Frederica Lawyers

Paige Alderson is senior counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer where she focuses her practice on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation as well as sexual assault and retaliation claims. Ms. Alderson is a zealous advocate for the rights of individuals and families harmed by large corporations as well as survivors of sexual assault, discrimination and harassment. Ms. Alderson has represented thousands of injured victims in nationally coordinated litigations against major pharmaceutical companies. Sample matters include: - Gilead Tenofovir Cases (JCCP No. 5043), representing members of the HIV community injured by Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s negligent design...

Former prosecutor with over 25 years experience working in the criminal justice system; currently protecting the accused as a criminal defense lawyer. Francis provides aggressive representation to people from all walks of life throughout the state of Delaware, including college students and out-of-state clients facing charges.

Steven Medina is an associate at Grant & Eisenhofer where he focuses his practice on complex pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, medical malpractice, and environmental litigation. His experience extends to all phases of litigation, from initial consultation through trial. Prior to joining G&E, Mr. Medina represented both plaintiffs and defendants in catastrophic personal injury matters at several Philadelphia-based litigation firms. He has helped recover numerous multi-million dollar settlements and jury awards for clients.

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...

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...

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...

Lisa, a director at Ferry Joseph, P.A., concentrates her practice on the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration and litigation, elder law, including but not limited to guardianship actions, commercial bankruptcy and business formation and documentation. Lisa routinely represents individuals, businesses, executors/personal representatives, trustees, Chapter 7 trustees, litigation/liquidation trustees, plan administrators and municipalities in various matters throughout Delaware. Additionally, Lisa often serves as a court appointed attorney ad litem in guardianship actions and represents clients through Delaware Volunteer Legal Services. Lisa has been certified as a mediator by the Superior Court for the State of...

Michael Galbraith is an attorney and director at Cooch and Taylor P.A. in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Galbraith focuses his practice exclusively on representing individuals injured in various personal injury and workers’ compensation cases, serving clients throughout Delaware who have been injured or lost a loved one due to negligence.

Mr. Galbraith has more than a decade of extensive litigation experience and provides committed and dedicated representation to his clients. Over his time in practice, he has handled matters involving motor vehicle accidents, industrial accidents and work-related injuries, insurance coverage disputes, premises liability and products liability.

A passionate and skilled advocate for...

Christopher is an attorney in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring group at Morris James LLP. He focuses his practice on commercial contract disputes, business restructuring, and insolvency issues. Prior to joining Morris James, Christopher was a judicial law clerk to The Honorable Brenda A. Sexton of the Circuit Court of Maryland. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Widener University Delaware Law School in 2022. During law school, Christopher was a judicial extern to The Honorable Vivian L. Medinilla and a Summer Associate for Allen and Associates. He also was a member of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, the Moot Court,...

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...

Mr. Dailey represents businesses and business owners in disputes that arise out of mergers and acquisitions, disagreements between owners, damaged customer or client relationships, improper actions taken by competitors, or investigations by regulators such as the SEC or PCAOB. Over the years he has become known for his ability to explain complex transactions and relationships in plain language that average people and judges understand.

Elizabeth Lewis graduated from the University of Delaware (B.A., 1978) and the Delaware Law School (J.D. 1988) before she came to work at Jacobs & Crumplar. She is a Director of the firm.
Liz is a member of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, where she serves on the Board of Governors. Liz’s practice areas include personal injury litigation, worker’s compensation and other toxic torts including environmental litigation.

When you’ve been injured or lost a loved one due to an accident on the road, in the workplace or due to medical malpractice, you want an attorney who understands your claim and the best strategy to secure compensation. At McCann & Wall, LLC, our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers bring an individualized level of attention to every case, along with a unique and valuable perspective as former legal counsel for insurance companies. We’ve successfully claimed numerous multi-million dollar settlements for clients in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey and would be happy to discuss your case.

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...

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

Bill Bowser has represented both private and public employers on a full range of labor and employment matters for over 20 years and is ranked as a top employment lawyer in Delaware by Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America. Bill joined Young Conaway in 1993, after over four years as New Castle County Attorney. Bill defends employers in employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and "whistleblower" lawsuits in state and federal courts. Bill has vast experience in representing employers in collective bargaining and administrative proceedings before the NLRB, EEOC, the Delaware Department of Labor, and other government agencies. He assists...

Rob Gibbs focuses his practice on business formation, commercial transactions, commercial lending, commercial and residential real estate transactions, and related civil litigation. Rob is actively involved in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) since completing the Delaware Superior Court Mediation Training in 2007. He serves as an arbitrator, mediator and neutral assessor both informally and under the ADR Programs of the Delaware Courts. Practice areas: • Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling • Commercial Transactions • Structured Finance Transactions • Real Estate • Land Use • Private Clients • Small Businesses and Start-Ups • Alternative Dispute Resolution • Energy Industry rgibbs@morrisjames.com 302.856.0016

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...

Raeann Warner, a native of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, attended Florida State University where she graduated magna cum laude in 2002 with degrees in political and social sciences.

She then returned to the Delaware Valley and received her law degree from Widener Law School where she graduated, cum laude, in 2006.
She was admitted to practice in Delaware in 2006 and Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 2007.

She has been representing plaintiffs in childhood sexual abuse and employment cases since early 2007. She is a Director of the firm.

Raeann was selected to the Super Lawyers’ Delaware Rising Stars List in 2012, 2013, and...

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.

Prior to law...

Stuart Grant of Delaware is an internationally recognized business leader, litigator and legal investor. Prior to founding Bench Walk Advisors, he co-founded and served as Managing Director of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., which grew under his leadership and capital investment into one of the world’s most formidable plaintiff advocacy firms. He recently retired from Grant & Eisenhofer to devote his professional time to BWA.

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...

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...

Kimberly Hoffman uses her 20+ years of experience to serve as lead counsel in real estate, healthcare and government relations matters. She has assisted clients with strategic planning, legislation, documentation, and formal proceedings before courts, federal, state, and local agencies, including Congress. She is the only Delaware attorney recognized as a Top Lawyer by Delaware Today in the areas of both Zoning and Healthcare law. Kimberly represents a diverse group of businesses and high-net-worth individuals, including publicly traded companies, physician groups, health care IT providers, developers and construction companies, schools, telecommunications carriers, banks, churches, and investors. She project manages multifaceted legal...

Josh Meyeroff chairs the medical malpractice group at Morris James. He represents injured persons in medical malpractice and negligence suits in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Josh is a seasoned litigator, who has tried numerous cases to verdict and has obtained many successful results. Prior to representing injured persons, Josh defended healthcare providers and hospitals in medical malpractice claims. His experience includes successful litigation outcomes involving wrongful death, birth injuries, surgical errors, failures to diagnose health issues--like cancer, and other serious medical issues. He has also worked with clinicians in a number of medical specialties, including primary care, family medicine, surgery,...

Robert is one the founding partners for Ceccotti & Masten. Robert represents consumer Debtors in all aspects of the Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy process. In so doing, Robert has helped people discharge thousands of dollars of unwanted debt, save homes from foreclosure, and helped people obtain the fresh start that many desperately need. Additionally, Robert also represents people who are in need of help obtaining Social Security Disability benefits. This includes both initial applications and appeals before administrative law judges. Between 2011 and 2016, Robert ran his own solo consumer...

Samuel Bashman is a member of the Corporate and Commercial Litigation Group at Morris James LLP. He focuses his practice on corporate and complex commercial litigation for business entities formed under Delaware law. During law school, Samuel completed an externship at the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he assisted in the investigation and litigation of civil cases in Manhattan's federal courthouse. Practice areas: • Business Torts • Contract Litigation • Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation • LLC, LP, Partnership Litigation sbashman@morrisjames.com 302.888.6890

Joseph Leonard is an eDiscovery attorney in the Corporate and Commercial Litigation Group at Morris James. His practice involves partnering with in-house legal, IT, records management teams, and outside technology vendors, to provide start-to-finish litigation management. He is a seasoned attorney with extensive experience representing clients in matters related to internal investigations, data breach, electronic discovery and document retention. Joseph’s practice also includes managing large scale and complex document review projects. Practice areas: eDiscovery Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation jleonard@morrisjames.com 302.888.6872

