Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Wilmington, N.C. and that attorneys Charles S. Baldwin IV, Edwin L. West III, and Thomas G. Varnum have joined the firm in Wilmington. With these additions, Brooks Pierce has 95 lawyers practicing across North Carolina from offices in Greensboro, Raleigh, and Wilmington.
“Charles, Ed and Thomas are a great fit. We believe they are professionally and personally compatible with us, and we are delighted to welcome them to the firm,” said Ed Winslow, Managing Partner.
Baldwin is a corporate and international lawyer with more than 15 years working with companies in the technology, real estate, and port development industries. His particular experience expands the firm’s global commerce services and compliments its long-standing reputation in environmental law.
West is a recognized trial lawyer with extensive experience in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina. He represents directors of publicly traded companies, elected officials, government contractors, doctors, lawyers, dentists, accountants, business executives, and law enforcement officers.
Varnum helps clients identify, acquire, protect, and enforce intellectual property. He is also an experienced civil litigator and provides general legal counsel and guidance for start-up and established companies.
“We are excited to join Brooks Pierce and open the Wilmington office. Over the course of our careers, we have worked with and come to know several Brooks Pierce attorneys. It is our pleasure to now count them as colleagues,” said Baldwin.
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Founded in 1897, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP is a business law firm providing strategic counsel and innovative solutions to clients coast-to-coast and around the world. The firm is comprised of 95 attorneys located in offices in Greensboro, Raleigh, and Wilmington, NC, and represents clients in complex litigation; media, entertainment and communications; corporate and securities; technology and intellectual property; telecommunications; sustainability and environmental; labor and employment; banking; construction, surety, land use and development; health care; state and federal governmental relations; tax; wealth management; and criminal defense matters.