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Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Law Firm in Wilmington, Delaware
 
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One Rodney Square, 920 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(New Castle Co.)
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Phone: 302-651-7700  
Telecopier: 302-651-7701
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Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial Litigation and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts and Alternative Entities, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Business, Corporations, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Government Relations, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, and Trusts and Estates.
Firm Profile:
Richards, Layton & Finger, founded in the early 1900s, is Delaware's largest law firm, with 129 lawyers. The firm has a full-service regional practice as well as a national practice in the areas of corporate law and litigation, partnership law, limited liability company and business trust law, bankruptcy and complex financial transactions. The firm offers a wide range of professional services, including general civil practice in state and federal courts, all aspects of Delaware corporate law, partnership, limited liability company and common and statutory trust law, federal and state taxation, estate planning, estates and trusts, real estate, business law, banking law, bankruptcy law, labor law, health law, intellectual property, environmental law, administrative law and governmental relations.
Firm Size: 129
Languages:

Languages: French, German, Spanish, Telugu.

Law Firm Affiliations:
LEX MUNDI: Lex Mundi is a global association of 160 independent law firms, providing contacts in virtually every country. The Member firms practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law; STATE CAPITAL GLOBAL LAW FIRM GROUP: State Capital Global Law Firm Group is a global association of 100 independent law firms. The Member firms practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law; UNITED STATES LAW FIRM GROUP: United States Law Firm Group is a national network of 19 established U.S. law firms. The Member firms practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law
R. Franklin Balotti (Director) born Louisville, Kentucky, April 19, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Delaware; 1994, Colorado. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1964); Cornell University (LL.B., 1967). Co-Author and Editor: "The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations," Third Edition, Aspen Law & Business, Inc., 1998; "Meetings of Stockholders," Third Edition, Aspen Law & Business, Inc., 1998. Editorial Advisory Board, "Insights," 1987-1997. Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Cornell Law School, 1996. Adjunct Professor: Cornell Law School, 1999-2004; Widener University School of Law, 1991-1993, 1995. Visiting Distinguished Corporate Professor, 1998 and Adjunct Professor, 1999-2000, 2001-2007, University of Miami School of Law. Adjunct Professor of Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2005. Practitioner-in-Residence, University of Iowa College of Law, 2005. Supreme Court of Delaware: Chair, Permanent Advisory Committee on Administrative Efficiency in the Judicial Branch, 2004-2005; Member (ex officio), Board on Professional Responsibility, 1993-1994; Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1992-1994; Member and Chairman, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1991-1994; Member and Secretary, Advisory Committee on Rules, 1974-1978; Member, 1974-1981, 1995, Secretary, 1977-1981, Counsel, 1971-1974, Courts Planning Committee; Chair, Committee on Family Court Internal Operating Procedures, 1997-1999; Vice-Chair, Court Resources Task Force, 2002. Member, Delaware Secretary of State Ad Hoc Incorporations Advisory Committee, 2002-2005. Member, 1980-1988 and Chairman, 1986-1988, State of Delaware Board of Bar Examiners. Member, State of Delaware Commission on Delaware Courts 2000, 1993-1996. Member, State of Delaware Judicial Nominating Commission, 2000-2004, 2007—. Member: Delaware State Bar Assn. (Member, Executive Committee, 1974-1976, 1989-1990 and 1991-1996; President, 1994-1995; President-Elect, 1993-1994; Vice-President, 1991-1993; Secretary, 1974-1975; Member, Professional Guidance Committee, 2000—; Co-Chair, Committee on Judicial Compensation, 2004; Liaison, State of Delaware Judicial Nominating Commission/DSBA Committee on Judicial Appointments, 2000-2004; General Corporation Law Section and predecessor: Member, 1971—; Chairman, 1982-1985; Vice-Chairman, 1980-1982; Secretary, 1977-1980) and American Bar Assn. (Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Civil Justice Improvements, 1994-1997; Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, 1999-2002; Business Law Section: Member, 1968—; Council Member, 1996-2000; Member: Committee on Corporate Laws, 1987-1993; Ad Hoc Committee on ALI Corporate Governance Project, 1992-1993; Member, 1991— and Chair, 1992-1996, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee; Co-Chair, Committee on Business Courts, 1993-1997; Member: Model Nonprofit Corporation Act Revision Drafting Committee, 2000-2002; Committee on Corporate Practice, 1995—; Committee on ABA Relations, 1995—; Committee on International Business Law, 1995—; Committee on Corporate Governance, 1996—; Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions, 2002—; Litigation Section, 1973—; International Law Section, 1990—). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers, 1993—; American Bar Foundation, 1997—. Member, Board of Directors, Delaware Bar Foundation, 1997-2000. Master of the Bench, Richard S. Rodney Chapter, American Inns of Court, 1988-1997, 1998-2000. Member, The Cornell Law School Advisory Council, 1986-1992, 1997—. Member, Board of Overseers, Widener University School of Law, 1992-1999. Member, Widener University Institute of Delaware Corporate Law Advisory Board, 2001—. Executive Committee, Northwestern University School of Law, Ray Garrett Institute, 1994-2002, 2006—. Co-Chair, University of Delaware, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance Advisory Board, 2003—. Email: R. Franklin Balotti
Richard G. Elliott, Jr. (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, May 28, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Delaware; 1967, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fifth Circuits. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., Com., 1963); University of North Carolina (LL.B., 1966). Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1966-1968. Member, New Castle County Historic Review Board, 1992-2000. Member, Governor's Commission on Judicial Appointments, 1992-2001. Member: Delaware State (Chairman, 1994-1995, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Committee on Corporate Counsel, First Amendment & Media Litigation Committee, Employment and Labor Relations Law Subcommittee, 1984—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Media Law. Email: Richard G. Elliott, Jr.
Wendell Fenton (Director) born Yonkers, New York, May 8, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1971, Delaware. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1961); Christ Church, Oxford, England; Harvard University (LL.B., 1965). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section; Council, 1990-1994) and American (Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, 1979—) Bar Associations. Email: Wendell Fenton
Allen M. Terrell, Jr. (Director) born Atlanta, Georgia, August 5, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1970, Delaware. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1997. Member: Delaware State Association: - President Elect - Corporation Law Section - Litigation Section American - Committees on Litigation and Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law,. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Allen M. Terrell, Jr.
Glenn C. Kenton (Director) born Washington, D.C., December 21, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Delaware. Education: Swarthmore College (A.B., 1965); Georgetown University (J.D., 1968). Counsel: Delaware State House of Representatives, 1969-1970; U.S. Congressman Pierre S. du Pont, IV, 1971-1977. Secretary of State of Delaware, 1977-1985. Member: Delaware State (Member, Sections on Commercial Law and Governmental Law) and American (Member, Sections on Business Law and Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securitization(60%); Derivative Products(10%); Administrative Law(5%); Insurance(10%); Communications Law(10%); Government Relations(5%). Email: Glenn C. Kenton
Richard G. Bacon (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 6, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia; 1971, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.S. in Economics, 1964); Duke University (LL.B., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Delaware State (Chairman, Estate and Trust Section, 1981-1983) and American (Vice-Chairman, Administration and Distribution of Decedents' Estates Committee, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1983-1993; State Chairman, Property Tax Committee, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1995—) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (State Chairman, 1987-1992). Practice Areas: Trust and Estate Litigation; Taxation (Local, State) Law; Probate Law; Estate Planning; Tax Litigation. Email: Richard G. Bacon
Stephen E. Herrmann (Director) born New York, N.Y., March 17, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Delaware and Virginia; 1970, District of Columbia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1966); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1969). Judicial Clerkship, The Honorable Daniel F. Wolcott, Delaware Supreme Court, 1969-1970. Special Assistant to the General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1971-1972. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Stephen E. Herrmann
Julian H. Baumann, Jr. (Director) born Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, February 20, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, South Carolina; 1976, Delaware. Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1965); University of Tennessee; University of South Carolina (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1975). Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Member: South Carolina Bar; Delaware State (Chairman, 1990-1991 and Vice-Chairman, 1989-1990, Section of Taxation) and American (Member, Section of Taxation) Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army, JAGC, 1969-1974]. Practice Areas: Taxation Law.
Daniel L. Klein (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1976, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Economics, 1968); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1972). Member, 1970-1972 and Comment Editor, 1971-1972, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Author: "Judicial Participation in Guilty Pleas: A Search for Standards," Volume 33, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Member: Pennsylvania, Delaware State and American (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member: Planning, Committee, 1987-1991, 1997-2000; Membership Committee, 1991-1993; Chairman, 1993; Member, Board of Governors, 1993-1997); Anglo-American Real Property Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Real Estate Finance; Privatization; Land Use. Email: Daniel L. Klein
Donald A. Bussard (Chairman, Finance Committee) born Wilmington, Delaware, June 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Delaware. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1973); Temple University (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section; Former Chairman, 2000-2002, and Current Member, Council of the Corporation Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Delaware Corporate Law. Email: Donald A. Bussard
William J. Wade (Executive Vice President) born Morristown, New Jersey, November 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1973); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Discovery Abuse, 1981-1982. Associate Member, 1981-1987, Member, 1988-1996, Vice-Chairman, 1992-1993 and Chairman, 1994-1996, Board of Bar Examiners. Member: Delaware State (Vice-Chair, 1996 and Chair, 1997, Health Law Section; Member, Intellectual Property Section) and American (Member. Sections on: Litigation; Health Law; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations. Email: William J. Wade
Jesse A. Finkelstein (Director) born Rochester, New York, March 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Delaware. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Executive Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, 1979-1980. Co-Author: "The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations," Aspen Law & Business, 1985; "Meetings of Stockholders," Aspen Law and Business, 1987. Series Editor, National Corporation Law Series, Aspen Law & Business. Member, BNA Corporate Practice Series Advisory Board. Chairman, Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1990-1996. Member: Delaware State (Member, Council of Corporation Law Section) and American (Member: Section of Business Law; Litigation Section; International Law Section) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Email: Jesse A. Finkelstein
