Allison Becker Joins Firm as an Associate Attorney

RALEIGH, NC  (June 4, 2012) ─ Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. (www.ymwlaw.com), a Raleigh, North Carolina-based litigation firm, announces today that Allison Becker has joined the firm as an associate attorney.  Becker has a background in practicing complex commercial, product liability and mass tort litigation in New York.  She also has served for the past two years as a clerk for the Honorable Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

“Allison’s complex litigation and product liability experience will be an asset to our civil litigation practice group,” says Dan McLamb, YMW partner and a civil litigation practice lead.  “She also brings a depth of bankruptcy knowledge that will be valuable to our clients.”

Becker is a Duke University alumna and holds her juris doctorate with honors from the University of Texas School of Law.

About Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.:
Formed in 1983, Yates, McLamb & Weyher represents civil litigation defendants in cases focusing on medical malpractice, professional and general liability, construction litigation, products liability, insurance coverage and auto negligence.  Founding partners Dan J. McLamb and Barbara B. Weyher shared a vision and built a firm characterized by legal expertise and skill, tenacity in defense of their clients’ interests, and civility and professionalism in the practice of law.  Today the firm has 29 lawyers. Visit www.ymwlaw.com for more information.