Robert G. Griffin

n  Year firm was founded: 1960

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Corporate/securities; commercial litigation; tax; commercial real estate/construction; capital markets; health care/life sciences; trusts/estates; public finance; intellectual property; employment/employee benefits

n  Up to 10 representative clients: AmWINS Group, Inc.; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority; CommScope, Inc.; Duke Energy Corporation; EnPro Industries, Inc.; Faison & Associates, Inc.; Goodrich Corporation; Parish Capital Advisors; SPX Corp.; Wells Fargo & Company

Alston & Bird LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 105 (unchanged); Research Triangle Park 12 (20 in 2010 in Raleigh)

n  Total N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 122 (125 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -2.4 percent

n  Total N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 15 (19 in 2010)

n  Total N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 235 (231 in 2010)

n  Total N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 22 – 20 in Charlotte, 2 in RTP (unchanged)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $135,000 non-patent attorneys (unchanged); $160,000 patent attorneys ($145,000 in 2010)

n  Associate billable hours target: Bonus payable at 1,900 hours (up to 50 pro bono hours count toward this goal)

n  Partner in charge: John Baron, partner in charge, Charlotte office; Murray Spruill, partner in charge, Research Triangle Park office

n  Year firm founded: 1897

n  Up to 10 areas of practice:
Alternative investments; commercial litigation; banking and finance; government investigations; intellectual property; private equity; corporate transactions and securities; tax

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Bank of America; Boeing; Carlyle Group; Electrolux Home Products; Nokia; Timberland; US Bank; Wells Fargo

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P.

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Raleigh 119 (115 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C.
attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 119 (115 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 3.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 18 (20 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 190 (204 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 73 (59 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Does not set targets

n  Managing Partner: Carl N. Patterson

n  Year firm was founded: 1912

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking and
capital markets; construction; corporate and commercial law; employment law; intellectual property and technology; litigation; mergers
and acquisitions; real estate; tax (federal and state); venture capital and emerging growth companies

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not
disclosed

Poyner Spruill LLP

Locations and

number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Raleigh 67 (66 in 2010); Rocky Mount 17 (unchanged); Charlotte 31 (22 in 2010); Southern Pines 3 (4 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 118 (119 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -0.84 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 37 (34 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 250 (243 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 77 (60 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Joseph “Bo” Dempster Jr., managing partner

n  Year firm was founded: Merger of two older firms in 1986

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking, credit and financial services; creditors’ rights and bankruptcy; business and tort litigation; real estate and construction law; corporate, mergers and acquisitions; employment and employee benefits; estates, tax and trust; health law; white-collar criminal defense; zoning, land use and environmental

n  Up to 10 representative clients:
Not disclosed

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Atlanta 18 (19 in 2010); Charlotte 15 (unchanged); Greensboro 62 (unchanged); Greenville, S.C. 40 (43 in 2010); Raleigh 30 (unchanged); Wilmington 7 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 114 (113 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 0.9 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 25 (29 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 234 (237 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 51 (53 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed ($100,000 in 2010)

n  Associate’s billable hours
target: 1,900 hours

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Robert R. Marcus, chairman

n  Year firm was founded: Smith Moore LLP and Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. joined practices on Aug. 1, 2008. Smith Moore LLP’s roots trace back to 1919, but the firm’s official formation date was March 1, 2002. Leatherwood’s roots trace back to 1945.

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Appellate; bankruptcy; corporate; litigation; health care; intellectual property; labor and employment; real estate development; wealth management; workouts and restructuring

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Atlantic Coast Conference; Centennial Authority; Evonik Stockhausen; General Electric Company; The Moses Cone Health System; Philip Morris USA Inc.; Triangle Transit Authority; VF Corporation; WakeMed; Zimmer Development Company, LLC

Kilpatrick Townsend

& Stockton LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Atlanta 226 (242 in 2010); Augusta, Ga. 8 (unchanged); Charlotte 14 (17 in 2010); Denver, Colo. 30 (none in 2010); New York 27 (25 in 2010); Oakland, Calif. 10 (none in 2010); Palo Alto, Calif. 41 (none in 2010); Raleigh 37 (41 in 2010); San Diego 7 (none in 2010); San Francisco 54 (none in 2010); Seattle 8 (none in 2010); Walnut Creek, Calif. 15 (none in 2010); Washington, D.C. 72 (53 in 2010); Winston-Salem 55 (unchanged); Dubai 3 (unchanged); Stockholm 29 (26 in 2010); Taipei 3 (none in 2010); Tokyo 1 (none in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 106 (113 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -6.2 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 18 (17 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 172 (193 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partners: Bill Dorris (firm chair); Diane Prucino and Maureen Sheehy (firm co-managing partners); Steve Berlin (Winston-Salem office); Lois Colbert (Charlotte office); Gary Joyner (Raleigh office)

n  Year firm was founded: 1860 

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Corporate/business; litigation; intellectual property; environmental; labor and employment; employee benefits; real estate; capital markets; finance; financial restructuring

