Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, which by the end of October will become Womble Bond Dickinson following a cross-border union with former alliance partner Bond Dickinson, has brought on a trio of intellectual property partners from McCarter & English for its new Boston office.

Danielle Herritt, Deborah Vernon and Cristin Cowles have joined Womble Carlyle’s IP practice. The trio specialize in assisting clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries to prosecute, license and maintain their patent portfolios.