Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP is a firm of more than 600 lawyers with 11 offices offering a full array of legal services to clients worldwide, with a special industry-based focus in the Financial Services, Insurance and Reinsurance, Life Sciences, Education, Airport, Technology and Private Equity/Venture Capital sectors. Whether the legal issue involves complex securities, high stakes litigation, bankruptcy, intellectual property, real estate development, public finance, estate planning and fiduciary services, tax, or other legal services, our extensive business knowledge of these industry segments makes us value-added members of the client's team.

At Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, we share a culture of respect and professional excellence. We believe these are key factors in our ability to be responsive to our clients' needs, and that we succeed when our clients succeed. We offer our clients an unyielding commitment to their success, and a tireless effort to add value.

The combination of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP in the Fall of 2005 blended the distinguished reputations of two century-old leading full-service law firms.

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has earned its reputation as a distinguished community leader and a spirited citizen. In addition to serving as directors and advisors to numerous community organizations. Our attorneys have received awards for their steadfast commitment in providing pro bono services throughout the communities in which they live and work. Further, the Firm has produced several public and private leaders including a current U.S. Senator, as well as Federal and State Judges.

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Statement of Practice

Administrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Aviation and Aerospace, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment and Sports, Environmental Law, Family Law, Finance, General Practice, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Internet Law, Labor and Employment, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Media Law, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety & Health, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liabilty, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Science, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Zoning, Planning and Land Use, Academic Employment, Age Discrimination, Agency Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Antitrust Law, Arbitration Insurance, Arbitration, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Aviation Claims, Bank Regulatory Law, Benefit Take Away Agreements, Biotechnology Law, Business Acquisitions, Capital Finance, Civil Litigation, Class Actions, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Litigation including Lender, Commercial Loans, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Communications Finance, Complex Civil Litigation, Computer & Technology Transactions, Computer Law, Construction Finance, Copyrights, Covenant - Not to Compete, Creditors Rights, Criminal Appeals, Debt & Equity Finance, Defamation Law, Development & Leasing, Emerging Growth Companies, Emerging Technologies, Employee Discrimination, Employment At Will, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Entertainment Law, Environmental Litigation, Equal Employment Opportunity Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executive Compensation, Fidiciary Law, Financial Services, Food & Drug Regulation, General Civil Litigation, General Corporate Law, Gift & Transfer Mechanisms, Guardianships, Hazardous Materials Law, Health & Hospital Law, Health Law, Hospital Law, Hospitality Law, Insolvency, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Regulatory, Insurance Transactions, International Business Law, International Commercial Arbitration, Labor Law, Land Use, Land Use & Litigation, Landlord & Tenant Law, Legal Ethics, Lending, Licensing & Distribution Arrangments, Licensing & Unfair Competition, Litigation Federal & State Courts, Litigation of Restrictive Covenants, Loan Workout Law, Maritime Law, Mass Torts, Mediation, Medical Device, Medical Pharmacy Malpractice, Mortgage Lending Licensing, Municipal, Negligence, Non-Competition Agreements, Partnerships, Patent Infringement, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Personal Tax Planning Law, Premises Liability, Probate, Professional Discipline, Professional Organization Law, Public Finance, Public Utility Regulation, Real Estate Foreclosures, Real Estate Workouts, Receiverships, Refinance & Development Law, Reinsurance Law, Reinsurance Litigation & Arbitration, Risk Management, Secured & Asset Based Lending, Securities Law, Sex Discrimination, Surety Law, Tax Exempt Bonds, Tax Exempt Finance, Tax Planning for Corporations, Taxation of Estates Law, Technology & Transaction Law, Trade Secrets Agreements, Trademark Litigation, Trademarks, Trusts Law, Unfair Competition Law, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Finance, White Collar Criminal Defense, Wrongful Discharge & Discrimination.

Address

919 North Market Street, 15th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801, (New Castle Co.)

Phone

Phone: 302-777-7770
Telecopier: 302-777-7263

Website

http://www.eapdlaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at firm's other offices)

PARTNERS OF FIRM

Stuart M. Brown (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2001, Delaware. Education: Boston University (B.S., cum laude, 1985); Temple University (J.D., 1988). Partner-in-Charge of the Wilmington Office. Co-Chair of Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. Member, Temple University Law Review, 1987-1988. Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation Committee, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference and Co-Chair, Young Members Committee. (Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Insolvency.Email: Stuart M. Brown

Denise Seastone Kraft (Partner) born Seattle, Washington, August 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: West Virginia Wesleyan College (B.A., Government, 1985); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1988). Law Clerk to the Hon. Jerome O. Herlihy, Superior Court of the State of Delaware, 1988-1989. "Recent Developments in Corporate Law and Governance Litigation," panelist, PBI Twelfth Business Lawyers' Institute, Philadelphia, PA, October 2007; "Deepening Insolvency is Not Recognizable Cause of Action in Delaware," author, International Law Office, March 16, 2007. "Recent Developments in Corporate Law and Governance Litigation," panelist, PBI Eleventh Business Lawyers' Institute, Philadelphia, PA, November 2006; "Delaware Court of Chancery Rules That 'Deepening Insolvency' Is Not A Recognizable Cause of Action in Delaware," author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP Corporate Law and Litigation Bulletin, Fall 2006. "Recent Developments in Corporate Law and Governance Litigation," panelist, PBI Eleventh Business Lawyers' Institute, Philadelphia, PA, October 2005; "The Developing Law on Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims by Creditors Against Directors/Officers of Insolvent Companies," author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP Corporate Law and Litigation Bulletin, Fall 2005; "Deepening Insolvency: Coming to a Court Near You?" co-author, ABA Bankruptcy Litigation Newsletter of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee, Vol. 12, No. 02, Summer 2005. Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Civil Litigation), Delaware State and American (Vice Chair, Corporate Counseling and Litigation Subcommittee, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section, 2007-2008) Bar Associations; International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation; Rodney Inn of Court; The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation.Email: Denise Seastone Kraft