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

Cranfill Sumner

& Hartzog LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Raleigh 60 (68 in 2010); Charlotte 26 (24 in 2010); Wilmington 11 (12 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1 2011: 97 (104 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -6.7 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals: 42 (53 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 226 (236 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners: Not disclosed

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours
target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Dan M. Hartzog (managing partner); Robert H. Griffin; John D. Martin; C.D. Taylor Pace; Samuel H. “Lee” Poole Jr.; Barry L. Pennell (executive director/COO – ex officio)

n  Year firm was founded: 1992

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Workers’ compensation; medical malpractice; employment law; land condemnation; construction law; business disputes and litigation; professional negligence; insurance law; municipal and police law; and trucking and transportation law

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe

& Garofalo, L.L.P.
Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 52 (54 in 2010); Raleigh 22 (23 in 2010); Wilmington, N.C. 16 (unchanged); Columbia, S.C. 6 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 90 (93 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -3.2

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 15 (13 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 191 (unchanged)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners: Not disclosed

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Mel J. Garofalo, managing partner

n  Year firm was founded: 1956

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Civil litigation; business and commercial litigation; employment law; intellectual property; trusts and estates; employee benefits; community associations; appellate advocacy; Medicare compliance; workers’ compensation

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Wal-Mart; Carolinas Healthcare; Food Lion; ACE USA/ESIS; Travelers; Chubb Group; Rockwell Automation; UPS, Home Depot

Ward and Smith, PA

Locations and

number of attorneys at each location as of Jan. 1, 2011: Asheville 4 (3 in 2010); Greenville 22 (18 in 2010); New Bern 34 (32 in 2010); Raleigh 12 (unchanged); Wilmington 14 (15 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 86 (80 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 7.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 55 (50 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 150 (235 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 47 (45 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,850

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Kenneth R. Wooten and A. Charles Ellis, co-managing directors

n  Year firm was founded: 1895

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Corporate; labor and employment; financial institutions/securities; litigation; creditors’ rights; trusts and estates; real estate; intellectual property; family law; agribusiness

n  Up to 10 representative clients: First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.; BSH Home Appliances Corporation; City of Havelock; Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority; U.S. Cellular; E.J. Pope & Son, Inc.; Barnhill Contracting Co.; North Carolina State Firemen’s Association; PCS Phosphate Co., Inc.; Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon,
Humphrey & Leonard, LLP

Locations and

number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Greensboro 61 (59 in 2010); Raleigh 21 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 82 (80 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 2.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 10 (11 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 154 (155 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 38 (37 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $130,000 (unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: No target

n  Managing partner: Ed Winslow

n  Year firm was founded: 1897

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Business litigation; general corporate; communications and media; banking/financial institutions; environmental law/natural resources; labor and employment; commercial contracts; securities; commercial real estate; antitrust/trade regulation.

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Hearst Argyle TV; Deloitte & Touche; Warner Brothers; KPMG; Lorillard Tobacco; New Albertsons, Inc.; City of Greensboro; Guilford County Board of Education; Tindall Corp; NewBridge Bancorp

Williams Mullen

Locations and

number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlottesville, Va. 7 (unchanged); Newport News, Va. 4 (3 in 2010); Norfolk, Va. 26 (25 in 2010); Portsmouth, Va. 2 (unchanged); Raleigh 50 (41 in 2010); Research Triangle Park 7 (unchanged); Richmond, Va. 124 (119 in 2010); Tysons Corner, Va. 10 (14 in 2010); Virginia Beach, Va. 43 (40 in 2010); Washington, D.C. 18 (unchanged); Wilmington 9 (8 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 66 (56 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 17.9 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 11 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 116 (111 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 32 (17 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed ($117,000 in 2010)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed (2,000 hours in 2010)

