Womble Carlyle Faces Malpractice Suit

Womble Carlyle is facing a legal malpractice suit from a Catholic radio broadcaster and education group that alleges mistakes by the firm cost it millions of dollars. The North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation alleges that Womble missed crucial deadlines and made other mistakes that caused the foundation to lose its bids for several telecommunications channels and new broadcast licenses. The foundation's complaint names Womble and former Womble attorney Howard Barr as defendants.