Selinda A. Melnik (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, August 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 2001, Delaware. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1972); Rutgers University (M.C.R.P., with highest honors, 1974); New York Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Member, New York Law Journal (1982-1983). Author: "What Happens in Chapter 15?" Run-Off Business (Autumn 2005); "Chapter 15: Why is it? What is it? And...Should I Care?" LRP Publications (2005); "US Cooperation in Foreign Proceedings: Prepare to Welcome Chapter 15," International Corporate Rescue, Vol. 2, Issue 3 (2005): "Help from the US?" Global Reinsurance (March 2005); "US Bankruptcy Cases Concerning Foreign Debtors: Evolving Parameters and Pitfalls," International Corporate Rescue, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2005); "The U.S. Bankruptcy Review Commission's Global Imperative," 27 Bankruptcy Court Decisions A5 (October 31, 1995); "U.S. Reorganization Regimes: To Err is Human. To Forgive is Divine?" INSOL International, The Americas: NAFTA and Beyond and the Nasty Nineties (March 1995); "Protecting Exporters to Customers in the United States," Finnish Foreign Trade Assn. (1994); "Cross-Border Insolvencies: The United States Perspective—A Primer," Practicing Law Institute Dealing With Foreign Workouts and Insolvencies: Practical Strategies for Lenders and Investors, A4-4423, page 31 (1993); "Commencing A Voluntary Case Under Chapter 7 or 11," Practicing Law Institute Basics of Bankruptcy And Reorganization A4-4391, page 45 (1992); "U.S. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganizations," The Euromoney Institute of Finance, London, England, Workouts, Turnaround & Bankruptcy (1992); "Caveat Creditor: Cross-Border Insolvency—Wherefore Creditor Democracy?" 2 Turnarounds & Workouts 1 (March 15, 1992). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Delaware State, American and International (Council Member, Legal Practice Division; Vice-Chair UNWOC - Committee on the UN and Other World Organizations; Past Chair, Committee "J" on Insolvency and Creditors' Rights; Official Representative, UNCITRAL Insolvency Working Group) Bar Associations; UN Commission on Status of Women; International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (Founder); INSOL International; Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court. Reported Cases: Numerous including, inter alia, BCCI; In re Evans Products Company; In re A.H. Robbins Corp.; In re Federated Dept. Stores, Inc.; In re TWA; In re ANC Rental Corporation, Inc.; In re Murphy Marine Inc. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; International; Insurance Insolvency.Email: Selinda A. Melnik

John L. Reed (Partner) born Danville, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware; 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1986); Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (Litigation Chancery), Strathmore's Who's Who in American Law and the National Register's Who's Who in America. Author: "Corporate Governance Litigation, 2006 Review," Directors & Boards, Annual Report 2007; U.S. Chapter of "Mergers & Acquisition: A Practical Global Guide," Globe Business Publishing Ltd., 2006. Co-Author: U.S. Chapter of "Company Formation: A Practical Global Guide," Globe Business Publishing Ltd., 2006; "Avoiding Personal Liability as a Director," Directors & Boards, Special Report 2004; "Keeping Delaware First: Focus on Delaware - The Judiciary," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, March 2001; "Incorporate in Delaware? Yes," Directors & Boards, Winter 2001. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1991-1995. Master, American Inns of Court. Member: The Federalist Society (President and Member, Delaware Chapter, Corporations and Securities Practice Group). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Securities Litigation; Partnership Law; Complex Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance; Breach of Contract; Civil RICO; Patent Infringement; False Advertising; Fraud; Business Litigation; Class Actions; Intellectual Property Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Local Government Law; Unfair Competition; Covenants Not To Compete; Hospitality Litigation.Email: John L. Reed

ASSOCIATES

Fotini A. Antoniadis (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Columbia University, Barnard College (A.B., 2002); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2005). Editor-in-Chief, 2004-2005 and Associate Editor, 2003-2004, Penn State Law Review. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law.Email: Fotini A. Antoniadis

Paul D. Brown (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1995); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Litigation.Email: Paul D. Brown

R. Craig Martin (Associate) born November 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; 2001, District of Columbia and Pennsylvania; 2007, Delaware. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., 1994); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Recipient, Outstanding Leadership Award, 1994. Articles Editor, University of Houston Law Review, 1999. Co-Author: Getting the Deal Through - Dispute Resolution, Delaware, 2007; Challenges to Executive Compensation in Insolvency Proceedings, International Law Office, 9/25/07; "Yukos $28 Billion Question" INSOL World, 3d Quarter 2005; "The International Scene: Eurofood Fight: Forum Shopping under the EU Regs", ABI Journal, March 2005. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute; Delaware Inn of Court Bankruptcy; INSOL International; INSOL (Member, Younger Members Committee). Reported Cases: In re Total Containment, Inc., 2007 WL 1775364. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy(90%); International Insolvency(10%).Email: R. Craig Martin

K. Tyler O'Connell (Associate) born Barrington, Rhode Island, December 31, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Delaware; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Davidson College (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Stats Editor, Wake Forest University Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation.Email: K. Tyler O'Connell

Aleine Porterfield (Associate) born Austin, Texas, August 22, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware; U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Education: Fordham University; University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (J.D., 2007). Omicron Delta Epsilon, National Economic Honor Society, Fordham University. Recipient, Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. Award for outstanding achievement in International Political Economic Study, Fordham University. Member, Brandeis Law Journal, University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law. Member: Delaware State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Aleine Porterfield