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Thomas R. Frantz, president and chief executive officer; R. Brian Ball, vice president; David L. Dallas, Jr., vice president; Arlene J. Diosegy, vice president; Calvin W. “Woody” Fowler Jr., vice president; A. Brooks Hock, vice president; M. Keith Kapp, vice chairman; James V. Meath, chairman; John M. Mercer, vice president; Craig L. Mytelka, vice president; William A. Old Jr., vice president; Craig L. Rascoe, chief operating officer; Jimmie V. Reyna, vice president; Julious P. Smith Jr., chairman emeritus and an ex officio member of the board; Elizabeth Davenport Scott, women’s initiative liaison; Howard W. Dobbins, vice chairman emeritus; Danny W. Jackson, executive director (ex officio)

n  Year firm was founded: 1909 (North Carolina predecessor firm founded in 1869)

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Business and corporate; litigation; health care; labor and employment; real estate; intellectual property; financial services; e-discovery and litigation technology; government contracts; tax

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Raleigh 63 (66 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 63 (66 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -4.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 17 (20 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 127 (135 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 37 (unchanged)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $115,000 base – excludes bar review  stipend, profit-sharing and bonus (unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,800

n  Managing partner: James M. Yates Jr.

n  Year firm was founded: 1979

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Corporate/mergers and acquisitions (including tax); capital markets/private equity/venture capital; emerging growth companies (life sciences and technology); commercial litigation (including appellate); government contracting; commercial real estate (including environmental); labor and employment; health care; family law; estate planning and administration

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Blackbaud; Credit Suisse; Harnett Regional Health System; Hewlett-Packard; Intersouth Partners; PPD; Salix Pharmaceuticals; USfalcon; Warren Oil Company; Waste Industries USA

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Atlanta 84 (73 in 2010); Boston 39 (17 in 2010); Charleston, S.C. 35 (40 in 2010); Chicago 1 (unchanged); Charlotte 22 (24 in 2010); Columbia, S.C. 117 (125 in 2010); Greenville, S.C. 37 (41 in 2010); Myrtle Beach, S.C. 11 (unchanged); Raleigh 27 (23 in 2010); Tallahassee, Fla. 5 (none in 2010); Washington, D.C. 24 (26 in 2010); Huntington, W.Va. 8 (none in 2010); Winston-Salem 8 (7 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 57 (54 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 5.6 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 6 (7 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. Personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals, and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 102 (100 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 19 (21 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,900

n  Managing Partner: David E. Dukes

n  Year firm was founded: 1897

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Health care; litigation; intellectual property; creditors’ rights and business bankruptcy; corporate; government relations; employment; construction; commercial real estate; tax, trusts and estates

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Novant Health, Inc.; Whirlpool Corp.; Sun Trust Mortgage; North State Telephone Co.; CaroMont Health; Fidelity National Information Services; Wells Fargo Bank; FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc.

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Columbia, S.C. 71 (66 in 2010); Charleston, S.C. 29 (24 in 2010); Greenville, S.C. 20 (21 in 2010); Myrtle Beach, S.C. 4 (unchanged); Hilton Head Island, S.C. 6 (unchanged); Charlotte 15 (18 in 2010); Greensboro 29 (unchanged); Raleigh 8 (7 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 52 (54 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -3.7 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 10 (8 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 92 (112)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 23 (22 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $95,000 (unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,900

n  Managing member: John Sowards

n  Year firm was founded: 1945

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking and finance; business litigation; constructions; corporate; economic development; employment & labor; environmental; health care; intellectual property; real estate; tax

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

Hunton & Williams LLP

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Atlanta 49 (57 in 2010); Austin, Texas 5 (10 in 2010); Bangkok 26 (22 in 2010); Beijing 3 (unchanged); Brussels 15 (14 in 2010); Charlotte 31 (39 in 2010); Dallas, Texas 108 (unchanged); Houston 6 (7 in 2010); London 35 (unchanged); Los Angeles 20 (21 in 2010); McLean, Va. 41 (unchanged); Miami 46 (52 in 2010); New York 69 (64 in 2010); Norfolk, Va. 9 (10 in 2010); Raleigh 19 (21 in 2010); Richmond, Va. 245 (261 in 2010); San Francisco 5 (4 in 2010); Washington, D.C. 171 (167 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 50 (60 in 2010)

n  Percent change: -16.7

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 10 (11 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 106 (124 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 23 (22 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Michael Nedzbala (Charlotte); Mary Nash Kelly Rusher (Raleigh)

n  Year firm was founded: 1901 (opened first N.C. office in 1980)

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Banking and finance; energy and environmental; capital markets, structured finance and mergers and acquisitions; corporate and securities law; government relations; labor and employment; business litigation and intellectual property; regulated industries; privacy; tax and ERISA

