John M. Seaman - Partner

John M. Seaman

Partner

Phone: 302-778-1152
Fax: 302-258-0771

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Education

  • University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1999
    • Recipient, Henry C. Loughlin Prize in Legal Ethics
  • Williams College, cum laude, B.A. History, 1991

Representative Matters

  • Choupak v. Rivkin, C.A. No. 7000-VCL, 2015 WL 1589610 (Del. Ch. Apr. 6, 2015)
  • First Health Settlement Class v. Chartis Specialty Ins. Co., 111 A.3d 993 (Del. 2015)
  • CorVel Corp. v. Homeland Ins. Co. of N.Y., 112 A.3d 863 (Del. 2015)
  • Swomley v. Schlecht, C.A. No. 9355-VCL (Del. Ch. Aug. 27, 2014)
  • Branin v. Stein Roe Investment Counsel, LLC, C.A. No. 8481-VCN, 2015 WL 4710321 (Del. Ch. July 31, 2015) and 2014 WL 2961084 (Del. Ch. June 30, 2014)
  • Quantum Tech. P’trs IV, L.P. v. Ploom, Inc., C.A. No. 9054-ML, 2014 WL 2156622 (Del. Ch. May 28, 2014)
  • Red Oak Fund L.P. v. Digirad Corp., C.A. No. 8559-VCN, 2013 WL 5740103 (Del. Ch. Oct. 23, 2013)
  • DiRienzo v. Lichtenstein, C.A. No. 7094-VCP, 2013 WL 5503034 (Del. Ch. Sept. 30, 2013)
  • Merion Capital, L.P. v. 3M Cogent, Inc., C.A. No. 6247-VCP, 2013 WL 3793896 (Del. Ch. July 8, 2013)
  • Imbert v. LCM Interest Holding LLC, C.A. No. 7845-ML, 2013 WL 1934563 (Del. Ch. May 7, 2013)
  • Abrahamsen v. ConocoPhillips, Co., 503 F. App’x 157 (3d Cir. 2012) cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 1820, 185 L. Ed. 2d 856 (U.S. 2013)
  • Choupak v. Rivkin, C.A. No. 11-1281-RGA, 2012 WL 2365903 (D. Del. June 21, 2012)
  • Leeseberg v. Converted Organics Inc., C.A. No. 08-926-GMS, 2011 WL 825725 (D. Del. Mar. 3, 2011)
  • Leeseberg v. Converted Organics Inc., C.A. No. 08-926-GMS, 2010 WL 4878380 (D. Del. Nov. 22, 2010)
  • Westway Holdings Corp. v. Tate & Lyle PLC, C.A. No. 08-841, 2009 WL 1370940 (D. Del. May 13, 2009)
  • Leeseberg v. Converted Organics Inc., C.A. No. 08-926-GMS, 2009 WL 3232778 (D. Del. Oct. 7, 2009)
  • Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica del Rio Lempa v. Nejapa Power Co. LLC, 341 F. App’x 821 (3d Cir. 2009)
  • DiRienzo v. Steel Partners Holdings L.P., C.A. No. 4506-CC, 2009 WL 4652944 (Del. Ch. Dec. 8, 2009)
  • Sodano v. American Stock Exchange LLC, C.A. No. 3418-VCS, 2008 WL 2738583 (Del. Ch. July 28, 2008)
  • Sun-Times Media Grp., Inc. v. Black, 954 A.2d 380 (Del. Ch. 2008)
  • Candlewood Timber Grp. LLC v. Pan Am. Energy LLC, C.A. No. 04C-12-139RRC, 2006 WL 1382246 (Del. Super. May 16, 2006)

Professional Honors, Associations and Memberships

  • Delaware State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • Delaware
  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit