Womble Carlyle’s Allen Gibson Named a “Top 25 Attorney”

April 5, 2012

CHARLESTON, SC – April 5, 2012 – Womble Carlyle Construction attorney Allen Gibson has been named one of the Top 25 Attorneys in South Carolina by 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers.

As the Practice Group Leader for Womble Carlyle’s Construction Practice Group, Gibson has more than twenty five years of trial experience in state and federal courts as well as in arbitration proceedings. He represents a wide variety of businesses involved in the construction industry including owners, developers, design professionals, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and sureties. Gibson has extensive experience negotiating contracts on behalf of his clients. In addition, he provides advice and counsel on dispute resolution, payment claims, delay claims and other issues impacting construction projects. He also represents manufacturers who supply products to the construction industry. Gibson is an active mediator and arbitrator of construction disputes and has provided services for parties throughout the country. He practices in Womble Carlyle’s Charleston office.

Gibson is one of 28 attorneys in Womble Carlyle’s Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, S.C., offices named to the 2012 lists of South Carolina Super Lawyers and South Carolina Rising Stars.

South Carolina Super Lawyers is a listing of the top five percent of lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The multi-step process involved soliciting nominations from attorneys across the state (lawyers were not allowed to vote for themselves), followed by a thorough case-by-case review of each nominee. South Carolina Rising Stars recognizes outstanding attorneys who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of South Carolina lawyers are named to this list.

About Womble Carlyle
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to better align legal services with the needs of corporate clients.The firm serves clients nationally and globally with more than 550 attorneys in fourteen offices: Atlanta; Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, 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 College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.