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed

McAngus Goudelock & Courie, PLLC

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charleston, S.C. 17 (unchanged); Columbia, S.C. 30 (28 in 2010); Charlotte 33 (31 in 2010); Greenville, S.C. 12 (10 in 2010); Raleigh 13 (unchanged); Myrtle Beach, S.C. 8 (5 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 46 (44 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: 4.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 30 (26 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals, and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 115 (109 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associates’ billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner/executive committee: James R. Courie, managing partner; executive committee: Hugh McAngus, Rusty Goudelock, Jay Courie, George Kurani and Sterling Davies

n  Year firm was founded: 1995

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Construction; auto and trucking; premises liability; commercial litigation; workers’ compensation; products liability; probate and estate litigation; environmental and toxic tort

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Michelin; Lowe’s; Georgia Pacific; Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Fuji; National Bank of South Carolina, Travelers Insurance; Choate Construction; Bridgestone/Firestone; J.B. Hunt Trucking

Young Moore & Henderson, PA

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Raleigh 44 (46 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 44 (46 in 2010)

n  Percentage change:

-4.3 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 16 (17 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 97 (unchanged)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not provided

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not provided

n  Associate’s billable hours target: Not provided

n  Managing partner/executive committee: R. Michael Strickland, managing partner

n  Year firm was founded: 1954

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Administrative and regulatory law; corporate, business and anti-trust law; environmental law; insurance law; labor and employment law; malpractice and professional negligence; personal injury and property damage; commercial real estate and condemnation law; wills, trusts, estate planning, probate and elder law; and workers’ compensation law

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Key Risk Management Services; Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company; Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina; Methodist Home for Children; North Carolina Rate Bureau; North Carolina Reinsurance Facility; Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors; Schneider National Carriers, Inc.; State Board of Examiners of Plumbing & Heating Contractors; Williams Realty & Building Company

Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA
Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 41 (40 in 2010); Rock Hill, S.C 1 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 41 (40 in 2010)

n  Percent change: 2.5 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 24 (26 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 95 (98 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners: 18 (19 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed ($80,000 in 2010)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,600

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Clayton S. “Smithy” Curry Jr., managing partner; executive committee varies

n  Year firm was founded: 1932

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Commercial and residential real estate; commercial litigation; family law; green business initiatives; tax and estate planning; creditor’s rights

n  Up to 10 representative clients: City of Charlotte; KIRCO Realty Services; Childress Klein Properties; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; Nissan North America, Inc.; GVA Lat Purser & Associates, Inc.; SREE Hotels, LLC; Branch Banking & Trust Co.; Paragon Commercial Bank; ALE Airtight
Energy SA

James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A.

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Charlotte 40

n  Total N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 40

n  Total N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 18

n  Total N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 95

n  Total N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 20

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: Not disclosed

n  Associate billable hours target: Not disclosed

n  Managing partner: Pender R. McElroy

n  Year firm founded: 1959

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: General civil litigation; family law; arbitration and mediation; business law; corporate governance law; white-collar criminal defense; commercial real estate; estate planning; trusts and estates

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Castle & Cooke Carolinas Development, LLC; Charlotte Bobcats; Crescent Resources, LLC; First Indiana Bank, N.A.; Hendrick Automotive Group; Hendrick Motorsports, Inc.; Shea Homes, LLC; Sonic Automotive, Inc.; Southern Community Bank and Trust; Speedway Motorsports, Inc.; Swisher International, Inc.

The Van Winkle Law Firm

Locations and number of attorneys at each as of Jan. 1, 2011: Asheville 31 (32 in 2010);  Hendersonville 6 (unchanged); Raleigh 1 (unchanged)

n  Total number of N.C.
attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2011: 38 (39 in 2010)

n  Percentage change: -2.6 percent

n  Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1, 2011: 22 (26 in 2010)

n  Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff) as of Jan. 1, 2011: 103 (100 in 2010)

n  Number of N.C. equity partners as of Jan. 1, 2011: 25 (31 in 2010)

n  New associate starting salary as of Jan. 1, 2011: $60,000 (unchanged)

n  Associate’s billable hours target: 1,800

n  Managing partner/executive committee: Executive committee membership includes the firm president, financial partner, plus two additional shareholders, and the COO as ex officio member.    

n  Year firm was founded: 1907

n  Up to 10 areas of practice: Business; creditors’ rights; health care; labor and employment; litigation, real estate/land use/construction; taxation; trusts and estates; elder law and disability planning

n  Up to 10 representative clients: Not disclosed