Parker Poe's Raleigh office is located in the heart of the state's political, educational and scientific activity. Raleigh and the cities of Durham and Chapel Hill make up the world-class business and research center, the Research Triangle. Home to one of the world's largest research parks and three major universities – Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – the Research Triangle has been one of the fastest growing areas in the country with more than one million residents from all over the world.

This area's economy consistently ranks among the best in the nation due in large part to multinational pharmaceutical, computer software, telecommunications and biotechnology companies that blend with rapidly growing, technology-driven entrepreneurial companies. Parker Poe is pleased to include many of these outstanding companies, universities and governmental agencies among our clients in Raleigh.

The thriving business community, bolstered by the political activity of the state capital in Raleigh, has solidified the Triangle's placement on many national business magazine lists as one of the best places to live and do business in the United States.

Local Attractions

The Triangle offers its residents many cultural opportunities, including theaters, galleries, dance and musical events, as well as extensive parks, greenways and public athletic facilities. It is home to the North Carolina Symphony as well as three major universities, all of which offer spirited athletic events. The Carolina Hurricanes, the region's only NHL franchise, won the state's first major professional title in the battle for the 2006 Stanley Cup.

In addition to the many attractions in the Triangle, its central location offers residents access to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beautiful coastline of the Carolinas.

Community Involvement

Our attorneys are active in civic affairs, both volunteer and elective throughout the greater Triangle area. Since 2001, Charles Meeker has served as the Mayor of the City of Raleigh and was elected to his fifth two-year term as Mayor in October 2009. Russell Killen was elected to serve as Mayor of Knightdale in the most recent election. In addition, the Raleigh office received the 2007 Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. A Chamber executive noted, “The firms and its individuals continue to give back to the community year after year and that sets Parker Poe apart.”

Attorneys in the Raleigh office are active in the following organizations:

Alliance of AIDS Services
American Public Transit Association
Arts North Carolina
Artspace
British-American Business Council
Burning Coal Theatre
Camp Seagull and Seafarer
Carolina Ballet
Clarence E. Lightner Educational Foundation
Contemporary Art Museum
Council for Entrepreneurial Development Research Triangle
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Healing Place
Interact
Kiwanis Club of Raleigh
Knightdale Chamber of Commerce
Knightdale Rotary Club
Marbles Kids Museum
Method Child Development Center
Multiple Sclerosis Society
NC Citizens for Business & Industry
NC Drug Treatment Council
NC FREE
NC State University and the College of Management
North Carolina Food Bank
North Carolina Justice Center
North Carolina Symphony
North Carolina Opera
Order of DeMolay
Research Triangle Regional Partnership
SAFEChild
Second Chance Pet Adoptions
Summit House, Inc.
Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities
Teach For America
Triangle United Way
UNC Chancellors Club
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center
Urban Land Institute
USS North Carolina Battleship Commission
Wake County Democratic Party
Wake County Republican Party
Wake Education Partnership
Wake Forest University
Wake Community College
Wake Med Foundation
Women Presidents’ Organization
YWCA, Wake County

Raleigh office from the East:

1. Take I-40 West toward Raleigh.
2. Take Exit 299 and turn right at end of exit ramp onto Person Street.
3. Follow Person Street to Davie Street and turn left.
4. Turn right on Wilmington Street.
5. Go 2.5 blocks and turn left into Alexander Square parking deck.
6. Cross Fayetteville Street to Wells Fargo Capitol Center.
7. Parker Poe reception is on the 14th floor.

Raleigh office from the West:

1. Take I-40 toward Durham/Chapel Hill/Raleigh.
2. From I-40 take Wade Avenue (Exit 289).
3. Follow Wade Avenue for 6.4 miles until it becomes Capital Blvd. South/ Downtown.
4. Continue on Capital Blvd South/ Downtown 1.3 miles to Martin Street.
5. Turn left on Martin Street.
6. Turn left on Wilmington Street.
7. Go 1.5 blocks and turn left into Alexander Square parking deck.
8. Cross Fayetteville Street and enter Wells Fargo Capitol Center. Parker Poe reception is on the 14th floor.

