Two Area Law Firms Win In 2014 Legal Feeding Frenzy!

In the 2nd Annual Legal Feeding Frenzy, a food drive competition among North Carolina's law firms, 2 local firms won their respective categories which is based on the number of employees. Simonsen Law Firm from Chowan County and Rose, Harrison & Gilreath, P.C. from Dare County were both recognized as winners by Attorney General, Roy Cooper on April 24th at the North Carolina Bar Association in Cary, NC.

Seventy-nine teams participated in the event and raised over 340,000 pounds of food – the equivalent of 280,000 meals – and easily shattered the goal of 250,000 pounds.

Speakers at the awards ceremony included Allan Head, executive director of the North Carolina Bar Association; Alan Briggs, executive director of the N.C. Association of Food Banks; Clark Walton, YLD chair; and YLD Legal Feeding Frenzy co-chairs, Cabell Clay and Brian Scott.

The winning teams were:

Attorney General’s Cup (most overall pounds of food per employee)
Mason Law Office, PLLC, Raleigh (3,397.5 pounds per employee)
Tonya Mason accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Solo Practitioner (1-10 employees)
Simonsen Law Firm, PC, Edenton (1,850 pounds per employee)
Lars Simonsen accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Small Firm (11-50 employees)
Rose, Harrison & Gilreath, P.C., Kill Devil Hills (828.6 pounds per employee)
Peebles Harrison accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Medium Firm (51-100 employees)
Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A., Winston-Salem (76.4 pounds per employee)
Robin Stinson accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Large Firm (101 employees and up)
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte (headquarters) and RTP (139.7 pounds per person)
Cabell Clay accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Law School

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem (21.3 pounds per person)
Caleb Holloway accepted the award on behalf of the law school.

Most Pounds Collected
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem (headquarters), Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte (91,770.88 pounds)

Aulica Monroe accepted the award on behalf of the firm.