North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (1 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 311 (290 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 63, Greensboro 14, Raleigh 54, Durham 31, Winston-Salem 149
Partner in charge: Keith Vaughan
Year firm was founded: 1876
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 300
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 874
Number of N.C. equity partners: 93
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Capital markets, real estate, corporate and securities, business litigation, intellectual property
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Moore & Van Allen (2 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 253 (254 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 238, Research Triangle Park 15
Partner in charge: Ernest “Ernie” W. Reigel
Year firm was founded: 1950
Total number of N.C. paralegals: 50
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 536
Number of N.C. equity partners: 74
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate, employment and labor, estate planning and wealth transfer, financial services, global services, intellectual property, litigation, public affairs, real estate
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan.1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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McGuireWoods (3 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 221 (207 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys: Charlotte 184, Raleigh 28, Wilmington 7
Partners in charge: Scott P. Vaughn, Charlotte office managing partner, Charlotte; Mark E. Anderson, office managing partner, Raleigh; J. Dickson McLean, office managing partner, Wilmington
Year firm was founded: 1834
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 30
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 373
Number of N.C. equity partners: 45
New associate’s starting salary: Charlotte $140,000, Raleigh $135,000, Wilmington $120,000
Associate’s billable hours target: 1,950
Top areas of practice: Banking and finance, financial services litigation, corporate and securities, government, regulatory and criminal investigations, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, real estate and land use, restructuring and insolvency, tax and employee benefits
Top clients: Bank of America, N.A., Branch Banking and Trust Co., Carolinas Healthcare System, Compass Group North America, Continental Automotive, Inc., Duke University, Falfurrias Capital Partners, Time Warner Cable Inc., Wells Fargo Bank
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Legal Aid of North Carolina (Not ranked in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 189 (not ranked in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Administrative office Raleigh 3; Advocates for Children’s Services Raleigh, Durham, Wilson 4; Ahoskie 6; Asheville 4; Central Intake Unit Raleigh 20; Charlotte 12; Concord 4; Durham 12; Fair Housing Project 3; Family Violence Unit Charlotte, Raleigh 5; Farmworker Unit Raleigh 4; Fayetteville 4; Gastonia 6; Greensboro 12; Greenville 5; Medical-Legal Partnership Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Pittsboro, Winston-Salem 10; Morganton 7; New Bern 4; Pembroke 5; Pittsboro 7; Raleigh 14; Sylva 8; The Child’s Advocate Raleigh 3; Wilmington 8; Wilson 6; Winston-Salem 13
Partner in charge: George R. Hausen Jr., executive director
Year firm was founded: Legal Aid of North Carolina was founded in 2002 when independent civil legal aid organizations around the state, some of which had been operating since the 1960s, joined forces to create a single, unified organization to serve the entire state.
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 61
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 321
Number of N.C. equity partners: Not applicable
New associate’s starting salary: $41,300
Associate’s billable hours target: Not applicable.
Top areas of practice: Domestic violence and family law, elder law, landlord/tenant, foreclosure defense, consumer finance, public benefits, education, farm workers, employment
Top clients: Legal Aid of North Carolina serves about 25,000 clients a year. Its clients are low-income North Carolinians who generally earn less than 125 percent of the federal poverty level. In 2015, that means earning less than $30,313 for a family of four. Roughly three-quarters of its clients are women. Roughly a quarter are 60 years of age or older. Nearly half are white and roughly 40 percent are African-American.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: $22.7 million
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Not applicable
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Not applicable
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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein (4 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 161 (147 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 57, Charlotte 104
Partner in charge: Thomas N. Griffin
Year firm was founded: 1884
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 34
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 473
Number of N.C. equity partners: 54
New associate’s starting salary: $115,000
Associate’s billable hours target: 1,900
Top areas of practice: Corporate and securities, intellectual property, tax, real estate and commercial development, energy and utilities, banking and public finance, litigation, employment and labor, environmental, health care
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Smith Anderson (7 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 128 (123 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 128
Partner in charge: Carl N. Patterson Jr.
Year firm was founded: 1912
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 17
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 225
Number of N.C. equity partners: 67
New associate starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Banking and finance, construction and real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, securities, private equity, labor, employment and employee benefits, energy, environmental, government relations, life sciences, litigation, technology and intellectual property, tax
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson (6 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 125 (131 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys: Charlotte 116, Chapel Hill 9
Partner in charge: Robert Griffin
Year firm was founded: 1960
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 17
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 220
Number of N.C. equity partners: 85
New associate’s starting salary: $130,000
Associate’s billable hours target: No minimum
Top areas of practice: Antitrust, class action, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights, finance and capital markets, fund formation, health care and life sciences, mergers and acquisitions, real estate development and finance, sports and entertainment, tax and estates
Top clients: AmWINS, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co., CommScope, EnPro Industries, Family Dollar, National Gypsum Company, SPX Corp., The Southeastern Conference, Wells Fargo Bank
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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K&L Gates (5 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 114 (132 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys: Charlotte 61, Raleigh 31, Research Triangle Park 22
Partner in charge: Sean Jones, Charlotte; A. Lee Hogewood III, Raleigh; Mary Beth Johnston, Research Triangle Park
Year firm was founded: 1946
Total number of N.C. Paralegals as of January 1: 11
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 210
Number of N.C. partners: 73
New associate’s starting salary: Charlotte $135,000, Raleigh $130,000, Research Triangle Park $130,000
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Banking and asset finance, corporate and transactional, environmental, land and natural resources, government affairs, health care, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, tax
Top clients: Carolinas HealthCare System, Circle K Stores, Inc., Duke Energy Corporation, EnPro Industries, Inc., Primo Water Corporation, Red Ventures, Ridgemont Equity Partners , Sealed Air Corporation, Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., Wells Fargo & Co.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: $1,145,386,000
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: $586,896
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: $829,078
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Poyner Spruill (9 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2015: 107 (108 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 66, Rocky Mount 14, Charlotte 25, Southern Pines 2
Total number of N.C. paralegals: 27
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 205
Number of N.C. equity partners: 56
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Partner in charge: Joseph B. Dempster, Jr.