News

• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  1/20/2012
• Business North Carolina Names 16 Attorneys to 2012 Legal Elite
  1/9/2012
• Parker Poe Names Six New Partners
  1/3/2012
• Partners, Business Leaders and Officials Honor Former Mayor
  Law Partners Donate Artwork and Commemorative Plaque, Council Names Lobby and Ballroom to Honor Charles Meeker
  12/14/2011
• Parker Poe Attorney Elected to Second Term as Mayor
  11/10/2011
• Steven Long Joins Parker Poe as a Partner in the Employment Group
  11/10/2011
• Renee Montgomery Receives Dr. Ellen B. Winston Award
  Parker Poe Attorney Recognized for Contributions to Home Care and Hospice Industry
  11/8/2011
• Cindy Wittmer Receives Joseph Branch Professionalism Award
  11/1/2011
• U.S. News & World Report Names Parker Poe Top-Tier Law Firm for 2012
  Firm Ranked #1 in 33 Legal Areas
  11/1/2011
• Henry Campen Named to Raleigh Chamber Board of Directors
  10/11/2011
• Catharine Arrowood Elected to Second Term as Board Chair
  10/10/2011
• Melanie Dubis Named Among N.C. Lawyers Weekly’s 2011 Leaders in the Law
  9/22/2011
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  9/6/2011
• Marcia Bibb Named to IPMA Board of Directors
  9/6/2011
• Melanie Dubis Honored with Women in Business Award
  8/26/2011
• Melanie Dubis Featured in Interview on Cyberbullying
  8/12/2011
• New fees stress clerks, litigants and lawyers
  8/5/2011
• Parker Poe Attorney Appointed Chair of the IOLTA Board of Trustees
  8/4/2011
• State’s business courts straining under caseload
  8/1/2011
• Wind Energy Project Moving Closer to Reality Counties Grant Permits for State’s First Wind Energy Project
  7/18/2011
• Catharine Arrowood Receives H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award
  7/1/2011
• Melanie Dubis Speaks on NC Budget Cuts and Leandro Case
  6/22/2011
• Chambers USA 2011 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  6/10/2011
• In Good Times or Bad, Litigators Have Work To Do
  5/6/2011
• Meeker, Mover
  4/27/2011
• 'Time to move on,' Raleigh mayor says
  4/27/2011
• Counties Approve Economic Development Incentive Grants for NC Wind Energy Project
  4/27/2011
• Parker Poe IP Group Recognized by Non-Profit for Pro Bono Work
  4/25/2011
• NCBA Honors Catharine Arrowood with McKnight Award
  4/20/2011
• Triangle Business Journal Names Parker Poe Attorney to 40 Under 40
  4/8/2011
• Catharine Arrowood Named Chair of NC Symphony Society
  4/7/2011
• Parker Poe Hosts Women's Empowerment Panel in Raleigh Office
  4/4/2011
• Carolina Ballet Names Melanie Dubis Board of Directors Chairman
  3/23/2011
• Henry Campen Selected as Board of Advisors Chair at NC State University
  2/1/2011
• Iberdrola Renewables Announces Permit Application for North Carolina Wind Power Project
  1/28/2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  1/25/2011
• Business North Carolina Names 13 Attorneys to 2011 Legal Elite
  Firm Partner Catharine Biggs Arrowood “Top Vote-Getter” for Antitrust
  1/21/2011
• Facebook to Build Data Center in North Carolina
  Parker Poe Represents Rutherford County in Negotiations with Company
  11/12/2010
• NC Public Policy Center Names Bruce Thompson in Top Lobbyists List
  9/29/2010
• American Bar Foundation Honors Parker Poe Managing Partner
  9/20/2010
• Parker Poe Re-Elects Farthing for Third Term as Managing Partner
  9/16/2010
• U.S.News & World Report Names Parker Poe as a Top-Tier Law Firm
  Firm Ranked #1 in 22 Legal Areas for 2010
  9/15/2010
• ACTL to Feature Arrowood as Speaker at Arbitration Seminar
  8/31/2010
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  8/18/2010
• Henry Campen to Serve on Renewable Energy Policy Committee
  Parker Poe Partner to Add Insight on Wind Energy
  7/29/2010
• ICDR Reappoints Catharine Arrowood to International Panel
  6/29/2010
• Carolina Ballet Names Melanie Black Dubis Development Committee Chair
  6/28/2010
• Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  6/11/2010
• Triangle Business Journal Names Bandini to 40 Under 40
  5/27/2010
• Lawyers Mutual Names Partner Bill Pappas to Board of Directors
  5/7/2010
• Spearman Featured on WCHL Podcast
  3/3/2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  1/28/2010
• James Thornton Appointed to Raleigh Artspace Board
  1/27/2010
• Parker Poe Names Four New Partners
  1/5/2010
• Twelve Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2010
  1/4/2010
• Parker Poe Adds Attorney to Raleigh Office
  1/4/2010
• Parker Poe Attorney Charles Meeker Elected to Fifth Term as Mayor
  10/6/2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Selected as Raleigh Chamber General Counsel
  9/30/2009
• Henry Campen Named to Two University Posts
  9/24/2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Among Group of Business Leaders Nationwide
  9/17/2009
• Two from Parker Poe Honored with Women in Business Award
  8/6/2009
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  7/30/2009
• Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
  6/12/2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Inaugural Recipient of Distinguished Service Award
