North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
- Womble Bond Dickinson
One W. 4th St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 721-3600
286 lawyers
Partners: 142
Associates: 65
Other attorneys: 65
Of Counsel: 24
North Carolina offices: Winston-Salem (121); Charlotte (70); Raleigh (57); Durham (31); Greensboro (17)
Other offices: California (31); Delaware (11); Georgia (59); Maryland (17); Massachusetts (9);
South Carolina (68); Virginia (21); Washington, DC (42)
Hourly billing rates: $100 to $810
Starting pay for new associate: $155,000
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,850
Gross revenue for firm: $311 million
Revenue per lawyer: $620,000
- Moore & Van Allen
100 N. Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202
(419) 957-5198
262 lawyers
Partners: 141
Associates: 78
Of Counsel: 43
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Research Triangle Park
- McGuireWoods
201 N. Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 343-2000
229 lawyers
Partners: 93
Associates: 63
Of Counsel: 41
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (183); Raleigh (40); Wilmington (6)
Other offices: Atlanta (39); Austin, Texas (6); Baltimore (24); Brussels, Belgium (8); Charlottesville, Va. (20); Chicago (99); Columbia, SC (1); Dallas (38); Houston (15); Jacksonville, Fla. (29); London, UK (29); Los Angeles-two locations (53); New York (51); Norfolk, Va. (8); Pittsburgh (57); Richmond, Va. (235); San Francisco (25); Springfield, Ill. (1); Tysons, Va. (42); Washington, DC (52)
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,950 Starting pay for a new associate: $120,000 – $175,000 (varies by location) Gross revenue for firm: $715,429,629 Revenue per lawyer: $707,016
- Legal Aid of North Carolina
224 S. Dawson St
Raleigh, NC 27601
(866) 219-5262
178 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Raleigh (59); Greensboro (15); Winston-Salem (8); Durham (18); Sylva (7); Pittsboro (5); Wilmington (8); Charlotte (10); Ahoskie (4); Morganton (5); Wilson (8); Boone (2); Pembroke (3); Concord (4); Gastonia (4); Asheville (6); Greenville (8); Fayetteville (4)
Starting pay for new associate: $42,500
- Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
401 S. Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 372-9000
143 lawyers
Partners: 97
Associates: 31
Of Counsel: 15
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (89); Raleigh (54)
Other offices: Columbia, SC (20); Charleston, SC (17); Greenville, SC (7); Spartanburg, SC (4); Atlanta (8)
- Smith, Anderson, Blount, Mitchell & Jernigan
150 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 821-1220
136 lawyers
Partners: 79
Associates: 36
Starting pay for new associate: $150,000 which includes a profit-sharing component
- Robinson Bradshaw
101 N. Tryon St., Suite 1900
Charlotte, NC 28246
(704) 377-2536
129 lawyers
Partners: 86
Associates: 27
Of Counsel: 16
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (119) and Research Triangle (12)
Other offices: Rock Hill, SC (3)
Annual billable hours expected of associates: The firm does not have minimum billable hour quotas.
Starting pay for new associate: $150,000
- K&L Gates
214 N. Tryon Street, 47th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 331-7400
116 lawyers
Partners: 48
Associates: 54
Of Counsel: 7
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park
Starting pay for new associate: $155,000
Gross revenue for firm: $989,900,000 (2017 global firm revenue)
- Alston & Bird
101 S. Tryon St., Suite 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280
(704) 444-1000
110 attorneys
Partners: 45
Associates: 56
Of Counsel: 9
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Raleigh
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
1001 W. 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 607-7300
97 lawyers
Partners: 37
Associates: 25
Of Counsel: 35
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (8); Raleigh (32); Winston-Salem (60)
Other offices: Atlanta (203); Augusta, Ga. (4); Dallas (25); Denver (30); Houston (14); Los Angeles (17); New York (43); San Diego (14); San Francisco (50); Seattle (21); Shanghai (3); Silicon Valley (38); Stockholm (32); Tokyo (3); Walnut Creek, Calif. (9); Washington, DC (49)
- (tie) Smith Moore Leatherwood
101 N. Tryon St., Suite 1300
Charlotte, NC 28246
95 lawyers
Partners: 60
Associates: 21
Of Counsel: 14
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (18); Greensboro (48); Raleigh (22); Wilmington (7)
Other offices: Atlanta (17); Greenville, SC (30)
- (tie) Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard
2000 Renaissance Plaza, 230 N. Elm St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 373-8850
95 lawyers
Partners:69
Associates:21
Of Counsel:5
North Carolina offices: Greensboro (53); Raleigh (39); Wilmington (4)
- Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 781-4000
93 lawyers
Partners: 48
Associates:36
Of Counsel: 11
- Ward & Smith
1001 College Ct.
P.O. Box 867
New Bern, NC 28563
(252) 672-5400
92 lawyers
Partners: 44
Associates:20
Of Counsel: 28
North Carolina offices: Asheville (11); Greenville (15); New Bern (23); Raleigh (26); Wilmington (17).
