Richard Raleigh Joins Transatlantic Law Firm Womble Bond Dickinson As Partner

Huntsville attorney Richard Raleigh recently joined the transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner, helping to open the firm’s first Alabama office. The newly created Huntsville office is Womble’s 30th worldwide and 23rd in the United States. Rich has practiced law in Huntsville since 2000, following service in the United States Army JAG Corps.

Rich has significant experience in government contracts and complex business litigation before state and federal courts and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and the Federal Circuit, and he focuses his practice on litigation with an emphasis on government contracts, employment law, complex business litigation (including trade secret and non-compete litigation), and general civil litigation. He regularly handles matters requiring immediate action – motions for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunction hearings – particularly in cases involving non-compete agreements and claims of misappropriation of trade secrets. Rich has also successfully represented clients in appeals before many appellate courts, including the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal, the Alabama Supreme Court, and specialty courts like the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Rich is admitted to practice in Alabama and Tennessee, and he is admitted in all U.S. District Courts in Alabama, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Armed Forces, for the Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits, and for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also listed on the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution’s Qualified Mediator Roster with a concentration on Business Litigation/Disputes, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Employment Law, Government Contracts, Non-Compete Agreements, and Trade Secrets.

He attended the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama School of Law, where he graduated cum laude. He served as the President of the Alabama State Bar from 2014-2015, and presently serves on the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. He is a member of the American Law Institute, the Alabama Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, and the University of Alabama School of Law Foundation Board of Governors. Dedicated to providing pro bono representation to the underserved members of his community, Rich has also handled cases for the Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program, frequently helping veterans with legal issues. He is also a member of the Huntsville Rotary Club. Rich will continue to work in Huntsville, basing his practice out of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Huntsville office.