Richard Raleigh, Christopher Lockwood and Jerome Gabig join Womble Bond Dickinson as partners

Richard Raleigh, Christopher Lockwood and Jerome Gabig join Womble Bond Dickinson as partners

The trio was earlier working with Wilmer & Lee

Womble Bond Dickinson has hired US government contract lawyers to expand its corporate and securities group, as it opens an office in Huntsville, Alabama.

The three lawyers Richard Raleigh, Christopher Lockwood, and Jerome Gabig have joined as partners in the firm's office, which is the 30th worldwide and 23rd in the US.

They have ample experience in government contracts procurement and litigation, advising clients on bid protests, size issues, contract disputes, and regulatory matters.

Jamie Francis, the head of the firm's corporate and securities group and government contracts team, commented "This team brings a wealth of knowledge and decades of experience that will immediately strengthen and facilitate further growth of our government contracts practice, including in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Nashville, and other markets. Their insight will benefit all our clients' providing goods and services to the federal government."

Raleigh said, "We have a long-standing relationship with our clients whose needs continue to increase in complexity and volume, and it was clear that Womble is equally committed to client service. The firm's global platform and full-service, cross-practice resources will benefit our clients significantly."

While all three were earlier working with Wilmer & Lee, Raleigh served at the firm for over 22 years where he was a shareholder and recently the co-chair of its government contracts practice. Prior to that, he was a judge-advocate in the US Army.

Lockwood spent over 13 years at Wilmer & Lee, having joined immediately after finishing studies at the University of Georgia, School of Law.

Gabig was a judge-advocate in the US Air Force. The military experience provided him and Raleigh with unique insights into complex government contract regulations.

Meanwhile, Womble has also hired litigator Michael Clark as a senior counsel to strengthen its business litigation practice and white-collar defence, investigations and regulatory enforcement team in Houston.

Clark was previously working with Baker Donelson and has over four decades of experience across government and private practices.

Joe Whitley, the head of the firm's white-collar defence, investigations and regulatory enforcement team, remarked: "Clark brings us his unique talent and skillset in the effective representation and defence of all types of healthcare providers in criminal and civil matters where fraud is alleged to include hospitals, clinics, physicians, labs, assisted living facilities, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists and billing companies."