Winston-Salem Business Magazine - January 2008 - (Page 10) BUSINESS Front TOP LAWYERS Womble Carlyle Attorney receives Distinguished Service Award in both state and federal appellate courts. Womble was presented her award by Council President Hugh F. Young, Jr., at an October 18th banquet in Tucson, Ariz., attended by more than 200 members and guests. Distinguished Service Award recipients are chosen by the Council’s Board of Directors and are selected based upon the following criteria: · Long-time service to the Product Liability Advisory Council in a variety of activities; · Long-time service to Product Liability Advisory Council in leadership positions; · Generous contributions of time and talent, often behind the scenes, to further the Product Liability Advisory Council’s goals; · An abiding interest in the law; and · Visible contributions of their legal skills to their communities. Erna Womble meets all of those criteria. She has served the Council in a number of functions, including as a Corporate Counsel Member and now a Sustaining Member of the organization. She has served on PLAC’s Board of Directors (19962000), Executive Committee (19982000) and Corporate Advisory Board (2000-2004). As a product liability attorney in Womble Carlyle’s Winston-Salem office for more than 20 years, Erna Womble has successfully defended manufacturers in a wide scope of cases, including spending a decade as lead outside litigation counsel for Thomas Built Buses, Inc., the nation’s largest school bus manufacturer. She is a Member in Womble Carlyle, has been named to Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America rankings as well as Law and Politics magazine’s “North Carolina Super Lawyers” list, and has the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ranking of “AV.” “Attorneys like Erna Womble are the reason Womble Carlyle is known as a preeminent product liability litigation firm,” said Keith Vaughan, Womble Carlyle’s Managing Member. “We are proud of her accomplishments and would like to congratulate her on this muchdeserved honor.” About Womble Carlyle Innovators at Law A full-service business law firm, Womble Carlyle ranks among AmLaw’s 100 leading firms in the country and is a top law firm for companies doing business in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states. The firm is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award, making Womble Carlyle the first law firm ever to receive the highest honor given to a business organization in recognition of its support of the Fund and its 45 member educational institutions. Erna A.P. Womble Womble Carlyle attorney Erna A.P. Womble has been honored by the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) with its Distinguished Service Award. She is only the 14th recipient of the award since PLAC was founded in 1983. The Product Liability Advisory Council is a non-profit association of more than 120 corporations representing a broad cross-section of American and international product manufacturers, most of which are listed in the Fortune 500. Since 1983, the Council has worked within the system of justice to ensure fair adjudication of claims against product manufacturers and sellers. It has filed more than 800 briefs as amicus curiae 10 JANUARY 2008
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