Year firm was founded: 1986
Top areas of practice: Banking and financial services, business, employment and benefits, environmental, estate planning, health law, immigration, privacy and information security, litigation, real estate
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Smith Moore Leatherwood (8 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 105 (109 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 19, Greensboro 54, Raleigh 25, Wilmington 7
Partner in charge: Jon Heyl, Charlotte; Terri Harris, Greensboro; Bob Wilson, Raleigh; David Martin, Wilmington
Year firm was founded: Smith Moore’s roots trace back to 1919, but the firm’s official formation date was March 1, 2002. Leatherwood’s roots trace back to 1945. The two firms merged in 2008.
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 24
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 223
Number of N.C. equity partners: 51
New associate’s starting salary as of Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Appellate, banking and financial services, corporate, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and construction, trucking and transportation, wealth management and tax
Top clients: Atlantic Coast Conference, Branch Banking & Trust, Carolinas Healthcare System, Evonik, Lincoln Financial Group, U.S. Airways, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Kayser-Roth, Honeywell, Life Time Fitness
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Alston & Bird (10 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 105 (107 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys: Charlotte 91, Research Triangle 14
Partner in charge: John Baron, Charlotte; Matt McGuire, Research Triangle
Year firm was founded: 1897
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 17
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 234
Number of N.C. equity partners: 21
New associate’s starting salary: $135,000 for non-intellectual property associates; $160,000 for intellectual property associates
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Alternative investments, commercial litigation, banking and finance, government investigations, intellectual property, private equity, corporate transactions and securities, tax
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Brooks Pierce (12-tie in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 91 (93 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Greensboro 59, Raleigh 28, Wilmington 4
Partner in charge: Ed Winslow
Year firm was founded: 1897
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 12
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 167
Number of N.C. equity partners: 40
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: None
Top areas of practice: Business litigation, communications, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, white collar defense, real estate, banking and finance, environmental, employment, intellectual property
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo (14 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 91 (92 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 52, Raleigh 24, Wilmington 15
Partner in charge: Mel Garofalo
Year firm was founded: 1956
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan 1: 18
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 174
Number of N.C. equity partners: 18
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Workers’ compensation, civil litigation, employment law, commercial litigation; employee benefits, trust and estate, corporate and business law
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Ward and Smith (12-tie in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 89 (93 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Asheville 11, Greenville 14, New Bern 26, Raleigh 22, Wilmington 16
Partner in charge: Co-Managing Directors A. Charles Ellis and Kenneth Wooten
Year firm was founded: 1895
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 69
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 268
Number of N.C. equity partners: 46
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Business, construction, financial institutions, personal injury and wrongful death, intellectual property, labor and employment, creditors’ rights, trusts and estates, real estate, litigation
Top clients: Branch Banking and Trust Co., BSH Home Appliances Corp., Carteret County General Hospital Corp., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Franklin Street Partners, Inc., Potash Corp., TridentUSA Mobile Clinical Services, U.S. Cellular, Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Wheatstone Corporation
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (15 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 88 (91 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 9, Raleigh 30, Winston-Salem 49
Partner in charge: Steve Berlin, office managing partner, Winston-Salem; Lois Colbert, office managing partner, Charlotte; and Gary Joyner, office managing partner Raleigh.
Year firm was founded: 1860
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 17
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 164
Number of N.C. equity partners: Did not disclose.
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Intellectual property, litigation, corporate, finance and real estate, executive compensation, employee benefits, environmental, labor and employment
Top clients: BB&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Georgia Pacific, Hanesbrands, LabCorp, Lowes, Office Depot, Red Hat, Reynolds American, SAS, and Wells Fargo
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog (CSH Law) (11 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 87 (99 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 51, Charlotte 24, Wilmington 12
Partner in charge: Dan Hartzog, managing partner
Year firm was founded: 1992
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 38
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 192
Number of N.C. equity partners: Did not disclose.
