Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1984
- University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1978
Representative Matters
- Massey Energy (multi-forum class and derivative litigations)
- Goldman Sachs (multiple litigation engagements)
- Blackstone Group (private equity transactions)
- Hank Greenberg (complex offensive and defensive litigation involving AIG)
- Dell Special Committee (tracking stock restructuring and related litigation)
- Crestview Partners (enforcement of private equity governance rights)
- Boeing (litigations related to 737 MAX Crashes)
- Renco Group (fraud litigation against Ronald Pearlman)
- Patriarch Partners (portfolio company control litigation)
- T.J. Rodgers (litigation resulting in successful public company proxy contest)
- Brookfield (multiple transaction-related lawsuits)
- Biogen (litigation responses to Federal and State investigations)
- Johnny Miller (litigation over control of major investment)
- infoGROUP (defending CEO against SEC, SLC, class and derivative claims)
- Caremark Corp. (regulatory and litigation responses to a federal investigation)
- CBOT (special committee’s corporate/litigation responses to competing bids)
- Exelon (hostile takeover bid and related litigation)
Representative Publications
- Contributing Author, The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations (3d ed. 1998)
Relevant Chapters
- “Directors and Officers”
- “Transfers of Securities and Tender Offers”
- “Sale of Assets, Dissolution & Winding Up”
- “Suits Against Corporations, Directors, Officers or Stockholders”
Co-Author
- “New Rules For Going-Private Transactions In Delaware,” Insights (Aug. 2005)
- “Sale of a Public Company by a Controlling Stockholder,” Insights (Jan. 2001)
- “The Attorney-Client Privilege in a Corporate Control Dispute,” Insights (Mar. 1999)
- “Implications of the Delaware Dead Hand Decisions,” M & A Lawyer (Feb. 1999)
- “The Death of the Dead-Hand Pill in Delaware,” Insights (Feb. 1999)
- “An Updated View of the Directors’ Fiduciary Duty of Oversight,” Insights (Dec. 1996)
- “Recent Developments in the Corporate Opportunity Doctrine in Delaware,” Insights (June 1996)
- “Procedural Defenses in Proxy Contests,” The Business Lawyer (Feb. 1992)
- “Lock-Ups in Contested Takeovers,” The Review of Securities Regulation (May 1986)
Professional Honors,
Associations and Memberships
- Delaware State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Publications, Speeches
and Seminars
Frequent contributor and speaker at numerous law firm meetings, seminars and continuing legal education programs on various issues relating to Delaware corporate law and associated litigation, opinion and advisory issues.
Bar Admissions
- Delaware Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit