North Carolina Law Firm Receives 2009 Law Firm Diversity Award
By Christine Cristiano
The law firm of Womble Caryle Sandridge & Rice PLLC has received the DRI (formerly Defense Research Institute) 2009 Law Firm Diversity Award. One law firm per year that is committed to diversity is honored by receiving the prestigious national award. Womble Caryle Sandridge & Rice was recognized for its efforts in supporting diversity with various programs, including a law school academy for 25 minority college juniors that will prepare the students for law school, a scholar program for 11 minority students high achievers, and the firm's support of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which supports 47 historically black colleges and universities nationwide providing merit-based scholarships.
A statement by Keith Vaughan, Manager of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, said, ''we sincerely appreciate this award, and view it as validation that we have made tremendous strides, but not that we have reached our destination. In practice and in philosophy, we will continue to work toward creating a richly diverse firm.'
The law firm, originally known as Watson & Glenn, was founded in Winston-Salem in 1876. To date, the firm employs over 530 lawyers across eleven offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, Virginia and District of Columbia. In 2003, the firm received The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Corporate Leadership Award. Over the years, numerous attorneys with the firm have been listed with The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyer, and Chambers and Partners U.S.A - America's Leading Lawyers in Business.
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