Twenty-one Womble Bond Dickinson lawyers from both the UK and US have been named as 2018 Acritas Stars. The following lawyers were all nominated by their clients as outstanding during research for the Acritas Sharplegal study:
- Kevin Bell, Transport, Logistics and Infrastructure Partner
- Sebastian Briggs, Corporate Partner
- David Broughton, Corporate Partner
- Patrick Cantrill, Intellectual property Partner
- Melinda Davis Lux, Corporate Partner
- Bradford A. De Vore, Litigation Partner
- Peter Given, Data Protection Legal Director
- Jackie Gray, Projects & Procurement Partner
- Chris Gyves, Corporate Partner
- Jon Hales, Employment Partner
- Graham Jeffries, Banking and Finance Partner
- Christopher E. Leon, Corporate Partner
- Press Millen, Litigation Partner
- Jamie Pass, Corporate Finance Partner
- Robert Phillips, Corporate Finance Partner
- David Rewcastle, Transport, Logistics and Infrastructure Partner
- Dean Rutley, Corporate Partner
- Jeremy Smith, Corporate Partner
- Cole Stacey, Banking and Finance Associate
- Christina Tolvas-Vincent, Employment Partner
- Bill Whitehurst, Employment Partner.
The Acritas Stars Report is the result of a survey of nearly 4,000 general counsel and other senior leaders at legal departments around the world. Participants were asked during their Acritas Sharplegal interview to name any stand-out lawyers with whom they had worked, and to describe the particular characteristics that qualified these individuals to be outstanding.