Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz launched its third office in the Carolinas in three years Monday, when it opened in Charlotte with an eight-lawyer team from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.

John E. Branch III, Elizabeth Haskins, Thomas G. Hooper, Paul J. Osowski, Evan M. Sauda, William M. Starr, Fred M. Wood Jr. and Noelle E. Wooten will join Baker Donelson as shareholders, the Am Law 200 firm said Monday.