Samuel A. Nolen (Director) born Columbus, Ohio, November 18, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Delaware; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1979). Delta Phi Alpha. Judicial Clerkship, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1979-1980. Associate Member, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1991-1994; Member, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1994-2001; Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1997-2003. Chair, 2007—: Lex Mundi, Ltd.; Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section), American (Member: Section of Business Law; Litigation Section; International Law and Practice Section) and International (Member, Section of Business Law; Secretary, Business Organizations Committee) Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Chancery Practice. Email: Samuel A. Nolen
Thomas A. Beck (Director) born Louisville, Kentucky, April 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Delaware; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Cornell University (J.D., 1981). Associate Member, Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, 1988-1996. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section) and American (Member: Section of Business Law; Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Chancery Practice. Email: Thomas A. Beck
Gregory P. Williams (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, November 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A.A.S., with honors, 1979); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1982). Member, William and Mary Law Review, 1980-1982. Co-Author, "Meetings of Stockholders," Prentice Hall, Law & Business, (3d ed. 1998). Chairman, Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1997—. Member: Chancery Court Rules Committee, 1986—; Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, 2004—. President, Richards, Layton & Finger, 2006—. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Partnership Litigation. Email: Gregory P. Williams
Paul M. Altman (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Delaware. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., 1980); Villanova University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, 1981-1982 and Case and Comment Editor, 1982-1983, Villanova Law Review. Author: Casenote, "United States v. Newman: Misappropriation of Confidential Takeover Information Constitutes a Criminal Violation of Rule 10b-5," 27 Villanova Law Review 1329, 1981-1982. Co-Author: "Lubaroff & Altman on Delaware Limited Partnerships," (1995) and "Delaware Limited Partnerships" and "Delaware Limited Liability Companies," in Balotti and Finkelstein, Del. Law of Corps. & Bus. Orgs., 2d Ed., Chapter 24 and Chapter 27 (1990). Member: Delaware State (Secretary, Commercial Law Section, 1986-1989; Vice-Chairman, 1989-1991; Chairman, 1991-1993; Member, Committee on Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies. Member, Commercial and Corporation Law Sections) and American (Member, Partnerships/Unincorporated Business Law; Member, Task Force on Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act; Chairman, Limited Partnership Subcommittee, 2001-2006) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies. Email: Paul M. Altman
Gregory V. Varallo (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1980); Temple University (J.D., 1983). President, Temple University School of Law Moot Court Board, 1982-1983. Best Oral Advocate, Albert R. Mugel National Moot Court Tax Competition, 1982. Co-Author: "Fundamentals of Corporate Governance," (ABA 1996); "The Board of Directors" (BNA Corporate Practice Series, 1994); "Action by Written Consent," in R. Balotti, J. Finkelstein & G. Williams, Meetings of Shareholders (Prentice Hall), 1989; A Process-Based Model For Analyzing Deal Protection Measures, 55 Bus. Law 1609 (2000). Speaker, 34th-36th Annual Institutes on Securities Regulation (PLI). Member: Delaware State and American (Chairman, Corporate Counselling and Litigation Subcommittee, 1998-2000; Co-Chairman, Task Force on Litigation Reform and Rules Revision, 2000-2003; Member, Editorial Advisory Board of The Business Lawyer, 2003-2005) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Control Litigation; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Gregory V. Varallo
Mark J. Gentile (Director) born Buffalo, New York, October 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Massachusetts; 1983, New York; 1984, Colorado; 1987, Delaware. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., 1979); Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member, 1980-1981 and Managing Editor, 1981-1982, Boston University School of Law, Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. John T. Elfvin, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 1982-1983. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section) and American (Member: Section of Business Law; Committee on Corporate Laws) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Mark J. Gentile
Robert J. Krapf (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, July 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, Delaware. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1973); University of Delaware (M.A., 1975); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Delaware State (Chairman, Real and Personal Property Section, 1990-1992) and American (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Member, Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee; Co-Chair, Committee on Groups and Substantive Committees; Member, Commercial Leasing Committee; Member, Section of State and Local Government Law, Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers; American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Secretary, 2006-2007, Treasurer, 2007— and Member, 2000-2006, Board of Regents; Chair, State Chairs Committee). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Zoning Law; Commercial Leasing. Email: Robert J. Krapf
Eric A. Mazie (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Delaware. Education: Drexel University (B.S., cum laude, 1981); College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., 1984). Editor-in-Chief, The Colonial Lawyer, 1983-1984. Co-Author: Chapter 19 - Delaware Statutory Trusts in "The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations," Aspen Publishers, 1990, 1997; Chapter 9 - Role of the Trustee in Leasing Transactions in "Equipment Leasing-Leveraged Leasing," Practicing Law Institute, 1999. Member: Delaware State (Member, Commercial Law Section; Chairman, Statutory Trust Committee) and American (Member, Section of Business Law, Commercial Financial Services and Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committees) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Finance Law. Email: Eric A. Mazie