  4/3/2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Selected for International Arbitration Panel
  4/1/2009
• Lawyer of the Year Awarded to Parker Poe Attorneys
  3/5/2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  1/26/2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  1/1/2009
• Parker Poe Names Nine New Partners
  1/1/2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  10/1/2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  9/24/2008
• Wake Attorneys Make A Blockbuster Contribution to the 2008 Komen Foundation's Triangle Race for the Cure!
  8/1/2008
• Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
  6/16/2008
• Parker Poe Adds Former Sara Lee IP Chief
  5/5/2008
• Q&A with William G. Pappas
  5/5/2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2008
  1/14/2008
• Parker Poe Taps Poley for Raleigh, NC Public Finance Post
  12/11/2007
• Closing Remarks
  12/1/2007
• Two From Parker Poe Elected as Mayors
  11/7/2007
• J. Allen Adams Receives Professionalism Award
  11/6/2007
• Parker Poe, Once Again, Welcomes Largest Class of Fall Associates
  11/1/2007
• Our Opportunity
  11/1/2007
• Senior Survivors Set The Standard
  10/1/2007
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  9/14/2007
• Fighting Corruption and Crime with Fairness and Integrity
  9/1/2007
• Justice on a Shoestring?
  8/1/2007
• Leading the Way to Stronger Families Through Justice and Compassion
  7/1/2007
• Darer Honored as "Citizen Lawyer" by NC Bar Association
  6/25/2007
• Arrowood Elected to NCBA Board of Governors
  6/25/2007
• Heroes in Our Midst
  6/1/2007
• Fair or Unfair? That is the Question
  5/7/2007
• Parker Poe Receives Pinnacle Business Award
  5/3/2007
• Changing the Face of the Legal Profession
  5/1/2007
• Whitewashing Our Past in a Faith-Based Shroud
  4/1/2007
• Leading The Way Through Tradition
  3/1/2007
• Parker Poe Attorney Named Among Lawdragon 500
  2/1/2007
• Attorneys Who Helped Tear Down the Race Barrier
  2/1/2007
• Standing for Rights, Even Under Pressure
  1/31/2007
• Nineteen Parker Poe Attorneys Named North Carolina Super Lawyers 2007
  1/26/2007
• Parker Poe Names New Partners
  1/11/2007
• Fifteen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
  1/8/2007
• Paying Tribute to Those Who Raised the Bar
  1/1/2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Elected to Wake County Bar Leadership
  12/14/2006
• 2006 Election Report
  11/20/2006
• Parker Poe Welcomes Largest Fall Class
  10/26/2006
• Parker Poe Expands Real Estate and Commercial Development Practice
  10/26/2006
• Arrowood Greets Justice O'Connor
  9/28/2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  9/12/2006
• Flood of new lawyers preps to enter ranks
  8/25/2006
• We've Staked a Claim in the Heart of Raleigh
  7/28/2006
• State, ACS Ready for a Fight
  7/21/2006
• Christopher M. Thomas Joins Parker Poe's Raleigh Office
  7/13/2006
• The Certificate of Need Process: Gatekeeper to Developing New Health Services
  7/1/2006
• Gov. Easley Reappoints Carpenter and Thompson to the Center for Public Television Board
  6/23/2006
• Killen Named to County Advisory Committee
  6/20/2006
• Germany Comes Knocking
  6/8/2006
• Parker Poe Adds Partner to Real Estate and Commercial Development Practice Group In Raleigh
  5/19/2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Triangle Business Journal's 40 under 40
  5/12/2006
• Pricing Probe Could Keep Apple in Legal Spotlight for Long Haul
  3/6/2006
• When Medicaid Comes Calling, How Should You Answer?
  3/1/2006
• Upcoming Seminars: Electronic Discovery
  2/22/2006
• Parker Poe Names New Partners
  1/20/2006
• Seventeen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
  1/20/2006
• Reaching Out for International Investment
  1/19/2006
• Catharine Arrowood Elected President-Elect 2006 for Wake County Bar Association and 10th Judicial Bar Association
  12/14/2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Appointed to North Carolina State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers
  11/1/2005
• Parker Poe's Meeker Wins 3rd Mayoral Term as Public Life Complements Legal Career
  10/17/2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America
  9/13/2005
• Henry Campen Named General Counsel for Carolinas Wireless Association
  8/22/2005
• Law Firm Continues To Aid Hoke County School System Long After Conclusion Of Landmark Leandro Case
  7/29/2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  2/28/2005
• Parker Poe is Pleased to Announce that John F. Graybeal Has Rejoined the Firm in its Raleigh Office
  2/24/2005
• Parker Poe is Pleased to Announce that Todd M. Rubin has Joined the Firm in its Raleigh Office
  2/10/2005
• Announcing Parker Poe's 2004 Fall Associates and Special Counsel
  11/4/2004
• Spearman Is Defenders Of Justice Honoree - Parker Poe Attorney's 10-Year Fight For Equal Educational Opportunity Cited
  10/25/2004
• Parker Poe Attorney Bob Spearman's Victory in Leandro Hailed as Landmark Case for North Carolina, Nation
  8/26/2004
• Five Parker Poe Attorneys and Five Practice Areas have been Included in the Chambers USA: Guide to American's Leading Business Lawyers
  6/3/2004