2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers Honors 28 Womble Carlyle Attorneys

April 4, 2012

COLUMBIA, SC – April 4, 2012 – Twenty-eight attorneys in WombleCarlyle’s Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, S.C., offices have beennamed to the 2012 lists of South Carolina Super Lawyers and SouthCarolina Rising Stars.

Womble Carlyle attorneys honored by South Carolina Super Lawyers are:

Charleston
Charles J. Baker, III—Construction Litigation
William C. Cleveland, III—Business Litigation
Morris A. Ellison—Real Estate
W. Foster Gaillard—Real Estate
**C. Allen Gibson, Jr.—Construction Litigation
Greg Horton—Business Litigation
*David B. McCormack—Employment & Labor
James D. Myrick—General Litigation
Gordon D. Schreck—Transportation/Maritime
Henry B. Smythe, Jr.—Business Litigation
Susan M. Smythe—Real Estate
**Charles P. Summerall, IV—Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
***James E. Weatherholtz—Construction Litigation
David S. Yandle—Employment & Labor

Columbia
Kevin A. Hall—Business Litigation

Greenville
***Catherine R. Atwood—Business Litigation
***Michael James Bogle—Environmental Law
Brent O.E. Clinkscale—Business Litigation
Larry D. Estridge—Real Estate
R. Howard Grubbs—Environmental Litigation
D. Allen Grumbine—Banking Law
Sandra L.W. Miller—Health Care
Keith D. Munson—Personal Injury Defense: Products
Samuel W. Outten—Business Litigation
***James Matthew Trent—Real Estate
Rory D. Whelehan—Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
***Sandi R. Wilson—Employment & Labor
*** Catherine F. Wrenn—General Litigation

* Denotes a Top 10 listing
**Denotes a Top 25 listing
***Denotes a Rising Star

About South Carolina Super Lawyers
South Carolina Super Lawyers is a listing of the top fivepercent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peerrecognition and professional achievement. The multi-step processinvolved soliciting nominations from attorneys across the state (lawyerswere not allowed to vote for themselves), followed by a thoroughcase-by-case review of each nominee. South Carolina Rising Starsrecognizes outstanding attorneys who are 40 or under, or who have beenpracticing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of South Carolinalawyers are named to this list.

About Womble Carlyle
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focuson innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports theAssociation of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeksto better align legal services with the needs of corporateclients.The firm serves clients nationally and globally with more than550 attorneys in fourteen offices: Atlanta; Charleston, Columbia andGreenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research TrianglePark, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Silicon Valley, Calif., Washington, D.C.;Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, Del.In the community,the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall CollegeFund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of theGuard and Reserve Freedom Award.