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Address
1310 King Street, P.O. Box 1328
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-1328 (New Castle Co.)
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(Main Office) 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 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. Statement of PracticeCorporate and Commercial Litigation; Corporation, Partnership and Limited Liability Company Law; Commercial Transactions; Bankruptcy, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Products Liability and Intellectual Property Litigation; Delaware Investment Holding Companies. Year Established: 1888
Firm Size: 23
Address1310 King Street P.O. Box 1328
Wilmington, DE 19899-1328, (New Castle Co.)
PhonePhone: 302-888-6500
Telecopier: 302-658-8111
Website
http://www.prickett.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesDover, Delaware: 11 North State Street. Telephone: 302-674-3841.
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. [U.S. Army, 1967-1969]. 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. District Court, District of 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 (Chair: Corporation Law Section Council, 2008; Chair, Corporate Governance Review Task Force, 2002-2003; Chair, DGCL Technology Committee, 2000-2001) and American (Co-Chair, Delaware Business Law Forum, 2008; Member, Council Section of Business Law, 2001-2005; Chair, Finance Committee, 2004-2005; Chair: Revenue Committee, 2003-2007; Chair, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 1996-2000; Co-Chair, Task Force on Judges' Initiative, 2004-2007; Leadership Development Committee, Advisory Committee, ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege; Task Force on Litigation Reform and Rules Revision; Member, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee; Mergers and Acquisitions Committee; Corporate Governance Committee; Member, Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer ) 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 Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities, 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
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, 2007-2008; Executive Committee, 2003-2009; 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 and 2007; 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: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Delaware Supreme Court's Preliminary Review Committee; Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program. 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. President, Kent County Bar Association, 2000-2001. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. (Resident at Dover Office). Reported Cases: Upfront Enterprises, LLC v. Kent County Levy Court, 2007 WL 1862709 (Del. Ch. 2007); 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 (Managing Director) 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; Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Committee. Member: Delaware, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation; Law Practice Management) Bar Associations.. Reported Cases: Latesco, L.P. v. Wayport, Inc., 2009 WL 2246793 (Del. Ch., July 24, 2009); Metcap Securities LLC v. Pearl Senior Care, Inc., 2009 WL 513756 (Del. Ch. Feb. 27, 2009); Henkel Corp. v. Innovative Brands Holdings, LLC, 2008 WL 4131566 (Del. Ch. Aug. 26, 2008); Krupa v. Comprehensive Neuroscience, Inc., 2008 WL 2737766 (Del. Ch., June 30, 2008); Jackson Walker, L.L.P. v. Spira Footwear, Inc., 2008 WL 2487256 (Del. Ch. June 23, 2008); 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). 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.
J. Clayton Athey (Member) born Seaford, Delaware, November 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2001, New Jersey; 2003, Delaware; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of 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 (Member: Sections of Corporation Law and Litigation; Corporation Law Section Liaison to Technology Committee), District of Columbia and American (Member: Section of Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: J. Clayton Athey
D. Benjamin Snyder (Member) 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
OF COUNSELWayne 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, Board on Professional Responsibility of Delaware Supreme Court, 2007. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section) and American (Chair, Subcommittee on International Transactions, 1989-1996, Member: Middle Market and 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
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
RETIRED PARTNERWilliam Prickett (Retired Partner) 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]. (Retired). Languages: French.Email: William Prickett
——————————Tanya E. Pino (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2008, U.S. Supreme Court; 2009, Pennsylvania. 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: Delaware Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Toxic Torts.Email: Tanya E. Pino
Stephen E. Smith (Associate) born Norfolk, Virginia, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Duke University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. (Also at Dover Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense.Email: Stephen E. Smith
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; Vice-Chair, 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
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