Womble Corrals 36-Member Consumer Financial Team from McGlinchey

Womble Bond Dickinson has added a 36-member consumer financial team from McGlinchey Stafford to expand its ability to advise clients on state and federal regulations, the firm announced Friday.

The transatlantic firm nabbed all 19 attorneys and 17 licensing team members after the New Orleans firm recently folded when equity partners voted to shut down operations.

“This team strengthens an area where clients are facing sustained regulatory pressure and heightened expectations around how compliance programs operate in practice,” Womble’s US chair Merrick Benn said in the statement.

Seven of the newly hired attorneys are joining existing offices in Washington, DC, ...