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| | Address | | 1310 King Street, P.O. Box 1328 | | Wilmington, Delaware 19899-1328 | | (New Castle Co.) | | | |
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| Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Corporation, Partnership and Limited Liability Company Law; Commercial Transactions; Bankruptcy, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Products Liability and Intellectual Property Litigation; Tax, Delaware Investment Holding Companies. | | Year Established: 1888 | Firm Profile:
Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., is a long established Delaware corporate law firm. The firm has a national practice in the areas of corporate and business entity law and litigation, including stockholder class and derivative actions in Delaware's Court of Chancery. The firm's general litigation practice focuses on commercial disputes, bankruptcy, premises liability and medical malpractice and the firm serves as Delaware counsel in intellectual property, admiralty and federal securities litigation. The firm also provides tax, estate planning, real estate and commercial transaction advice to local and regional clients. Attorneys in the firm are active participants in local and national legal, professional and charitable organizations. | | Firm Size: 23 |
Other Office Locations of Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A.
Dover, Delaware, U.S.A.
| | William S. Prickett (1862-1926). | | William Prickett (1894-1964). | | Wayne N. Elliott (Member) born Laurel, Delaware, April 6, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Delaware. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. (Also at Dover Office). Practice Areas: General Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Email: Wayne N. Elliott | | Mason E. Turner, Jr. (Member) born Media, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; 1969, Delaware. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Deputy Attorney General of Delaware, 1971-1973. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Defense Litigation. Email: Mason E. Turner, Jr. | | James L. Holzman (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Florida and Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stetson University (B.A., 1970); University of Florida (J.D., 1972). Co-Author: Annual Publication, Review of Developments in Delaware Corporation Law ; "A New Technology Frontier for Delaware Corporations," 4 Del. L. Rev. 55. Member, Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer , 2005 —. Member, Advisory Board, Northeast Business Law Institute, 2004—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Delaware State (Vice-Chair: Corporation Law Section Council, 2007—; Chair, Corporate Governance Review Task Force, 2002-2003; Chair, DGCL Technology Committee, 2000-2001) and American (Member, Council Section of Business Law, 2001—; Chair, Finance Committee, 2004-2005; Chair: Revenue Committee, 2003—; Chair, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 1996-2000; Co-Chair, Task Force on Judges' Initiative, 2004—; Advisory Committee, ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege, 2004—; Task Force on Litigation Reform and Rules Revision; Member, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law and Litigation; Federal Litigation. Email: James L. Holzman | | John H. Small (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1974, Delaware. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1968); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1973-1974. Member: Delaware State (Member: Corporation Law Section Council, 1982-1998, 2000—, Vice-Chair, 1992-1994 and Chair, 1994-1996; Alternative Entities Committee, 1983—, Chair, 2001-2002, Corporation Law Section) and American (Chair, Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations, 1988-1992 and Member, Council, 1994-1998, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations; Member, Joint Editorial Board of American Bar Association and National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on Unincorporated Business Organizations Acts, 2001—. [U.S. Army, active duty, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law and Litigation; Business Entity Law. Email: John H. Small | | Michael Hanrahan (Member) born Rockville Centre, New York, June 29, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Delaware. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1974; M.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1978). Co-author: "A Short History of the Delaware Court of Chancery," 18 Del. J. Corp. L. 819 (1993); Co-author: "Trustees of Equity: The Judges of the Delaware Court of Chancery," The Delaware Bar in the Twentieth Century (1994). Author: "The Next Poison Pill Antidote - Director Nomination By-Law Amendments," Corporate Governance Advisor, January/February 2002; "Duties to Preferred Stockholders Under Delaware Law," Corporate Governance Advisor, March/April 1998. Member: Delaware State (Member, Subcommittee on State Takeover Laws, 1981—) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Partnership Litigation; Corporate and Partnership Law. Email: Michael Hanrahan | | Paul M. Lukoff (Member) born Houston, Texas, January 10, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas; 1972, Delaware; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (A.B., 1965); University of Texas (LL.B., 1968). Instructor, Criminal Justice and Business Law, University of Delaware, 1980-1985. Member, Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens, Delaware, 1984-1986. Assistant Public Defender, 1972-1976. Member: Delaware State and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates (President , Delaware Chapter, 2005). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Premises Liability Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Occupational Disease Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Paul M. Lukoff | | Elizabeth M. McGeever (Member) born Waterbury, Connecticut, January 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Delaware; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1977); Villanova University (J.D., 1981). Attorney, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1986-1988. Member: Delaware State Bar Association (President, 2007—; Executive Committee, 2003—; Corporation Law Council 1990-1999); American Bar Association (Section of Litigation: Council, 2004-2007; Co-Director, Divisions, 2003; Diversity Implementation Committee and Minority Judicial Intern Program Committee, 2002; Division Director, 1998-2001; Co-Chair, Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits, 1995-1998). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Elizabeth M. McGeever | | Gary F. Traynor (Member) born Dover, Delaware, August 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Delaware. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1978); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1981-1982. Member: Kent County, Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Terry-Carey Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Federal Litigation. Email: Gary F. Traynor | | John W. Paradee (Member) born Rockledge, Florida, February 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1985); University of Richmond (J.D./M.B.A., 1989). Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Alpha Delta. Counsel to the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, State of Delaware General Assembly, 1991-1993. Counsel to the Majority Caucus of the Senate, State of Delaware General Assembly, 1993-1995. Counsel to the Levy Court of Kent County, Delaware, 1995-1999. Member, Permanent Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Delaware. Terry-Carey Inn of Court. Member, Delaware Heritage Commission, 1996-2005. President, Kent County Bar Association, 2000-2001. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Resident at Dover Office). Reported Cases: State ex rel. Brady v. Silverview Farm, Inc., 2005 WL 1798053 (Del. Ch. 2005); City of Dover v. Hunter, 880 A2d 239 (Del.Super. 2004); Citizens for Smyrna-Clayton First, 2002 WL 31926613 (Del. Ch. 2002); Cheswold Aggregates, LLC v. Board of Adjustment of Town of Cheswold, 2000 WL 33108801 (Del. Super. 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Land Use Development; Real Estate Law. Email: John W. Paradee | | Ronald A. Brown, Jr. (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Delaware. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.B.A., 1987); Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Staff, 1988-1989 and Articles Editor, 1989-1990, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Wolcott Law Clerk, Hon. Andrew G. T. Moore, II, Delaware Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Chancery Court Litigation. Email: Ronald A. Brown, Jr. | | Bruce E. Jameson (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware and Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., cum laude, 1987; J.D., 1990). Member: Order of the Barristers; Court of Chancery Rules Committee. Member: Delaware State, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation; Law Practice Management) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Energy Partners, Ltd. v. Stone Energy Corp., 2006 WL 2947483 (Del. Ch. Oct. 11, 2006); Gildor v. Optical Solutions, Inc., 2006 WL 1596678 (Del. Ch. June 5, 2006); Anglo American Securities Fund L.P. v. S.R. Global International Fund, L.P., Delaware Chancery C.A. No. 20066, (2006 WL 1494360 and 829 A.2d 143); Stanziale v. Nachtomi, U.S. District Court for Delaware, No. Civ. A. 01-403; Third Circuit No. 04-3633 (2004 WL 1812705; 330 B.R. 56; 416 F.3d 229); Kansas City Southern v. Grupo TMM, S.A., 2003 WL 22659332 (Del. Ch., Nov. 4, 2003); Fasciana v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation, 829 A.2d 178 (Del. Ch., 2003) 829 A.2d 160 (Del. Ch., 2003); Reddy v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation, 2002 WL 1358761 (Del. Ch., June 18, 2002); Stockholders Liquidating Trust/Rosenbloom v. Esso Virgin Islands, Inc., 766 A.2d 451 (Del. 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Bruce E. Jameson | | Thomas A. Mullen (Member) born Camden, New Jersey, July 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., 1989); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1992). Co-Author: "A New Technolgy Frontier for Delaware Corporations," 4 Del. L. Rev. 55. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporate Law Section; Commercial Law Section) and American (Member: Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Partnership; Limited Liability Company; Business Trust Law. Email: Thomas A. Mullen | | Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, November 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1997, Maryland; 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1993); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1997). Editor in Chief, Maryland Law Review, 1996-1997. Law Clerk to the Hon. Ellen L. Hollander, Court of Special Appeals, Maryland, 1997-1998. Co-Author: Annual Publication, Review of Developments in Delaware Corporation Law. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of Delaware, 2004-2005. Associate Member, Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, 2001-2002; Member, Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law and Litigation Sections) and American (Member, Business Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. | | OF COUNSEL | | Wayne J. Carey (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1982, Delaware, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Union College, Kentucky (B.S., 1970); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1981). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1979-1980 and Associate Editor, 1980-1981, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Law Clerk, Chief Justice of Delaware Supreme Court, 1981-1982. Member, Board of Directors of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, 1988-1996. Co-Author: Delaware Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual. . Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section) and American (Chair, Subcommittee on International Transactions, 1989-1996, Member: Small Business Committee, Law and Accounting Committee, Section on Business Law; Task Force of Audit Inquiry Letters) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Commercial Law. Email: Wayne J. Carey | | William Prickett (Of Counsel) born Wilmington, Delaware, November 13, 1925; admitted to bar, 1955, Delaware, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1949); Harvard University (LL.B., 1954). Author: "In My Father's House" (Essays); "More Ado" (Essays); "Risk in the Afternoon - Some of the Pleasures and Perils of Foxchasing"; Novel, "The Road to Jericho: A Contemporaneous Tale of Good and Evil"; Novel, "Dearly Beloved." Co-author: Comment, "A Preview of Delaware's Financial Center Development Act of 1981," 6 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 104, 1981; " Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.: Delaware's Effort To Preserve A Level Playing Field for Cash-Out Mergers," 8 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 59, 1983; "An Explanation of Trans Union to 'Henny Penny' and Her Friends," 10 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 451, 1985. Special Deputy Attorney General, 1962-1964. Chair, Continuing Committee on Rules of the Superior Court, 1965-1971. Trustee, Clients' Security Trust Fund of the Supreme Court of Delaware, 1981-1996. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Delaware State (President, 1974; Member, Corporation Law Section; Chair, Judicial Nominating Commission, 1984-1985) and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Delaware Bar Foundation. [USNR, active duty, 1943-1946; USMCR, active duty, 1950-1952]. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Chancery Litigation; Federal Litigation; Patent Litigation (Local Counsel). Email: William Prickett | | David E. Brand (Of Counsel) born Knoxville, Tennessee, July 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1973, Delaware. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1965); Vanderbilt University (M.A., 1971; J.D., 1973). Member: Delaware State and American (Member, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution Sections) Bar Associations. [U.S. Army active duty, 1966-1969]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Alternate Dispute Resolution; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation. Email: David E. Brand | | COUNSEL | | April Caso Ishak (Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, April 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware. Education: Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., with high honors, 1985); Rutgers School of Law-Camden, New Jersey (J.D., 1989). Staff Member, 1987-1988, and Research Editor, 1988-1989, Rutgers Law Journal. Member: Delaware State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation. Email: April Caso Ishak | | —————————— | | J. Clayton Athey (Associate) born Seaford, Delaware, November 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2001, New Jersey; 2003, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1995); Georgetown University (J.D., 2000). Articles and Notes Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1998-1999. Author: note, "The Ethics of Attorney Web Sites: Updating the Model Rules to Better Deal with Emerging Technologies," 13 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 499 (2002). Member: Delaware State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: J. Clayton Athey | | D. Benjamin Snyder (Associate) born Dover, Delaware, December 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: James Madison University (B.B.A., 1997); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2000). Senior Editor, Dickinson Journal of International Law. Recipient, Richard Reeve Baxtor Award. Law Clerk to President Judge, Delaware Superior Court, 2000-2001. (Resident, Dover, Delaware Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions; General Business; Corporate Practice; Administrative Law; Bankruptcy. Email: D. Benjamin Snyder | | Tanya E. Pino (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: West Chester University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Articles Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort & Insurance Practice; Young Lawyers); Rodney Inn of Court. Special Agencies: Volunteer Attorney for the Office of the Child Advocate. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Premises Liability; Toxic Torts; Business Litigation; Delaware Corporate Litigation. Email: Tanya E. Pino | | Glenn C. Mandalas (Associate) born Meadville, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, Delaware; 2004, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1992); Air Force Institute of Technology (M.S., 1997); Widener University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). U.S. Diplomat to Egypt, 2000-2001. Member: Delaware State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Air Force, 1993-2002]. (Resident, Dover, Delaware Office). Practice Areas: Land Use Law; Municipal Law; Intellectual Property; Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: Glenn C. Mandalas | | Timothy Shelley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Delaware; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Pomona College (B.A., cum laude, 1991); University of Virginia (M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations. Email: Timothy Shelley | | Laina M. Herbert (Associate) born Washington, D.C., March 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware. Education: University of Richmond (B.S., 2000; B.A., 2000); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 2004). Associate Articles Editor, The Business Lawyer, 2004-2005. Member: Delaware State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Corporate Law; Litigation; New Lawyers); The Women and the Law. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Laina M. Herbert | | Melissa N. Donimirski (Associate) born Seattle, Washington, September 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 2002); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Articles Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 2004-2005. Wolcott Law Clerk, Hon. Jack B. Jacobs, Delaware Supreme Court, 2004-2005. Law Clerk, Hon. Peggy L. Ableman, Superior Court of Delaware, 2005-2006. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation. Email: Melissa N. Donimirski | | Marcus E. Montejo (Associate) born Chester, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 2000); Widener University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Wolcott Fellow, Hon. Myron T. Steele, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court. Managing Editor, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation; Business Law. Email: Marcus E. Montejo | | Kevin M. Baird (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U. S. Court of Appeals, Third and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., Industrial Engineering, cum laude, 1997); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, magna cum laude, 1999); University of Illinois (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Articles Editor, University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to Hon. Sue L. Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 2002-2003. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Commercial and Contract Disputes; Land Use Law; Municipal Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Kevin M. Baird | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Dover, Delaware Office: 11 North State Street. Telephone: 302-674-3841.
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