- Poyner Spruill
301 Fayetteville St., Suite 1900
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 783-6400
90 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Southern Pines
- Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo
6000 Fairview Rd., Suite 1000
Charlotte, NC 28210
(704) 366-1101
82 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (51); Raleigh (20); Wilmington (11)
Other offices: Columbia, SC (8)
- Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog
5420 Wade Park Blvd., Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 828-5100
81 lawyers
Partners: 50
Associates:18
Of Counsel: 13
North Carolina offices: Raleigh (49); Charlotte (18); Wilmington (14)
- Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough
100 N. Tryon St., 42nd floor
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 417-3000
71 lawyers
Partners: 51
Associates: 10
Of Counsel: 10
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem
Other offices: Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC; Greenville, SC; Huntington, W. Va.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Myrtle Beach, SC; Nashville, Tenn.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Washington, DC; New York; Denver; Los Angeles
- Nexsen Pruet
4141 Parklake Ave., Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 755-1800
68 lawyers
Partners:37
Associates:12
Of Counsel: 21
North Carolina offices: Raleigh at Parklake and Raleigh Downtown (27); Charlotte (22); Greensboro (21)
Other offices: Columbia, SC (63); Charleston, SC (27); Greenville, SC (24); Myrtle Beach, SC (4); Hilton Head, SC (4)
- McAngus Goudelock & Courie
602 Fairview Rd., Suite 700
Charlotte, NC 28210
(704) 643-6303
64 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
4208 Six Forks Rd., Suite 1100
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 787-9700
56 lawyers
Partners:18
Associates:30
Of Counsel: 8
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (12); Raleigh (44)
Other offices: 50 other offices with more than 880 attorneys
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
550 S. Tryon St., Suite 2900
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 444-2000
50 lawyers
Partners:14
Associates:17
Of Counsel: 9
North Carolina office: Charlotte (50)
Other offices: Chicago (239); Dallas (14); New York (154); Washington, DC (63); Los Angeles Century City (68); Los Angeles Downtown (7); San Francisco Bay Area (3); Orange County (3); Houston (10); Austin, Texas (3); Irving, Texas (2); London (36); Shanghai (4)
- Law Office of James Scott Farrin
280 S. Mangum St., Suite 400
Durham, NC 27701
(866) 900-7078
46 lawyers
Partners: 12
Associates: 33
Of Counsel: 1
North Carolina offices: Durham (39); Raleigh (1); Charlotte (3); Greensboro (2)
- Johnston, Allison & Hord
1065 E. Morehead St.
Charlotte, NC 28204
(704) 332-1181
41 lawyers
North Carolina office: Charlotte (41)
- (tie) Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes
2600 One Wells Fargo Center, 301 South College St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 377-2500
40 lawyers
Partners:25
Associates:5
Of Counsel: 10
North Carolina office: Charlotte (40)
- (tie) Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
101 S. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28280
(704) 375-0057
40 lawyers
Partners:30
Associates:9
Of Counsel: 1
North Carolina office: Charlotte (40)
Other offices 273 attorneys in Charleston, SC; Tampa, Fla.; Sarasota, Fla.; Toledo, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; and Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- (tie) Troutman Sanders
434 Fayetteville St., Suite 1900
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 835-4100
39 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (28); Raleigh (11)
- (tie) Young Moore and Henderson
3101 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 782-6860
39 lawyers
North Carolina office: Raleigh (39)
- Van Winkle Law Firm
6000 Fairview Rd., Suite 1200
Charlotte, NC 28210
37 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Charlotte, Asheville, Hendersonville
- (tie) Williams Mullen
301 Fayetteville St., Suite 1700
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 981-4000
36 lawyers
Partners: 28
Associates: 8
North Carolina office: Raleigh (36)
Other offices: Richmond, Va. (119); Tysons, Va. (14); Washington, DC (8); Charlottesville, Va. (6); Norfolk, Va. (19); Virginia Beach, Va. (22); Columbia, SC (5)
30 (tie). Tuggle Duggins
100 N. Greene St., Suite 600
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 378-1431
36 lawyers
North Carolina office: Greensboro (36)
- Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham
4700 Falls of Neuse Rd., Suite 450
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 873-0166
33 lawyers
Partners: 19
Associates: 12
Of Counsel: 2
North Carolina offices: Raleigh (28); Asheville (5)
- King & Spalding
100 N. Tryon St., Suite 3900
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 503-2600
32 lawyers
North Carolina office: Charlotte (32)
- Hutchens Law Firm
4317 Ramsey St.
Fayetteville, NC 28311
(910) 864-6888
31 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Cameron (1); Charlotte (8); Fayetteville (18); Wilmington (2); Southport (1); Southern Pines (1)
Other office: Columbia, SC (7)
Website: hutchenslawfirm.com
Founding date: 1980
Managing partner/president: H. Terry Hutchens
Hiring director: H. Terry Hutchens
(910) 864-6888
Marketing director: Margaret Minuth
(910) 864-6888
Areas of practice: Administrative Law, Business Law, Construction Law, Family & Collaborative Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Litigation (Civil, Business), Mediation and Arbitration, Military Law, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability, Wills/Trusts/Estate Planning, Workers Compensation Community involvement: Our attorneys serve on the NC Bar Associations’ committee for the 4ALL community service day and open the Firm up as a host call center as well as cover the phones, and our attorneys support the Legal League Feeding Frenzy, raising money and food for the needy in our communities. Additionally, our staff volunteers bimonthly to serve breakfast to the less fortunate at OperationInAsMuch in Fayetteville.
Significant changes in 2017: We opened an office in Southport, NC and welcomed attorney Damón Gray. Our firm was selected for inclusion by U.S. News & World Report with the Best Law Firms in America.
- Hunton Andrews Kurth (Formerly Hunton & Williams)
101 S. Tryon St., Suite 3500
Charlotte, NC 28280
(704) 378-4700
30 lawyers
Partners: 15
Associates: 10
Of Counsel: 5
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (26); Raleigh (6)
- (tie) Carruthers & Roth
235 N. Edgeworth St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 379-8651
27 lawyers
Partners: 22
Associates: 4
Of Counsel: 1
- (tie) Mayer Brown
214 N. Tryon St., Suite 3800
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 444-3500
27 lawyers
North Carolina office: Charlotte (27)
- (tie) Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler
1912 Eastchester Dr., No. 400,
High Point, NC 27265
(336) 884-4444
27 lawyers
Partners: 19
Associates: 5
Of Counsel: 3
- (tie) Hamilton, Stephens, Steele + Martin
525 N. Tryon Street, Suite 1400
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 344-1117
22 lawyers
Partners: 15
Associates: 6
Of Counsel: 1
North Carolina office: Charlotte (22)
Hourly billing rates: $240-$475
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,800
Starting pay for new associate: $100,000
- (tie) Myers Bigel
4140 Parklake Ave., Suite 600
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 854-1400
22 lawyers
Partners: 15
Associates: 5
Of Counsel: 2
North Carolina office: Raleigh (22)
- White & Allen
106 S. McLewean St.
Kinston, NC 28501
(252) 527-8000
21 lawyers
Partners: 15
Associates: 5
Of Counsel: 1
North Carolina offices: Kinston (12); New Bern (6); Snow Hill (1); Greenville (2)
- (tie) Mullen, Holland & Cooper
301 S. York St.
Gastonia, NC 28052
(704) 864-6751
18 lawyers
Partners: 8
Associates: 6
Of Counsel: 4
North Carolina office: Gastonia (18)
- (tie) Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
1431 Elizabeth Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28204
18 lawyers
North Carolina office: Charlotte (18)
- King Law Offices
215 N. Main St.
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
(828) 286-333)
16 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Brevard (1); Charlotte (1); Columbus (1); Concord (1); Hendersonville (1); Hickory (3); Lincolnton (1); Marion (2); Rutherfordton (4); Shelby (1)
Other offices: Gaffney, SC (1); Greer, SC (2)
Hourly billing rates: $200-$350
- Walker Lambe
240 Leigh Farms Rd., Suite 100
Durham, NC 27707
(919) 493-8411
14 lawyers
Partners: 6
Associates: 3
Of Counsel: 5
North Carolina offices: Durham (8); Clayton (1)
- (tie) Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan
133 Fayetteville St., Suite 500
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 833-3114
12 lawyers
- (tie) Essex Richards
1701 South Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28203
(704) 377-4300
12 lawyers
- Jackson Lewis
3737 Glenwood Ave., Suite 450
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 760-6460
10 lawyers
Partners: 7
Associates: 2
Of Counsel: 1
North Carolina office: Raleigh (10)
Other offices: 53 offices throughout the country with a total of 781 lawyers
- Dickey, McCamey & Chilcote
2115 Rexford Rd., Suite 210
Charlotte, NC 28211
(704) 998-5184
9 lawyers
North Carolina offices: Charlotte (6); Raleigh (3)
Other offices: Pittsburgh, Penn.; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Erie, Penn.; Glendale, Calif.; Haddonfield, NJ; Harrisburg, Penn. Lancaster, SC; Philadelphia, Penn.; Steubenville, Ohio; Wheeling, W.Va.; White Plains, NY; Wilmington, Del.
- Gordon & Rees
421 Fayetteville St., Suite 330
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 787-4555
8 lawyers
North Carolina office: Raleigh (8)