Robert W. Whetzel (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Delaware; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Delaware (B.Ch.E., 1981); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Scribes Award, 1984. Member, 1982-1983 and Associate Editor, 1983-1984, Villanova Law Review. Author: Casenote, 28 Villanova Law Review 451, 1982-1983. Co-Author: Chapter 49 - Delaware Environmental Law in "Environmental Law Practice Guide" (Matthew Bender), 1992. Member, Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1994—. Member: Delaware State (Chairman, Section of Environmental Law, 1994-1996) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Robert W. Whetzel
W. Donald Sparks, II (Director) born Durham, North Carolina, April 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; 1988, Delaware. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); Yale University (J.D., 1983). Member, 1981-1982 and Senior Editor, 1982-1983, Yale Law Journal. Law Clerk to Hon. Caleb M. Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1983-1984. Member: Pennsylvania, Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Estate Administration; Tax Exempt Organizations; Taxation. Email: W. Donald Sparks, II
C. Stephen Bigler (President) admitted to bar, 1984, Delaware. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S. Commerce, magna cum laude, 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma; Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha. Managing Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983-1984. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: C. Stephen Bigler
C. Malcolm Cochran, IV (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, December 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Delaware; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1982); Catholic University (J.D., 1985). Member, Catholic University Law Review, 1984-1985. Minority Counsel, General Assembly of the State of Delaware, House of Representatives, 1988-1991. Chairman, Delaware Child Protection Accountability Commission, 2006_. Member, Delaware Child Death-Near Death Commission, 2006_. Member: Delaware State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Business and Commercial Litigation; Governmental Relations; Chancery Practice. Email: C. Malcolm Cochran, IV
Anne C. Foster (Director) born Aiken, South Carolina, August 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Delaware. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Member, J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Team. Chair, Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Delaware, 1998-2004. Member: Preliminary Review Committee of Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Delaware, 1993-1997; Permanent Advisory Committee on Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct. Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Anne C. Foster
Cynthia Deans Kaiser (Director) born Norfolk, Virginia, July 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Delaware. Education: Duke University (B.S.E., cum laude, 1981); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Asset Based Lending; Statutory Trusts; Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: Cynthia Deans Kaiser
Daniel A. Dreisbach (Director) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.S.C.E., 1982); Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1979); Temple University (J.D., 1987). Chi Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Temple Law Quarterly, 1986-1987. Co-Author: Fundamentals of Corporate Governance, Published by Section of Business Law, American Bar Association (1996). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Corporate Transactions; Corporate Litigation; Business Law; Business Litigation; Corporate Control Contests; Hostile Takeovers. Email: Daniel A. Dreisbach
James G. Leyden, Jr. (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.S.A., magna cum laude, 1982; J.D., 1987). Co-Reporter of The TriBar LLC Report, "Third-Party Closing Opinions: Limited Liability Companies" (2006). Co-Author: Four Chapters of the Book "Transactional Lawyer's Deskbook: Advising Business Entities; Choice, Formation, Operation, Financing and Acquisitions," published by West Publishing Company (2001), Chapters include: Formation and Organization of the Limited Liability Company; Management and Operation of the Limited Liability Company; Dissolution and Termination of the Limited Liability Company; Dissolution and Termination of Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships and General Partnerships. Member: Delaware State (Member, Corporate and Commercial Law Sections, including member of Corporation Law Subcommittee responsible for drafting amendments to The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, The Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, 2001 —) and American (Member, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations; TriBar Opinion Committee. Practice Areas: Limited Liability Company Law; Limited Partnership Law; General Partnership Law; Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: James G. Leyden, Jr.
Frederick L. Cottrell, III (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, April 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Delaware; 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Delaware (B.A. in Biological Sciences, magna cum laude, 1985); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Co-Chair of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware's Intellectual Property Advisory Committee. Member: Delaware State (Member, Sections on Intellectual Property, Litigation and Real Estate Law) and American (Member, Sections on Intellectual Property, Litigation and Real Estate Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Frederick L. Cottrell, III
Bernard J. Kelley (Director) born Pensacola, Florida, December 20, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1986); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1989). Member, 1987-1988 and Executive Editor/Management, 1988-1989, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law. Named in Chambers USA 2006 and 2007 Listing of Leading Delaware Corporate/M&A (Alternative Entities) Practitioners. Member: Delaware State (Co-Chairman, Banking Law Committee, 1997-2003; Member: Statutory Trust Committee; Commercial Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Statutory Trusts; Banking Law. Email: Bernard J. Kelley
Robert J. Stearn, Jr. (Director) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Delaware. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board, 1989-1990. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Robert J. Stearn, Jr.
