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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, established in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1876, is one of the largest business law firms in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States. Currently, Womble Carlyle has 14 offices: Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Greensboro, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston South Carolina; Tysons Corner, Virginia; Washington, DC; Wilmington, Delaware; and Silicon Valley, California. The firm’s growth has matched the economic growth and evolution of North Carolina and the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. As of 2003, the firm was the largest in North Carolina. ==History== The firm traces its history to 1876, when Cyrus Watson and W.B. Glenn formed a partnership in Winston, North Carolina, under the name Watson & Glenn.〔(Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC ), FundingUniverse.com website, accessed January 24, 2010〕 : *In 1885, the firm name changed to Glenn & Glenn : *In 1891, the firm name changed to Glenn & Manley : *In 1898, the firm name changed to Glenn, Manley & Hendren : *In 1905, the firm name changed to Manly & Hendren : *In 1911, the firm name changed to Manly, Hendren & Womble : *In 1942, the firm name changed to Womble, Carlyle, Martin & Sandridge : *In 1954, the firm name changed to Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Irving E. Carlyle was a long-time resident of Winston-Salem, N.C. He was a trustee of Wake Forest University and coached the men's basketball team in its earliest years. Carlyle is one of the most notable civil rights attorneys in North Carolina history. Womble Carlyle was able to grow into one of the most successful law firms in North Carolina due to its proximity in Winston-Salem to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which used Womble Carlyle for its legal services.〔 Womble Carlyle began expanding outside Winston-Salem in the 1980s by establishing an office in Raleigh in 1982 and adding an office in Charlotte in 1984.〔〔(History of Womble Carlyle ), Womble Carlyle website, accessed January 24, 2010〕 The 1990s were marked by the firm’s early commitment to technology and further expansion into new cities by opening new offices and also merging with other law firms. By the end of the 1990s, Womble Carlyle had opened its Atlanta, Research Triangle Park, Washington D.C. and Greenville, South Carolina offices. The firm’s commitment to technology was recognized in 1999 when ''Red Herring'' (a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market), recognized Womble Carlyle as one of the most progressive law firms in the country due to its commitment to technology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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