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Workers’ compensation, insurance law and coverage, medical malpractice, trucking and commercial transportation, employment law, land condemnation and eminent domain, municipalities and public entities, retail, restaurant and hospitality, business disputes and litigation, alternative dispute resolution, appellate law, aviation law, business law, construction law, cyber liability, education law, family law, motor vehicle litigation, intellectual property, criminal defense, nursing home and long term care litigation, premises liability, products liability, professional negligence
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton (16 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 78 (71 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 76, Durham 2
Partner in charge: James Yates Jr.
Year firm was founded: 1979
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 19
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 138
Number of N.C. equity partners: 43
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Securities and capital markets, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking and financial institutions, healthcare, labor and employment, intellectual property and licensing, commercial litigation (including appellate), family law, commercial real estate, trusts and estates
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Nexsen Pruet (17 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 69 (68 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 22, Charlotte, 25, Greensboro 22
Partner in charge: John Sowards
Year firm was founded: 1945
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 14
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 130
Number of N.C. equity partners: 22
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: 1,900
Top areas of practice: Corporate, business litigation, real estate, construction, employment and labor, health care, tax, financial, intellectual property, environmental, administrative and regulatory, public policy and governmental affairs
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (18 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 62 (58 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 31, Raleigh 24, Winston-Salem 7
Partner in charge: James K. Lehman
Year firm was founded: 1897
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 10
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 115
Number of N.C. equity partners: 22
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: 1,900
Top areas of practice: Litigation, real estate, corporation and enterprise law, health law, intellectual property, government relations, asbestos, bankruptcy law, immigration, trusts and estates
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: $297,777,000
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: $597,000
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: $685,000
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McAngus Goudelock & Courie (19 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 53 (53 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Asheville 5, Charlotte 28, Raleigh 18, Wilmington 2
Partner in charge: Jay Courie
Year firm was founded: 1995
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 35
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 102
Number of N.C. equity partners: 4
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Insurance defense, workers’ compensation, litigation, construction
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Williams Mullen (20 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 47 (46 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 38, Research Triangle Park 4, Wilmington 5
Partner in charge: David Paulson Jr.
Year firm was founded: 1870
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 7
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 84
Number of N.C. equity partners: 22
New associate’s starting salary: $115,000
Associate’s billable hours target: 1,800
Top areas of practice: Business and corporate, intellectual property, health care, government relations, economic development, litigation, financial services and real estate, tax law, labor and employment, government contracts
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: $108,091,000
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: $508,300 FY16
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: $414,100 FY16
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Johnston, Allison & Hord (21 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 45 (45 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charlotte 45
Partner in charge: J. Darrell Shealy
Year firm was founded: 1912
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 10
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 83
Number of N.C. equity partners: Did not disclose.
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Commercial real estate, construction, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, creditors’ rights, employment and benefits, financial services, health care, litigation, nonprofit entities and tax-exempt organizations, trusts and estates tax
Top clients: Charlotte Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat (CEENTA), Fidelity National Title Group, Georgia Pacific, Central Piedmont Community College, Novant Health/Presbyterian Hospital, Pharr Yarns, Rodgers Builders Inc., Bank of the Ozarks, Crowder Construction Company, BB&T
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Young Moore and Henderson (22 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 42 (42 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 42
Partners in charge: R. Michael Strickland, David M. Duke and Dawn Dillon Raynor
Year firm was founded: 1950
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 12
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 84
Number of N.C. equity partners: Did not disclose.
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Administrative and regulatory; corporate, business and anti-trust; environmental; insurance; labor and employment; malpractice and professional negligence; personal injury and property damage; commercial real estate and condemnation; wills, trusts, estate planning, probate and elder, worker’s compensation
Top clients: Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.; Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Co.; Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of North Carolina; NCJUA/NCIUA; North Carolina Rate Bureau; North Carolina Reinsurance Facility; Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors; Rex Healthcare; Sanstone Health & Rehabilitation; State Board of Examiners of Plumbing Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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The Van Winkle Law Firm (23 tie in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 41 (40 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Asheville 34, Hendersonville 5, Charlotte 2
Partner in charge: Philip Smith, Anna Mills
Year firm was founded: 1907
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 28
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 99
Number of N.C. equity partners: Did not disclose.
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top 10 areas of practice: Business and corporate transactional, construction and professional design, employment and workplace law, health care, land use, patents, trademarks and copyrights prosecution and litigation, estate planning, elder law and disability planning, general civil litigation, creditors’ rights and collections, commercial and residential real estate
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
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Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham (25 in 2014)
Total number of N.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 41 (41 in 2014)
N.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Raleigh 35, Asheville 6
Partner in charge: Dayle Flammia, Bryan Simpson, Matt Skidmore
Year firm was founded: 1946
Total number of N.C. paralegals as of Jan. 1: 4
Total number of N.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals and support staff): 78
Number of N.C. equity partners: 21
New associate’s starting salary: Did not disclose.
Associate’s billable hours target: Did not disclose.
Top areas of practice: Commercial litigation, employment law, insurance law and coverage, medical malpractice, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, real estate litigation, trucking & commercial transportation, workers’ compensation
Top clients: Did not disclose.
Firm gross revenues at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Revenue per lawyer at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
Profits per equity partner at Jan. 1: Did not disclose.
