Signage is seen at the legal offices of the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
(Reuters) - Womble Bond Dickinson said Thursday the firm has set up shop in Nashville, Tennessee, a city that that's recently grown in appeal for large out-of-town law firms.
The 1,100-lawyer firm said it has hired partner Masami Izumida Tyson to join five existing Womble lawyers in the new Nashville office, which the firm said opened last month.
Tyson was most recently global director of foreign direct investment and trade in Tennessee's Department of Economic and Community Development, the firm said. The five other lawyers, including three partners, will split time between Nashville and other offices, according to a Womble spokesperson.
Several big firms have recently entered the Nashville market. New York-founded employment law firm Jackson Lewis opened in the city with four lawyers from other firms in January. Pittsburgh-founded K&L Gates hired 27 lawyers from local firms for its launch there in February 2021, and Kansas City, Missouri-founded Spencer Fane merged with a Nashville-based midsize law firm last year.
Other large firms, including Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Polsinelli, have had offices in Nashville for longer.
Recently cities such as Austin, Texas, Salt Lake City and Miami have emerged as hot spots for large law firms, as they follow clients who have grown in these regions. Nashville appears to have...
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