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Address
Two Mill Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19806 (New Castle Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
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(Main Office) Richard R. Wier, Jr. P.A. is a nationally ranked law firm located in Wilmington, Delaware whose founder is the former Attorney General of the State of Delaware. The firm and Mr. Wier have the highest legal and ethical rating, and Mr. Wier has continuously been ranked among the best attorneys in Delaware and Nationwide. He is ranked as the best Labor and Employment attorney in Delaware for 2009 and is ranked in the Best Attorneys in America for 2009. The Firm's governmental affairs and legislative/lobbying practice utilizes Mr. Wier's local and national contacts to assist clients on legislative and policy issues before state and federal officials in Delaware, Washington, D.C and other jurisdictions. The Firm represents businesses and individuals in employment, labor law matters; federal and state litigation, including litigation in the preeminent business court, the Delaware Court of Chancery; and in advice and lobbying on significant pending and proposed issues and legislation. The Firm utilizes Mr. Wier's significant criminal law experience of over 40 years - as a Deputy Attorney General, as State Prosecutor, as Attorney General and as a preeminent defense attorney for over 30 years - to represent persons charged with serious state and federal criminal offenses in Delaware and elsewhere. Mr. Wier is admitted to practice in Delaware and Pennsylvania and in the District of Columbia (inactive). He is admitted in all state and federal courts in Delaware and Pennsylvania, in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and in the United States Supreme Court. The Firm has a multifaceted general practice representing a broad spectrum of clients such as school districts, labor unions, public officials, legal and medical professionals, and the Government and officials of New Castle County, Delaware's largest county. Michele Allen, an associate in the Firm, has extensive civil and criminal experience and served as a Public Defender in Philadelphia, as the attorney for Wilmington, DE City Council and as a litigation attorney for the New Castle County Law Department. She is admitted in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Statement of PracticeGovernmental Affairs, Lobbying, Employment and Labor Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, State and Federal Criminal Law, General Civil Practice for Public and Private Entities and Individuals. Firm Size: 2
Richard R. Wier, Jr. (Managing Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware, May 19, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Delaware and District of Columbia; 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1966); Temple University Law School (Labor Law, 1981-1982). Attorney General, 1975-1979, State Prosecutor, 1970-1974 and Deputy Attorney General, 1968-1970, State of Delaware. Listed in: Who's Who in America, 1978; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the East; Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2002. "Top Four Labor/Employment Attorneys in Delaware," Delaware Today, October, 1996. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Delaware (Member, Committees on: Criminal Law, 1980 and Labor Relations, 1981; Vice Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1987-1988; Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1989-1990; Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1987-1992; Chairman, Special Committee on Drug Crisis, 1993), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Attorneys General (Honorary Life Member). Reported Cases: NFL v. State of Delaware Lottery 435 F. Supp. 1372 (D. Del. 1977); Wier ex.rel. Peterson 369 A.2d 1076 (Del. 1976); Wier ex. Rel. State of Delaware v. A.I. DuPont Board et. al. [Award of over $25 Million per year to State of Delaware since 1978]; State v. Steigler 277 A.2d 862 (Del. 1971) vacated by U.S. 939 (1972); Bostic v. Smyrne School District et. al. 418 F.3d 355 (D. Del. 2005); Freebery v. New Castle County et. al. 589 F. Supp. 2d 409 (D. Del. 2008); Couden v. New Castle County et. al., 446 F.3d 483 (3d Cir. 2006); 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69314; Marti v. Pachulski et. al. 551 F. Supp. 2d 322 (D. Del. 2008); Parkstone v. New Castle County 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33765; Irgau v. Christiana Care Hospital 2008 Del. Super LEXIS 129 [settled]; Petti v. O'Connor 906 A.2d 807 (Del. 2009) [settled]; Piretti v. Gardner, C.A. No. 94C-09-070 [$5.8 million Jury Verdict]; Dant v. Alfred J. DuPont Hospital et. al. C.A. No. 04C-08-047 CHT (Del. Super) [settled]; Standard Distributing Co. v. NKS, 1996 Del. Super LEXIS 224; Gross v. Pediatrician C.A. No.: 05C-09-204-WCC [settled]; Kappa Alpha v. University of Delaware C.A. No.: 2345 - VCS [settled].Email: Richard R. Wier, Jr.
——————————Michele D. Allen (Associate) born Atlantic County, New Jersey, January 31, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2003, Delaware. Education: Trinity College (B.A.); Widener University Law School (J.D., 1999). Ambassador Council Member, St. Francis Hospital. Former Governor's Appointment to the Delaware Commission for Women. Member: Delaware (Council Member, Litigation Section; Member, Labor and Employment and Women and Law Sections) and American Bar Associations; Trial Lawyers Association; Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (Member, Women and Business Section). Reported Cases: Freebery v. New Castle County et. al. 589 F. Supp. 2d 409 (D. Del. 2008); Couden v. New Castle County et. al. 446 F.3d 483 (3rd Cir. 2006); 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69314; Navarro v. New Castle County, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66280; Martin v. Pachulski et. al. 551 F. Supp. 2d 322 (D. Del. 2008); Parkstone v. New Castle County, 2009 U.S. Dist, LEXIS 33765; Irgau v. Christiana Care Hospital 2008 Del. Super LEXIS 129 [settled]; Petti v. O'Connor 906 A.2d 807 (Del. 2006) [settled]; Dant v. Alfred I. DuPont Hospital et. al. C.A. No. 04C-08-047 CHT (Del. Super.) [settled]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal; Governmental Legislative Matters.Email: Michele D. Allen
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