Delaware Lawyers

If you are injured at work or in an automobile accident, I will be there through the thick and the thin. I have offices in Wilmington, New Castle and Seaford because I want to be near to you when you need me the most. I am a dedicated personal injury and workers’ compensation attorney who will answer all of your questions – even the ones you forgot to ask when you talked to me the first time – and I will lay out a practical, step-by-step plan for you and your family moving forward. When you are hurt...

While in college at the University of Delaware, Marta was drawn towards issues of social justice in society after working as a research assistant in a social psychology laboratory that focused on understanding intergroup bias and racism. She knew studying law would be the next logical step. Following graduation, Marta interned at the Delaware Department of Justice in the Family Unit, where she gained valuable experience in the criminal justice system and advocating for victims' rights. While in law school, Marta worked for Murray Richman, Esquire, a well-known criminal defense attorney in New York City. This position gave Marta experience...

Benjamin A. Schwartz is a husband, father, trial lawyer, and Managing Partner of the firm. Ben was born and raised in Dover, Delaware and now resides in Wilmington, Delaware. Ben primarily accepts representation in cases involving serious personal injury and death as the result of negligent, careless or reckless behavior. Ben believes that by holding society’s wrongdoers responsible for their harmful conduct, we create a safer society.

Kevin Healy is a founding member of the Morris James Personal Injury Group and is the resident Personal Injury Attorney in the Newark, Delaware location. Every day offers Kevin the opportunity and privilege to serve our clients with the help of our personal injury team. The Personal Injury Group is dedicated to helping individuals who have been injured as a result of the negligence of others as well as those who have suffered injuries at work. It is with great pride that Kevin takes a personal interest in his clients, counseling them through a claims process...

Ms. Williams' practice focuses on Intellectual Property and General Business matters. She handles intellectual property prosecution, litigation, contracts, sales, and licensing. Additionally, Ms. Williams advises clients on general business issues including IP portfolio assessment and management. Utilizing her vast experience in the areas of risk management, business analytics, and due diligence, Ms. Williams works with emerging growth businesses counseling on risk reduction and capitalization. She provides unique legal counseling to businesses looking to establish and grow their intellectual property portfolios. Ms. Williams specializes in advising businesses on long-term and layered strategies for intellectual property protection; brand establishment and re-branding; and intellectual...

I am a trial lawyer specializing in the areas of medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, and personal injury. My practice is focused on helping people who have been injured by the negligence of others. All too often, when a person is injured they are confused about what happened, why it happened, who is responsible, and what to do next. I am committed to providing the personal attention my clients need to get their questions answered and to help them better understand their legal options. In my view, helping individuals obtain fair compensation for their injuries promotes...

Michael is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group and serves on the Firm’s Diversity Committee. He represents clients as lead or Delaware counsel in litigation in the District of Delaware in a wide variety of industries, with a particular focus on web-based technology, networking, biotechnology and consumer products. Representative clients include Amazon.com, Aruba Networks, Cisco Systems, f’real Foods, Gillette, Nespresso, Orbitz, Rite Aid, Sprint, Staples, Symantec, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Trend Micro, UCB, and Xilinx. In 2016 and 2017, Michael was named an “associate to watch” in the Chambers USA category for Delaware Intellectual Property.

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Rebecca Kilmon is a member of Morris James' Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling Practice, a group that handles over $100B in financings annually for a wide range of clients. Rebecca’s focus has been with the administration of Delaware Statutory Trusts in connection with securitizations, equipment finance and vessel finance. While in law school, Rebecca served as a Judicial Intern to The Honorable Sherry R. Fallon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Practice areas: • Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling • Corporate Trust and Fiduciary Services • Delaware Alternative Entities: LLC, LP, Partnership and Trust • Energy Industry • Legal Opinions rkilmon@morrisjames.com 302.888.6846

Arthur D. Kuhl focuses his practice in the areas of insurance defense litigation, uninsured and underinsured motorist litigation, no-fault litigation, wrongful death litigation, premises liability, construction injuries and construction defect litigation, subrogation, and commercial collections.

Chris Componovo is a civil litigation attorney with almost 30 years of experience handling cases for clients involved in personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. Chris has the knowledge needed to efficiently advocate for his clients. He provides innovative legal strategies and tactics to recover maximum compensation for his clients who are hurt or injured by the negligence of others or companies. Prior to joining Morris James, Chris focused his practice on representing individuals in Lemon Law and breach of warranty claims against automobile manufacturers, and personal injury and worker's compensation matters. He gained valuable legal experience managing all aspects of...

Timothy J. Weiler is a Delaware bankruptcy attorney and owner of Tim Weiler Law in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm helps consumers eliminate debt through Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy,

Timothy J. Weiler was one of the few Delaware bankruptcy lawyers that were instrumental in convincing state legislators to change Delaware’s conservative exemptions. These changes have allowed numerous Delaware residents seeking debt relief to remain in their homes and keep more of their personal property. Mr. Weiler has been practicing bankruptcy law since 1990.
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GARY S. NITSCHE is the managing partner of the law firm of Nitsche & Fredricks LLC. He handles personal injury matters with an emphasis on motor vehicle accidents, work injuries, nursing home cases and premises liability cases. He has substantial litigation and trial experience and has tried approximately fifty jury trials. He has received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. He has litigated some of the most significant and important personal injury cases and law changing decisions in the fields of personal injury uninsured motorist coverage and worker’s compensation. Gary has been regularly honored as a Super Lawyer seven...

Joel H. Fredricks is an attorney at Nitsche & Fredricks LLC practicing in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice and workers’ compensation. Joel was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Newark High School. He attended the University of Delaware and received his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 2009. Prior to joining Nitsche & Fredricks LLC, Joel worked for a regional defense law firm where he represented insurance companies. As a result, Joel is aware of how insurance companies attempt to diminish the value of injury claims and can effectively advise his clients to...

Dana Reynolds earned a B.S. Degree from Cornell University in 1994 and a J.D. Degree from Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE, in 2006. She is a former law clerk to Senior Judge Jane R. Roth of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and former Chief Judge Chandlee Johnson Kuhn of the Family Court of Delaware. Ms. Reynolds also worked as an associate attorney at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. In 2010, Ms. Reynolds founded the Law Offices of Dana L. Reynolds, LLC. The firm’s family law practice areas include: • Divorce, property division and alimony • Prenuptial...

Rachel is an attorney at Nitsche & Fredricks LLC practicing in the areas of personal injury and workers' compensation. Rachel was born in Annapolis, Maryland. She attended Iowa State University, obtaining her B.A. in 2003 in Political Science and International Studies. She studied law at Penn State's Dickinson School of law where she served as an Editor on the yearbook of Arbitration and Mediation. Ms. Allen received her J.D. in 2010 and was admitted to the bar of the State of Delaware in March 2011. Rachel served as a Certified Legal Intern with the Penn State Family Law Clinic in 2009...

Ryan T. Keating is an experienced and skilled medical malpractice attorney, focusing exclusively on complex cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. He represents individuals in the States of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Ryan has litigated hundreds of medical malpractice cases covering a wide range of claims, including those involving birth injuries, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, medication errors, hospital malpractice, surgery errors, emergency medicine errors, failures to diagnose, and nursing home neglect and abuse. While Ryan now advocates for those who are victims of medical negligence, he previously spent several years defending medical providers and hospitals in medical malpractice cases. Ryan's...

Wilson A. Gualpa is an attorney in the Morris James personal injury practice, with experience representing clients in personal injury cases, including automobile accidents, premise liability cases, and workers’ compensation matters. Wilson advocates for his clients to ensure they are rightfully compensated and receive all the benefits they are entitled to through alternative dispute resolution and litigation. He is a bilingual attorney that can provide services in English and Spanish. Practice areas: • Áreas De Especialización • Car Accidents • Construction Accidents • Dog Bites / Attacks • Infant Formula Litigation • Injury Law • Mass Torts • Motorcycle Accidents • Negligent Security • Product Liability • Rideshare Accidents • Serious Injuries • Slip and Fall • Truck Accidents • Workers' Compensation • Wrongful Death wgualpa@morrisjames.com 302.651.3582

Doug Candeub has long and broad experience working to achieve effective outcomes for his clients in matters pertaining to bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors’ rights. As a litigator, Doug represents business clients in both state and federal court, at the trial and appellate level, while as a business lawyer, he provides advice and representation to clients on business issues and disputes. Doug has represented a wide range of creditors as well as corporate and individual debtors, creditors' committees, purchasers of debtor assets, and chapter 7 trustees. Creditor representations have included prepetition lenders, trade creditors, landlords, homeowner associations, tort plaintiffs, construction...

Tyler Maron is a member of the firm’s Legislative and Regulatory group. His practice focuses on land use, healthcare and energy matters, but extends to all regulated industries. He also assists with transactional matters that follow a successful approval process. Tyler is a lifelong Delawarean and uses his understanding of state government when clients seek changes in Delaware laws, favorable regulatory treatment, and approvals. Tyler served as an intern to both Senator Chris Coons and Governor John Carney, working directly with the Governor’s Policy Advisor. Tyler also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Vivian Medinilla and worked at the Delaware...

Nick Caggiano, Jr. is a member of Morris James' Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling Practice, a group that handles transactions for a wide range of clients, small and large. In his practice, Nick helps clients to utilize Delaware corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts and other alternative entities in a variety of situations, from small business start-ups to complex commercial transactions. He can assist clients with forming and dissolving entities, structuring transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, and providing Delaware legal opinions to support their closings. Nick also has significant experience and can advise clients negotiating energy industry and other industrial...

Jim Gallagher maintains a comprehensive business and tax practice that includes the preparation of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents. In his business practice, Jim counsels and advises clients on business formation and management, including the drafting of operating agreements and stockholder agreements. He is experienced in the preparation, review, and negotiation of documents for the purchase and sale of assets or stock or other equity interests, as well as commercial and employment-related contracts. Through the representation of physicians and physician groups, Jim has also developed a thorough understanding of federal and state healthcare regulatory compliance issues, which accentuates...

Megan D. Halter focuses her practice in the representation of school districts, administrative personnel, teachers, staff, and third-party vendors, with regard to education and special education law matters. Ms. Halter implements preventive strategies in order to minimize exposure to legal risk and potential liabilities for public school systems, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations and charter schools.

Ms. Halter, along with other members of the Firm’s Special Education Group, proactively provide in-house training programs to all school district employees so that our clients can stay abreast of changes in the law and keep current on education-related legal requirements in order to...

Eric J. Monzo focuses on issues relating to business restructuring and insolvency. He regularly represents a wide range of stakeholders with a focus on official and unofficial committees, indenture trustees, commercial creditors and lender groups, in addition to, corporate debtors and their independent and special committee management. Eric is widely recognized by clients and peers for his preeminent legal ability and creative solutions. Clients regard him as a true professional, who is fully prepared and focused on the business objectives. Eric handles matters relating to the restructuring and liquidation of companies in a broad range of industries with experience...

Samuel D. Pratcher, III is an attorney at Pratcher Krayer LLC. Samuel was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and attended Salesianum High School. He graduated with honors from Hampton University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. In 2009, he received his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley School of Law.

While in law school, Samuel served as judicial extern to the Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He gained valuable experience researching and writing court opinions on civil rights and employment law matters.

After law school, Samuel completed a...

Brian Ellis is a Partner in our Rehoboth Beach and Georgetown offices. His practice focuses on providing legal guidance and advice to individuals and businesses in a variety of areas, concentrating on business, transactional and real estate law. Business and Transactional Practice Includes: • Family business formation and planning • Preparation and negotiation of various commercial agreements • Business restructuring and reorganization • Mergers and acquisitions • Joint ventures and strategic partnerships • Legal guidance as to new business formation • Business finance • Legal advice as to Delaware business law • Delivery of Delaware Opinion Letters, as to Delaware corporations and other entities Real Estate Practice Includes: • Residential and commercial real estate settlements • 1031 like-kind exchanges • Preparation and negotiation of leases, purchase...

Elizabeth (“Beth”) Graham is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer. She leads the firm’s complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation practice and serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Graham has spent most of her career as a plaintiffs’ lawyer advocating for the rights of individuals, families and small businesses harmed by large corporations. Ms. Graham’s expertise spans the practice areas of mass tort, consumer fraud, product liability, environmental, business torts, and sexual assault and retaliation claims. She has served as Lead Counsel in multi-million dollar cases, has acted as a member of various Plaintiffs’ Executive Committees in...

Jeff Waxman represents debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, official committees of equity holders, secured creditors, plan administrators, liquidating trustees, purchasers of assets, and a wide variety of creditor constituencies and interested parties in Chapter 11 cases. Jeff also represents Chapter 7 trustees, and plaintiffs, and defendants in bankruptcy-related preference and fraudulent transfer litigation. Prior to entering private practice, Jeff served as a law clerk to The Honorable Mary F. Walrath, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, and to The Honorable Michael J. Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York. Jeff co-chairs Morris James’ Small Businesses and Start-Ups Group which...

John Newcomer practices in the areas of real estate and commercial litigation. His experience in these dual fields provides his clients with a rare perspective in dealing with complex real estate and business matters. Understanding the dynamics of litigation, and how it impacts his clients’ business strategies, gives John the ability to draft transactional documents with an eye towards avoiding problems before they arise. John chairs Morris James' Real Estate Group. In his real estate practice, he represents landowners and developers in the acquisition, improvement and financing of properties in Delaware, including hotels, medical and assisted living facilities, apartments, shopping centers...

Mike Dingerdissen is uniquely qualified to represent clients in the areas of tax, estate planning, trust administration, and strategic business planning. As part of the Tax, Estates and Business Practice, he assists businesses and individuals with various matters, including strategic business & succession planning, tax planning & controversies, stock & asset acquisitions, including private equity transactions, wealth transfer & estate planning. Mike has gained a wide range of experience throughout his career, including most recently serving as Vice President and Senior Trust Officer at The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, where he focused on managing and administering trusts, estates, and other...

Matt Fogg represents plaintiffs in the areas of personal injury and workers' compensation. He focuses his practice on the representation of individuals injured due to the negligence of other individuals or companies and to those injured at work. Matt takes great pride in representing individuals to see that they are justly compensated, while always treating his clients with compassion, dignity, and respect. Matt is licensed to practice before all of the state courts in Delaware, the US District Court for the District of Delaware and the US Supreme Court. Matt regularly handles matters through all stages of litigation before the Delaware...

Scott L. Silar, Partner in Reger Rizzo & Darnall’s Wilmington, DE office, focuses his practice on representing clients in insurance defense litigation. Mr. Silar has extensive experience handling a wide range of defense litigation cases, including personal injury/general liability, premises liability, subrogation, bad faith, asbestos exposure, and insurance coverage. Additionally, he has been involved in appellate work at both the Superior Court and Supreme Court levels.

Mr. Silar boasts an impressive history in Workers’ Compensation law, having represented and defended employers in more than 500 Workers’ Compensation cases with a high rate of success. He has experience handling multi-employer matters involving...

Nicholas M. Krayer is a founding partner of Pratcher Krayer LLC where he practices in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation law. Nick is a Delawarean through and through. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware and attended St. Elizabeth High School. Subsequently, Nick attended the University of Delaware then Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. In law school, Nick served as a law clerk for the Delaware Department of Justice and received the pro bono distinction for his volunteer legal work.

When Nick graduated law school, he served as a...

Adam Gomez is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer where he focuses on complex pharmaceutical medical device litigation and environmental litigation. Prior to joining G&E, Mr. Gomez was an associate at a national defense litigation firm where he defended clients in catastrophic personal injury, products liability, professional liability, and civil rights litigation. Mr. Gomez’s key roles include Chair of the Insurance Committee representing residents and businesses harmed by the catastrophic gas explosions in Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts caused by the negligence of Columbia Gas and NiSource; a Chair of the Discovery Committee in the Gilead Tenofovir Cases, California Judicial Council Coordinated...

Lewis C. Ledyard, III is a member of Morris James’ Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling Practice, a group that has been involved in over $100 Billion in financings for a wide range of clients. Lew focuses primarily on the organization and operation of statutory and common law trusts, limited liability companies, and other Delaware business entities in commercial and business transactions, used predominantly in commercial aviation and infrastructure finance. His practice also includes acting as Delaware counsel to banks, trustees, financial institutions, and other parties in domestic and cross-border transactions such as leveraged leases and asset-backed securitizations. Experience: • Representing financial institutions acting...

Susan Ament is a partner at Morris James Personal Injury Group and works primarily out of the Broom Street office in Wilmington, DE. She also serves as Guardian Ad Litem attorney through the Office of the Child Advocate for the Family Court of Delaware.

Lewis Lazarus focuses his practice on corporate governance and commercial matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery. He has been lead counsel in trials arising out of mergers and acquisitions, including cases involving the entire fairness standard of review, appraisal, books and records actions, actions to compel annual meetings, and actions to determine who rightfully are the managers of a Delaware entity. As a result of his knowledge and familiarity with these and related cases, Lewis often advises special committees and boards in conflict-of-interest transactions. He has counseled boards, companies, or special committees in conflict-of-interest transactions totaling over $7 billion...

Matthew R. Hindley, Partner in Reger Rizzo & Darnall’s Wilmington Office, is a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Insurance Practices Groups. Matthew is admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, and regularly represents clients in both Delaware’s Superior Court and Delaware’s Court of Chancery. Matthew focuses on products and premises liability, commercial litigation, and casualty defense. He also devotes a portion of his practice to representing insurance carriers in subrogation matters. While attending Widener University School of Law, Matthew interned with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office and also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable...