Background
Womble, William Fletcher was born on October 29, 1916 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Bunyan Snipes and Edith (Willingham) Womble.
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William Fletcher Womble, American lawyer. Bar: North Carolina 1939, United States Supreme Court 1950. Named Trustee of the Year, General Board Global Ministers of United Methodist Church, Health and Wlfare Minst. Department, 1989; recipient Fifty Year award, Fellows American Bar Foundation, American Bar Association, 1995.
Education
Student, University North Carolina Law School, Chapel hill. Student, Summer School, 1938. AB, Duke University, 1937.
Juris Doctor, Duke University, 1939. LHT (honorary), High Point University, 2000.
Career
Worked at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) specializing in General Civil Practice, Trial and Appellate Litigation. Administrative, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bond Financing, Civil Rights, Commercial, Consumer Lending, Corporate, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Family, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor, Municipal, Negligence, Probate, Products Liability, Real Estate, Retirement Plans and Employee Benefits, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Tort, Wills and Trusts Law. Admitted to the bar, 1939, North Carolina.
1950, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Member, State Legislature, 1953-1955-1957. Member, North Carolina General Statutes Commission, 1953-1955.
Member: Forsyth County (President, 1962), North Carolina (President, 1966) and American (Member: House of Delegates, 1978-1987.
Board of Governors, 1982-1985. Member: Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, 1985-1991.
Resource Development Council, 1986-1992. Executive Council, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1985-1988)Bar Associations.
American Counsel Association.
United States. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member). Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Recipient, Fifty-Year Award, 1995).
American Judicature Society.
Military: With Armed Forces, 1941-1946. Major, 1945-1946
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice is a broad-based corporate and litigation-oriented law firm that delivers sophisticated and innovative legal services to a wide spectrum of clients. The firm"s mission is to provide value to clients by combining professional skill, technology, and a thorough understanding of clients" needs to deliver high quality, cost effective and responsive services.
From its offices in Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia, Womble Carlyle"s 268 attorneys and approximately 250 staff members provide legal services to a broad base of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies and mega-regional banks to closely held corporations and individuals.
Achievements
Membership
Campaign chairman Forsyth County Community Chest, 1949. Member North Carolina General Statutes Commission, 1953—1955, North Carolina Board Higher Education, 1955—1957, 1960—1963, North Carolina Advisory Budget Commission, 1957—1958. Trustee, past chairman, life trustee High Point University, since 1950.
Trustee Winston-Salem State University, 1953—1955, Children's Home, 1959—1975, president, 1969—1975, Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce, 1960—1961. Board directors Triad United Methodist Home (now Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community), 1976—1987, 1989—1997, treasurer, 1975—1979, president, 1979—1985. Honorary chair United Way, Forsyth County, 1998.
Member People-to-People Citizen Ambassador Program, 1981, 1986, North Carolina House of Representatives, 1953—1958, chairman committee higher education, vice chairman finance committee, 1957. Chairman administrative board Centenary United Methodist Church, 1961—1963, chairman board trustees, 1983—1985. Trustee Senior Services, Inc., 1998—2005, chair annual fund., 2004—2005.
Board directors Children's Center Association Physically Disabled, 1952—1956, president, 1952—1953, honorary board member, since 1998. Board directors, president Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc., 1964—1965. Fellow: American Bar Foundation (life.
State chairman 1984-1989). Member: American Bar Association (house delegations 1978-1987, board governors 1982-1985, executive council National Conference Bar President 1985-1988, ethics committee 1985-1991, chairman judicial code subcommittee 1988-1991, chair affiliate outreach committee 1994-1997, council member senior lawyers division 1995-1997), Forsyth County Bar Association (president 1962), American Judicature Society, North Carolina State Bar (trustee Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts 1983-1991, vice chairman 1989-1991, Chief Justice's Professionalism award 2001), North Carolina Bar Association (president 1966-1967, chairman endowment founders campaign 1986-1987, chair senior lawyers division 1994-1995, Judge John Jay Parker award 1984), Society Cincinnati, Old Town Club, Rotary (local president 1964).
Connections
Married Jane Payne Gilbert, October 11, 1941. Children: William Fletcher, Junior, Jane Womble Haver, Russell G., Ann Womble Strader.
Awards
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Named Trustee of the Year, General Board Global Ministers of United Methodist Church, Health and Wlfare Minst. Department, 1989; recipient Fifty Year award, Fellows American Bar Foundation, American Bar Association, 1995.Named Trustee of the Year, General Board Global Ministers of United Methodist Church, Health and Wlfare Minst. Department, 1989; recipient Fifty Year award, Fellows American Bar Foundation, American Bar Association, 1995.