William A. Yemc (Director) born Red Bank, New Jersey, March 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Delaware; 1991, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1984); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Member, 1988-1989 and Managing Editor of Student Work, 1989-1990, Villanova Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1986. Member: Delaware State (Member, Uniform Commercial Code Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Secured Transactions; Statutory Trusts; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Insurance; Business Law. Email: William A. Yemc
Mark D. Collins (Director) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1987); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Member, Washington College of Law Honor Society. Member: Delaware State (Member: Section on Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Subcommittee; Chair, Standing Bankruptcy Local Rules Committee) and American (Member, Committee on Business Bankruptcy; Member, Subcommittees on Chapter 11 Bankruptcies; Secured Creditors; Publications and Public Relations Section of Business Law, 1994—) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair, Financing and Banking Committee, 2000—, Chair, Subcommittee on Secured Creditors, Business Reorganization Committee, 1997-2000; Chair, Young Members' Committee, 1997-1999; Member, Editorial Board ABI Journal). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law(100%). Email: Mark D. Collins
Lisa A. Schmidt (Director) born Newburgh, New York, June 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware; 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: Drew University (B.A., 1988); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: Woolsack Society; Moot Court Board, 1990-1991. Dickinson Law Review, 1989-1991. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Chancery Court Practice; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Shareholder Disputes; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Civil Litigation. Email: Lisa A. Schmidt
William J. Haubert (Director) born Bronxville, New York, April 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1988); Cornell University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Beta Gamma Sigma; Gamma Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Law Clerk to Vice Chancellor William B. Chandler, III, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1991-1992. Author: "Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law", Massachusetts Business & Securities Law Conference 2002 Report 415, October 2002; "Drafting Merger Agreements and Counseling Merger Parties: Lessons from IBP, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.", 10 The Corporate Governance Advisor 16, January/February 2002; "Amendments to Delaware Corporate Law Facilitate Corporate Governance by Internet", 22 Notes Bearing Interest 8, January 2001; "Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law", Massachusetts Business & Securities Law Conference 2000 Report 1, October 2000; "Valuation of Securities in A Revlon Context," 12 Insights (Apr. 1998); "Disparate Treatment of Shareholders in a Merger," 28 The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation 133 (1995); "Debt Restructuring Rules Favor the Insolvent," 10 Journal of Taxation of Investments 300 (1993). Co-Author: "Delaware Court Expounds on Director's Duty in Granting Section 203 Waiver," 9 The Corporate Governance Advisor 25 (January/February 2001); "Election of Directors by Written Consent: Hoschett v. TSI Int'l Software, Ltd.," 4 The Corporate Governance Advisor 14 (Nov./Dec. 1996); "Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes in Delaware," 7 Insights 36 (Dec. 1993). Named in the Chambers USA 2006 and 2007 listings of Leading Delaware Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Practitioners. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Transactions. Email: William J. Haubert
Doneene Keemer Damon (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware; 1994, District of Columbia. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., accounting, cum laude, 1989); Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, Temple Moot Court Honor Society. Co-Author: "The Role of the Trustee in Leasing Transactions." Member: Delaware State Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Current Chair, Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees; Member: Banking Law Committee; Business Trust Committee; Secured Transactions Committee; Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations Committee; Uniform Commercial Code Committee; Diversity Committee; Committee on Board Diversity; Development Committee for the ABA's Direct Women Initiative; American Securitization Forum's Reg AB Committee; Outside Counsel, Sub-Forum and Communication and Education Committee). Practice Areas: Business Law; Structured Finance; Commercial Leasing; Asset-Based Lending; Statutory Trusts; Uniform Commercial Code; Commercial Law; Equipment Finance and Leasing. Email: Doneene Keemer Damon
Daniel J. DeFranceschi (Director) born Brooklyn, New York, June 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Delaware. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1985); Widener University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Panel Mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Certified Mediator, Superior Court for the State of Delaware. Author: "Written Consents - a Powerful Tool in Hostile Battles for Corporate Control," 14 Del. J. Corp. L. 967 (1989). Wolcott Law Clerk to the Hon. Randy J. Holland, Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware, 1987-1989. Law Clerk to the Hon. Joseph J. Longobardi, Judge, U.S. Dist. Ct. for the District of Delaware, 1989-1990. Editor, 1988-1989 and Staff Member, 1987-1988, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Member: Delaware State (Chair of Bankruptcy Section 2005-2006; Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy; Corporations; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy(100%). Email: Daniel J. DeFranceschi
F. Peter Conaty, Jr. (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, February 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2000, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Delaware (B.S.A.C., 1989); Temple University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992); Georgetown University Law School (LL.M., Taxation, with distinction, 2001). Beta Alpha Psi. Member: Delaware State (Member, Estates and Trust Section) and American Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of Delaware; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Probate; Probate Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Living Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Special Needs Trusts; Trust Administration; Trust Planning; Trust Law; Wealth Preservation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Fiduciary Income Tax; Federal Taxation; Generation Skipping Tax; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Wills; Living Wills; Asset Protection. Email: F. Peter Conaty, Jr.
Raymond J. DiCamillo (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Delaware; 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Member, 1991-1992, and Associate Editor, 1992-1993, The Georgetown Law Journal. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Litigation; Hostile Takeovers; Chancery Practice. Email: Raymond J. DiCamillo
Catherine G. Dearlove (Director) born Amityville, New York, June 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., magna cum laude, 1991); Stanford Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1991-1994 and Associate Managing Editor, 1992-1993, Stanford Journal of International Law. Member, Stanford Moot Court Board, 1993-1994. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Governance; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Catherine G. Dearlove
Srinivas M. Raju (Director) born Bhimavaram (A.P.), India, October 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Staff Member, 1992-1993 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1993-1994, Law and Policy in International Business. Member, Barristers' Council, 1992-1993. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1990. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Telugu. Practice Areas: Business Law; Partnership Law; Litigation. Email: Srinivas M. Raju
Stanford L. Stevenson, III (Director) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Delaware and U.S. Tax Court. Education: College of William & Mary (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Stanford L. Stevenson, III
Jeffrey L. Moyer (Director) born Chester, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1991); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Jeffrey L. Moyer
Gregory W. Ladner (Director) born Suffern, New York, December 30, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Delaware. Education: Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1986); Villanova University (J.D., 1995). Member, 1993-1994 and Managing Editor Articles, 1994-1995, Villanova Law Review. Author: Casenote, "Developing Uniformity in Limitations Periods for Implied Private Actions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - Westinghouse Electric Corp. by Levit v. Franklin," 39 Villanova Law Review 1033, 1994. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Commercial Law. Email: Gregory W. Ladner
Russell C. Silberglied (Director) born New York, New York, August 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: Cornell University (B.S., with honors, 1992); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Russell C. Silberglied
John H. Knight (Director) born Washington, D.C., November 9, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Maryland; 1996, New Jersey; 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1990; J.D., with honors, 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts I, Civil Procedure I, Contracts II and Civil Procedure II. Law Clerk to the Honorables Rosemary Gambardella, Novalyn Winfield, and William Tuohey, United States Bankruptcy Judges for the District of New Jersey. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: John H. Knight
Michael D. Allen (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland, December 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Delaware. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1992); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to the Hon. Maurice A. Hartnett, III, Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware. 1996-1997. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Michael D. Allen
Richard J. Facciolo (Director) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 1996, Maryland; 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S.E.E., 1984); University of Maryland (J.D., with honor, 1996). Recipient, Bridgewater M. Arnold Prize, Day Division, Best Work in Commercial Paper, 1995-1996. Member, Maryland Law Review (Notes and Comments Editor, 1995-1996), 1994-1996. Author: Note, "Common-Law Tort Liability of Prior Leasees of Commercial Property," Maryland Law Review, Vol. 54 No. 3. Member: Maryland, Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Asset Based Finance; Delaware Statutory Trusts; Business Organizations. Email: Richard J. Facciolo
Tara J. Hoffner (Director) born Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Delaware. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member, Woolsack Society. Member, Dickinson Law Review, 1994-1996. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Leasing; Asset-Based Lending; Statutory Trusts; Trademark Registration; Trademark Protection. Email: Tara J. Hoffner
Jennifer C. Jauffret (Director) born Erie, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Delaware; 1998, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1994); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, Rodney Inn of Court. Recipient, Corporate Law Award. Member, Villanova Law Review. Vice Chair, State of Delaware Chamber of Commerce. Volunteer Attorney, Protection from Abuse Cases, Delaware Volunteer Legal Society. Guardian Ad Litem for children in custody of state. Member: Delaware State (Member and Former Chairperson, Labor and Employment Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Civil Practice; Litigation. Email: Jennifer C. Jauffret
Mark V. Purpura (Director) born Pottsville, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1995); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998). Recipient, Millard S. Breckenridge Award. Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 1996-1997. Notes and Articles Editor, North Carolina Banking Institute, 1997-1998. Co-Author: Comment, "The Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997: The Impact of Interstate Branching on the Dual Banking System," 2 North Carolina Banking Institute 230, 1998. Member: Delaware State (Chair, Banking Law Committee of the Commercial Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Insurance Law. Email: Mark V. Purpura
Eric A. Schwartzman (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Psi Chi; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 1996-1998. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Eric A. Schwartzman
Chad M. Shandler (Director) born Abington, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware and U.S Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Villanova University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Products Liability; Trust and Estate Litigation. Email: Chad M. Shandler
Elisa Erlenbach Maas (Director) born Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1996); Cornell University (J.D., 1999). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Email: Elisa Erlenbach Maas
Michael J. Merchant (Director) born Springfield, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics, with high distinction, 1996); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Editor-in-Chief, Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, 1998-1999. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights. Email: Michael J. Merchant
Melissa K. Stubenberg (Director) born Honolulu, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 1998, Maryland; 1999, Delaware. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., cum laude, 1993); George Washington University Law School (J.D., with honors, 1998). Member: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Melissa K. Stubenberg
Brock E. Czeschin (Director) born Jefferson City, Missouri, June 26, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: Central Missouri State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Villanova Environmental Law Journal, 1999-2000. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Brock E. Czeschin
Paul N. Heath (Director) born Elkton, Maryland, June 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Delaware and Maryland. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1990); Widener School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Paul N. Heath
Monica M. Ayres (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1994); William and Mary School of Law (J.D., 2000). Order of the Coif. Member, William and Mary Law Review, 1998-2000. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Monica M. Ayres
John D. Hendershot (Director) admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware. Education: Thomas Aquinas College (B.A., 1998); University of Chicago (J.D., 2001).
Stephen M. Lukes, Jr. (Director) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 21, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 2003, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1995); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1998). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. [Army ROTC; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1995]. Email: Stephen M. Lukes, Jr.
Richard Philip Rollo (Director) born Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, April 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida; 2000, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2001, District of Columbia. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Psychology, 1995); University of Florida School of Law (J.D., 1999, high honors, Top 5%, Order of the Coif). Author or co-author of various articles, including: "The Morass of Internet Personal Jurisdiction: It is Time for a Paradigm Shift," 51 U. Fla. L. Rev. 667 (September, 1999); "Developments in Shareholder Meetings," 15 Insights No. 1, 9 (January 2001); "Adjourn to Win? SWIB v. Peerless and the ABA Handbook," 4 M&A Lawyer No. 10, 9 (March 2001). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Corporate Governance. Email: Richard Philip Rollo
Matthew S. Criscimagna (Director) born Fountain Valley, California, April 30, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Delaware. Education: Salisbury State University (B.A., 1997); University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2000). Associate Member, 1998-1999 and Note and Comment Editor, 1999-2000, Missouri Law Review. Author: "The Narrow Application of Buckley v. Valeo: Is Campaign Finance Reform Possible in the Eighth Circuit," 64 Missouri Law Review 437 (1999); "Attorneys Beware: Obtaining Credit Reports on Opposing Party May Lead to Punitive Damages," 64 Missouri Law Review 1037 (1999). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Matthew S. Criscimagna
COUNSEL
Brigitte V. Fresco (Counsel) born Wilmington, Delaware, December 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with high honors, 1992), Phi Beta Kappa; George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., with high honors, 1995). Order of the Coif. Member, The George Washington Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: "Ludin v. Mecham: Defining the Scope of the Equal Access to Justice Act," 62 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 795 (1994). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Brigitte V. Fresco
Anne Shea Gaza (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania; 2001, Delaware; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Moravian College (B.A., cum laude, with honors in Political Science, 1994); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member, University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce. Recipient: Pennsylvania Defense Institute Theodore Flowers Award, 1995-1996; University of Pittsburgh School of Law Faculty Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship, 1997; CALI Excellence for the Future Award, 1997. Panelist: Pennsylvania Defense Institute Conference, 1996. Member: Pennsylvania, Delaware State and American Bar Associations. [Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1998-2000]. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Anne Shea Gaza
Christine M. Morabito (Counsel) born Smithtown, New York, October 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Delaware. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Phi Delta Phi (Treasurer, 1997-1998). Member, 1997-1998 and Managing Editor, Production, 1998-1999, Villanova Law Review. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Limited Liability Company Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Limited Partnerships. Email: Christine M. Morabito
Michelle P. Quinn (Counsel) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., with honors, 1995); University of Virginia (J.D., 1999). Member, Editorial Board, 1997-1998 and Executive Editor, 1998-1999, Virginia Environmental Law Journal. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Michelle P. Quinn
Steven J. Fineman (Counsel) born Willingboro, New Jersey, February 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Delaware. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., 1996); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Steven J. Fineman
Marcos A. Ramos (Counsel) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New York; 1998, California; 2001, Maryland; 2003, Delaware. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1991); University of Michigan (J.D., 1994). Member, University of Michigan Law Review Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation. Email: Marcos A. Ramos
ASSOCIATES
Addie P. Asay (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Florida; 2006, Delaware. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.A., 2000); Stetson College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Addie P. Asay
Jocelyn Margolin Borowsky (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1994, New York; 1998, Delaware. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1988); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1992); New York University Law School (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Camden County, New Jersey State and Delaware State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning(50%); Estate Administration(50%). Email: Jocelyn Margolin Borowsky
Lori Brewington (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania; 2004, Delaware; 2004, New Jersey; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1999); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lori Brewington
Peter D. Calder (Associate) born Washington, D.C., November 4, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Peter D. Calder
Sara D. Carlson (Associate) born Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: Bucknell University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2004); Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2007). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Sara D. Carlson
Richard Carroll (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: University of Virginia (2004); Cornell Law School (2007). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Richard Carroll
Michael F. Collins (Associate) born Monterey, California, September 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2005, Delaware. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., cum laude, 1997; J.D., with honors, 2003). Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Trusts. Email: Michael F. Collins
Todd A. Coomes (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; 2006, Delaware. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1998); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Todd A. Coomes
Laura A. Dietrich (Associate) born York, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Laura A. Dietrich
Deborah K. Duskey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1992); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, 1999-2001, and Senior Articles Editor, 2000-2001, The Business Lawyer. Member: Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Email: Deborah K. Duskey
Kelly E. Farnan (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, January 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Delaware; 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Richmond (B.S., 2000); College of William and Mary School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Kelly E. Farnan
Maris J. Finnegan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. (Not admitted in Delaware). Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1998); Harvard University (A.M., 2001); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy. Email: Maris J. Finnegan
Brian Fischer (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., cum laude, 2004); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Associate Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Brian Fischer
Katisha D. Fortune (Associate) born Dearborn, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2006). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Katisha D. Fortune
Melanie L. George-Marshall (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, November 7, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1997). Member, The Tax Lawyer, 1995-1997. Managing Editor, The State and Local Tax Lawyer, 1996-1997. Author: "Transferee Liability for Interest: Baptiste v. Commissioner," 49 Tax Law. 533 (1996). State Representative, 2002—. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Melanie L. George-Marshall
L. Katherine Good (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2003); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: American Bar Association. Email: L. Katherine Good
Jillian M. Grob (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation. Email: Jillian M. Grob
Amelia Hahn (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 2003); Villanova University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Amelia Hahn
Laura D. Hatcher (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 2003); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Commercial Law. Email: Laura D. Hatcher
Daniel Horowitz (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Delaware; 2005, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2004). Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Journal of Constitutional Law, 2003-2004. Member, Board of Directors, Kristol Center for Jewish Life, University of Delaware/Hillel Foundation, 2004—. Member: Delaware State Bar Association. Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Organization; Incorporation. Email: Daniel Horowitz
Kenneth E. Jackman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Kenneth E. Jackman
Chun I. Jang (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Linfield College (B.A., 1995); George Washington University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Chun I. Jang
Cory Kandestin (Associate) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Delaware. Education: McGill University (B.A., with distinction, 2004); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., Founder's Medal, 2007). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Cory Kandestin
Lee Kaufman (Associate) born Amsterdam, New York, February 27, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Union College (B.S., cum laude, 2002; M.B.A., 2003); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2006). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Lee Kaufman
Kathleen A. Kelley (Associate) born Laguna Beach, California, July 7, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member and Case Notes Editor, Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal, 1998-2000. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Kathleen A. Kelley
Beth Gansen Knight (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); University of Iowa (J.D., with high honors, 2005). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Beth Gansen Knight
Rudolf Koch (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Delaware and New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 2000); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Tender Offers; Takeovers; Proxy Contests; Hostile Takeovers; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Litigation. Email: Rudolf Koch
Nicholas G. Kondraschow (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 2001); Villanova University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Author, "A Private Civil Litigant's Right of Access to Wiretap Evidence Disclosed at an Unrelated Suppression Hearing in the Third Circuit," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 69, No. 3, Fall 2006. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Nicholas G. Kondraschow
Mark A. Kurtz (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware and New Jersey. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1998); Washington University in St. Louis (J.D., M.B.A., 2005). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Mark A. Kurtz
Scott Leonhardt (Associate) born Dover, New Jersey, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 2000); College of William & Mary (J.D., 2006). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Scott Leonhardt
Edward Little (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Delaware. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 2003); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member, Minnesota Journal of Law Science and Technology, 2004. Judicial Extern to the Hon. Philip D. Bush, Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota, 2004. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Edward Little
Claire M. Love (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Delaware. Education: Goucher College (B.A., 1996); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Claire M. Love
Jason M. Madron (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 2003, Delaware; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 2000); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Email: Jason M. Madron
Scott L. Matthews (Associate) born Fairfax, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., English Literature and Political Science, cum laude, 1995); University of Virginia (M.A., English, 2000); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2000). Pi Sigma Alpha; Sigma Tau Delta. Editor, 1998-1999 and Articles Review Editor, 1999-2000, Journal of Law and Politics. Federalist Society, Vice President, 1999-2000. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Secured Transactions; Asset Based Finance; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law. Email: Scott L. Matthews
Michael P. Maxwell (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware. Education: University of Louisville (B.A., cum laude, 2004); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2007). Senior Business Editor, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2006-2007. Author: "NGOs in Russia: Is the Recent Russian NGO Legislation the End of Civil Society in Russia?" Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, Winter 2006. Member: Delaware State and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; International Law; Antitrust) Bar Associations. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Business Law. Email: Michael P. Maxwell
Charles A. McCauley, III (Associate) born Orange, California, February 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2005, Delaware; U.S.