Attorney Profiles
Wilmington, Delaware, | Founding Partner/ Director, since
1989 | |
| phone | (302) 594-4500 |
| fax | (302) 594-4509 |
| Email Me | |
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1989
- Areas of Practice:
- Civil Litigation
- Defense Matters
- Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Delaware, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of Delaware, 1982
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1992
- Education:
- George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
1980
J.D. - Central College, Pella, Iowa,
1977
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Political Science
- Representative Cases:
- Trabaudo v. Kenton Ruritan Club, Inc., 517 A.2d 706 (Del. Super. 1986)
- U.S. v. Consolidated Rail Corp., 729 F. Supp., 1461 (D. Del. 1990)
- State Farm Auto. Ins. Co. v. Clarendon Nat. Ins. Co., 1991 WL 166429 (Del. Super. 1991)
- Robinson v. Allstate Ins. Co., 1992 WL 207272 (Del. Super. 1992)
- McGrath v. Home Ins. Co., 813 F. Supp. 276 (D. Del. 1993)
- Kreider v. F. Schumacher & Co., 816 F. Supp. 957 (D. Del. 1993)
- Nygaard v. Lucchesi, 654 A.2d 410 (Del. Super. 1994)
- Fletcher v. Ratcliffe, 1996 WL 773003 (Del. Supr. 1995)
- Fletcher v. Ratcliffe, 1996 WL 527207 (Del. Super. 1996)
- Powell v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 1996 WL 190023 (Del. Super. 1996)
- Mulford v. Haas, 2001 WL 541023 (Del. Super. 2001)
- Collins v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 830 A.2d 1241 (Del. Super. 2003)
- Garneski v. Termonia, 2003 WL 504863 (Del. Supr. 2003)
- Representative Clients:
- State Farm
- Liberty Mutual
- GAB Business Services
- Harleysville
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Presenter, Industrial Accident Board Seminar, 1989 - 2004
- Re: Damages, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 1992
- Worker’s Compensation Liens in Third Party Cases, 1998
- Cross Examination of Expert regarding Evidence of Alcohol, 1998
- ABOTA & DSBA Seminar: Trying a Personal Injury Case, 2003
- Cross-examination of a Medical Witness at Trial, Superior Court Bifferato Trial Practice Forum, 2004
- Reconstruction of Rule 16, ADR in Superior Court, Superior Court Bifferato Trial Practice Forum, 2008
- Ten Best Practices for Defense Attorneys, Delaware New Attorneys Seminar, 2008
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Associate Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007
- Past President
- Defense Counsel of Delaware
- Member
- Defense Research Institute
- Member
- Delaware Superior Court Civil Rules Committee
- Member
- Delaware Lawyer’s Rules of Professional Conduct
- Member, Advisory Committee
- Past Employment Positions:
- Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Associate, 1982 - 1988
- Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Partner, 1988 - 1989
- Birth Information:
- November 28, 1955, Utrecht, Netherlands
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