Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm formed in 2017 as a result of a merger between UK-based Bond Dickinson LLP and US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP. The combination followed a strategic alliance announcement made in 2016.[2] The firm has 27 locations across the United States and the United Kingdom[3] offering services in 12 different sectors.[4]
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| Headquarters | London |
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| No. of offices | 27[1] |
| No. of attorneys | 940[1] |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Betty Temple, Chair and CEO & Jonathan Blair, UK Managing Partner |
| Revenue |  US$ 475M (2017)[1] |
| Date founded | 1876 |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | womblebonddickinson.com |
The combination created Womble Bond Dickinson (International) LLP; a company limited by guarantee in which Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, operate as separate non-profit-sharing partnerships.
Current Size of Firm
Womble Bond Dickinson employs approximately 550 lawyers located in 27 offices in the UK and US. Womble Bond Dickinson is a member of Lex Mundi, a global organization of independent law firms.[1][5][6]
History
UK-based law firm Bond Dickinson LLP commenced trading on May 1, 2013.[7] This alliance was a result of a merger between Dickinson Dees and Bond Pearce.[7] Prior to the merger, Dickinson Dees (whose history dates back to 1786) registered as an LLP in 2006. Bond Pearce (founded in 1887) registered as an LLP in 2005.
Womble Carlyle's history dates back to 1876 and was named after its early partners including B.S. Womble and Irving E. Carlyle.[8]
In January 2016, Womble Carlyle named Betty Temple chairwoman and CEO, and she became one of only a handful of women to sit at the helm of a large national law firm.[9] Temple's appointment represented several milestones for Womble Carlyle. She became the youngest chairperson in the firm's 140-year history, the first chairperson to be located outside of the firm's original Winston-Salem office, and the first woman to lead the firm.[10]
As part of Womble Bond Dickinson, Temple is now US CEO and co-chair with UK Managing Partner, Jonathan Blair. Blair was named as one of the Hot 100 Leaders by The Lawyer in 2018.[11]
In March 2020, the firm laid off members of its workforce and reduced compensation for some attorneys and staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13][14]
References
- "Womble Bond Dickinson". Law.com. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- "Bond Dickinson announces alliance with US firm Womble Carlyle". The Lawyer. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- "Locations: Find Your Local Law Firm". Womble Bond Dickinson. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "Sectors". Womble Bond Dickinson. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- Womble Bond Dickinson UK Locations
- Tribe, Meghan (March 30, 2020). "Womble Bond Dickinson Layoffs, Pay Cuts Follow Challenging Year". Bloomberg Law. Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- "Bond Pearce and Dickie Dees agree to merge, forming Bond Dickinson". The Lawyer. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- Roundtree, Lynn (2001). The First 125 Years of a Law Firm. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. p. 90. ISBN 0-89587-251-X.
- Spear, Eilene (21 March 2016). "Elizabeth "Betty" Temple of Womble Carlyle: Innovation and Diversity to Serve Clients Better". The National Law Review. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- "Chair-elect Hopes to Bring Fresh Perspective to Womble Carlyle". North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. April 22, 2015.
- "Blair, Jonathan – Womble Bond Dickinson". The Lawyer. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- "Womble Bond Dickinson Layoffs, Pay Cuts Follow Challenging Year". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- "IN BRIEF: Womble Bond Dickinson lays off employees, cuts pay due to pandemic". Reuters. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- March 30, Meredith Hobbs |; PM, 2020 at 02:35. "Womble Lays Off Some Employees, Cuts Lawyer and Staff Pay Amid Pandemic". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 2020-09-02.