Francis Pileggi - Lawyer in Wilmington, DE

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State	Status	Acquired	Updated
DE	Active	1987	06/28/2022
NJ	Active	1987	03/22/2022
PA	Active	1987	05/28/2022

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Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
"Guest Contributor"	The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog	2009
Kentucky Colonel	Commonwealth of Kentucky	2005
Cavaliere	Republic of Italy	2005
Distinguished Service Award	Delaware State Bar Association's New Lawyers' Division	1997

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Member in Charge	Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott	2011 - Present
Partner	Fox Rothschild LLP	2001 - 2011

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
American Inns of Court	Member of Editorial Board of The Bencher	1995 - Present
Delaware State Bar Association	Member (formerly on Executive Committee)	1987 - Present
American Bar Association	Member of Business and Corporate Litigation Committee	1987 - Present

publications

Publication name	Title	Date
Directorship	Fiduciary Duties in Limited Partnerships	2017
The Bencher	Penalties for Litigation Misconduct	2017
Directorship Magazine	Chancery Upholds Ability of Managers to Waive Fiduciary Duties	2016
The Bencher	Chancery Enforces Deposition Practice Standards	2015
Directorship Magazine	Directors Given More Authority to Limit Multi-Forum Forum Litigation	2014

The Bencher	Advance Waiver Approved by Federal Court in Texas	2013
Fox Litigation Department	New Rules Allow for "Lightening Fast" Adjudication of New Cases filed in Delaware Chancery Court	2010
Delaware Law Weekly	Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions for 2009	2009
The Washington Legal Foundation	Delaware Chancery Court Offers Guidance on Disclosure Obligations	2009
Delaware Law Weekly	In 2009, Chancery Court Tackled Directors' Liability, Payment of legal Bills	2009
The Bencher	Ninth Circuit Finds Conflict of Interest in Incentive Provisions in Fee Agreements of Class Action Counsel	2009
Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog	Chancery Gives Victory to Freedom of Contract	2008
The Bencher	Class Member Not Entitled to Full Panoply of Attorney/Client Relationship Benefits	2008
Business Law Today	Non-Delaware Lawyers Sued in Delaware for Advising on Delaware Law	2008
Delaware Law Weekly	Review of Key Delaware Corporate Cases from 2007	2008

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
Widener University School of Law	JD - Juris Doctor	1986

speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
Panel Discussion	Electronic Discovery - - Practical Tips for Handling Costs, Risks and Proportionality	2009
Pennsylvania Bar Institute	Blogging for Lawyers	2008
Views from Bench and Bar	Electronic Discovery Basics and the New Federal Rules	2007
Electronic Discovery Updates: Views from Bench and Bar	Electronic Discovery Updates	2006

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Miller v. McDonald, et al.	Motion to Dismiss Denied