(Main Office)

The firm maintains a corporate and commercial practice serving national, international and local clients.

The firm's attorneys litigate before federal and state trial and appellate courts. The firm represents plaintiffs and corporate and individual defendants in a variety of corporate and commercial litigation matters, including stockholder class and derivative actions. The firm defends a variety of professional malpractice, general liability and insurance coverage claims. In bankruptcy matters, the firm represents creditors, committees, debtors and others in Chapter 11 reorganizations, out of court restructurings, international insolvency situations, and bankruptcy protection planning.

The firm's attorneys work with corporations and major law firms throughout the world on a wide range of Delaware corporate law and insolvency-related matters. The firm handles a variety of matters involving commercial, franchise, employment, limited partnership, and limited liability company law.

Statement of Practice

Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Corporation, Business, Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Companies, Insurance, Bankruptcy, Contracts, Insurance, Products Liability, Employment Law, Americans with Disabilities Act, Discrimination, Employment Contracts, Family and Medical Leave Act, Human Resources Law, Sexual Harassment, Wage and Hour Law, Wrongful Termination.

Address

The Corporate Plaza
800 Delaware Avenue P.O. Box 410
Wilmington, DE 19899, (New Castle Co.)

Phone

Phone: 302-652-8400
Fax: 302-652-8405

Website

http://www.skfdelaware.com

PARTNERS OF FIRM

Robert J. Katzenstein (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Delaware; 1979, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1976). Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C., 1976-1978. Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Delaware Board of Professional Responsibility, 1986-1992. Member: Delaware (Member, Committee on Judicial Appointments, 1991—; Co-Chair, 1999—; Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporation Law; Alternate Dispute Resolution) and American (Member, Section on: Litigation) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of Delaware; Product Liability Advisory Council; International Association of Defense Counsel; Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court (Bencher, 1993—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Contracts; Insurance; Products Liability.Email: Robert J. Katzenstein

David A. Jenkins (Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Delaware. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Chicago (J.D., 1978). Member: Delaware Bar Association (Member, Council of the Corporation Law Section, 2005—). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Chancery and Equity; Corporate Law.Email: David A. Jenkins

Laurence V. Cronin (Partner) born Brookline, Massachusetts, March 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Delaware. Education: Clark University (B.A., with high honors, 1981); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D., 1985). Assistant City Solicitor, City of Wilmington, 1988-1990. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1986-1988. Member: Delaware (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Labor and Employment; Covenants Not To Compete; Executive Severance Contracts; Family and Medical Leave Act; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Whistleblower Litigation.Email: Laurence V. Cronin

Michele C. Gott (Partner) born Wilmington, Delaware, May 23, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1982); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Law Clerk, Delaware Superior Court, 1988-1989. Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of Delaware, 1995-1997. Member: Delaware (Member, Sections on: Corporation Law; Commercial Law) and American Bar Associations (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Michele C. Gott

Kathleen M. Miller (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, January 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Delaware; 1991, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1987); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Law Clerk, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1990-1991. Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (Chair, Delaware Chapter, 2007-2008). Fellow: Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court (1996-1998). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; General Litigation.Email: Kathleen M. Miller

Joelle E. Polesky (Partner) born San Francisco, California, May 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Delaware. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1995-1997. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1997-1998. Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Chancery and Equity; Chancery Practice; Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Governance; Business Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Litigation; Breach of Contract; Contracts.Email: Joelle E. Polesky

Roger D. Anderson (Partner) born Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, February 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1996, Delaware. Education: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (B.F.A., 1983); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Member: Delaware (Member Subcommittee on Delaware Alternative Entities) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Business Enterprises; Business Formation; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Equipment Finance and Leasing; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Corporate Governance; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Contract Litigation.Email: Roger D. Anderson

ASSOCIATES

Robert Karl Beste, III (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, March 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Delaware; 2004, Maryland. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1997); Widener University (J.D., 2000). Law Clerk, Delaware Superior Court, 2000-2001. Member: Delaware Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Robert Karl Beste, III

Stephanie S. Habelow (Associate) born Redwood City, California, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Delaware and New Jersey; 2009, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Bryn Mawr College (B.A., 2005); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Law Clerk to the Honorable William C. Carpenter, Jr., Delaware Superior Court, 2008-2009. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Stephanie S. Habelow

Ariel Philip Sloan (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; 2007, Delaware; 2009, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., 1999); New York University (M.S., 2001); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2006). James Wilson Fellow. Recipient, Wharton Certificate in Business and Public Policy. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.Email: Ariel Philip Sloan

OF COUNSEL

Craig B. Smith (Of Counsel) born Wilmington, Delaware, October 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1975, Delaware. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1966); Syracuse University (M.A., 1969; J.D., summa cum laude, 1975). Order of the Coif. Member, Justinian Society. Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1974-1975. Co-Author: "Limited Partnerships: Legal Aspects of Organization, Operation and Dissolution," 24-4th C.P.S. (BNA 2006); "Delaware Limited Liability Company & Partnership Practice Guide," State Limited Liability Company Laws, Aspen Law & Business, 1994; "The Corporation: Formation and Organization (N.Y. and Del.)," "The Corporation: Management and Operation (N.Y. and Del.)," and "The Corporation: Dissolution and Termination (N.Y. and Del.)," New York and Delaware Business Entities, West Publishing Co. (2001). Author: "The Takeover Law of Delaware," 78 Corporate Practice Series, Bureau and National Affairs, 2002; "Delaware Limited Partnership Practice Guide," State Limited Partnership Laws, Aspen Law and Business, 1987; "Limited Partnerships - Expanded Opportunities Under Delaware's 1988 Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act," 15 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 43 (1990). Member: Advisory Board, Corporate Practice Series, Bureau of National Affairs, 1988—; Securities Laws and Regulatory Affairs Committee, Investment Program Association, Washington, D.C., 1990-2005. Member: Delaware (Advisor, Commercial Law Section, 1983-2005; Member, 1984-2006, Subcommittee on Delaware Alternative Entities; Member: Chancery Court Fiduciary Rules Advisory Committee, 1986-1989; Corporation Law Section Council, 1987-1990, 1993-2005 and Chairman, 1998-2000) and American (Member, Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations, Business Law Section, 1984—. Fellow: Litigation Section, 1985—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law.Email: Craig B. Smith