Careers

Womble Bond Dickinson provides lateral attorneys with: 

• An exceptional client development team to help grow your practice by providing guidance and coaching, preparing materials, meeting clients, and drafting proposals.
• The opportunity to assume firm leadership roles from the start of your tenure.
• Respect for your talents. We invite all professionals to participate in the Gallup Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment, which helps maximize internal performance, foster teamwork, and improve client relationships.
• A comprehensive professional development program. 
• A firm-wide commitment to diversity and inclusion as well as pro bono service.
• Advanced technology, with the support to make it work for you.

Womble Bond Dickinson values judicial clerkship experience and offers highly competitive clerkship bonuses and year-to-year partnership track credit (up to two years) for entry level associates who have completed a state appellate court clerkship or federal court clerkship.

Current opportunities for lateral attorneys and judicial clerks are posted here. Contact a member of the WBD Recruiting Team for general inquiries, and the appropriate team member will respond. Search firms may submit candidates through our search firm portal. 

Our Summer Associate Program provides law students with meaningful exposure to various aspects of a firm, offering substantive legal project assignments, robust mentoring, networking, and learning opportunities that serve as a strong foundation for a successful career. We are committed to attracting, nurturing, and retaining exceptional professionals. For law students seeking a sophisticated legal environment and a hands-on, impactful summer program, we encourage you to apply. Our program welcomes students from across the country, valuing unique skill sets, varied life experiences, and a proven record of academic and personal achievement.

For more information about the Summer Associate Program, click here.

Students interested in Summer Associate opportunities may submit their application materials to the WBD Summer Associate Recruiting Team. For general inquiries about the Summer Associate Program, please contact a member of the WBD Summer Associate Recruiting Team.

Our summer internship program allows students from all majors to explore professional careers at a law firm. This 10-week program is open to students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs, as well as recent graduates. Interns gain valuable, hands-on experience while participating in professional development sessions and networking events.

During the program, interns are assigned to administrative or operational departments within our North Carolina offices in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Greensboro. They build meaningful connections with mentors, team members, and fellow interns and are invited to participate in office and firmwide events. The program culminates in a showcase where interns present their key takeaways and celebrate their accomplishments.
 

Paralegals and professional staff play a key role in the success of our business. Our model not only delivers excellent value-added service to our clients but also provides a path to kick-start your legal career.

Contact the appropriate office administrators or office manager if you are interested in working at our firm.

• Atlanta | Toni French
• Baltimore | Cheri Edwards
• Boston | Maryanne Interbartolo
• Charlotte | Beth Keasler
• Charlottesville | Lynn Edwards-Hall
• Charleston | John Rider
• Colorado Springs | Heidi Sasso
• Columbia | John Rider
• Denver | Heidi Sasso
• Greensboro | Alecia Moore
• Greenville | Debbie Stout
• Houston | Heidi Sasso
• Huntsville | Toni French
• Las Vegas | Sandy Lavender
• Los Angeles and Orange County | Blythe Kingston
• Nashville | Toni French
• New York | Maryanne Interbartolo
• Phoenix | Sandy Lavender
• Raleigh and Research Triangle Park | Christine Peterson
• Reno | Sandy Lavender
• San Francisco & Silicon Valley | Blythe Kingston
• Tucson | Sandy Lavender
• Tysons Corner | Cheri Edwards
• Washington, D.C. | Lynn Edwards-Hall
• Wilmington | Heidi Sasso
• Winston-Salem | Alecia Moore

We always are looking to add talented attorneys and staff to our team. With that in mind, we have introduced an Alumni Referral Policy to compensate alumni for talent referrals we hire. 

Referral fees are available for all available positions. Our current openings are listed at our Career Portal and on our new Alumni Network Referral page, but we are interested in adding the right lateral talent in many other practice areas as well.

To make a referral (and earn a referral fee of up to $50,000), simply complete the form at the Alumni Network Referral page.  This link also includes more details about the Alumni Referral Policy.

If you have additional questions, please reach out to Lori Reese Patton, Chief Recruiting Officer, or Kate Rooney Thomson, Director, Lateral Recruiting. 

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