Daulton Gregory is a partner of Marin & Gregory LLC: a Litigation Law Firm focusing in Personal Injury, Auto Accidents, and Insurance Claims. Daulton Gregory is licensed to practice law in Delaware, New Jersey, and the Delaware District Court. Daulton is also a board member of the Wilmington Police Foundation and is a part-time educator for local middle schools in the Christina School District. Daulton graduated a 1/2 year early from the University of Delaware and was a member of the Blue Hen's football team. Daulton received his J.D. from Widener-Delaware Law were he graduated with honors (Cum Laude) and volunteered...

Jonathan Strauss is a partner in 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. Jonathan counsels clients on the formation, use and governance of limited liability companies, statutory and common law trusts, partnerships, and corporations in a variety of transactions including in complex financing transactions. He also provides third-party legal opinions regarding Delaware law related to those entities. He acts as Delaware counsel to local and national financial institutions, trustees, and other parties, and advises and guides them in a range...

I am a hard working, knowledgeable, compassionate, driven attorney who draws on past experience to work with clients who are in many different facets of life, to achieve their goals. My work is focused in Estate Planning and Elder law but with particular attention to government programs, such as Medicaid and VA benefits.

In what seems like a previous life, I gained valuable experience in listening, understanding, and communicating with clients from my previous employment in Customer Service. I have a strong work ethic and the attention for detail from my time working in a trade industry. I put these skills...

Pat Gallagher was born and raised in southern West Virginia. He received his B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Elon University in 2002. He thereafter attended law school at Wake Forest University, graduating cum laude in 2005. While in law school, he was involved in mock trial, Moot Court, and Law Review.

After graduating from law school, Pat returned to West Virginia where he worked for a large defense firm. He defended clients in consumer finance, deliberate intent, and Mine Safety Health Administration cases. In 2008, he moved to the Wilmington, Delaware, area where he joined a large Wilmington law...

Barnaby Grzaslewicz is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Litigation Practice Group at Morris James LLP. He is an experienced Delaware litigator focusing his practice on litigation involving corporations and other business entities formed under Delaware law. Barnaby represents clients in the Delaware Court of Chancery in various business disputes. His experience includes litigating breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and fraud actions, as well as litigating disputes arising under Delaware’s corporate and alternative entity statutes, including control contests, demands for books and records and demands for advancement and indemnification. Barnaby also has an active practice before the...

John Noble served as a Vice Chancellor of Delaware’s Court of Chancery from 2000 until 2016 and is now a Of Counsel in Morris James’s corporate and commercial litigation group. His practice focuses on advising boards of directors and shareholders on corporate governance matters. He is also active in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. He is a graduate of Bucknell University and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. Practice areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Torts Commercial Transactions Contract Litigation Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation Corporate Governance Counseling LLC, LP, Partnership Litigation Special Committee Representation jnoble@morrisjames.com T 302.888.6940 F 302.571.1750

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...

Mr. Ferry was born in Wilmington, Delaware and attended Salesianum School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice & Sociology from University of Delaware in 2008, and graduated cum laude from Widener University School of Law in 2012. During his time at Widener Law, Brian served as an Articles Editor for the Widener Law Review, was recognized as a Widener Merit Scholar, and worked as a law clerk at Ferry Joseph. Brian focuses his practice on estates, probate, guardianships, wills, trusts, contract disputes and litigation.

Michelle Bounds is a business law attorney based in Sussex County, Delaware. She represents a diverse group of businesses and private clients in commercial transactions, education law, employment law, litigation, real estate law, and land use/zoning matters. Michelle was a Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Kenneth S. Clark, Jr and The Honorable Rosemary Betts Beauregard for the Delaware Court of Common Pleas in Georgetown, Delaware. Practice areas: • Business Torts • Commercial Transactions • Contract Litigation • Education Law • Employment Law • Land Use • Private Clients • Real Estate mbounds@morrisjames.com T 302.752.3344

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, David graduated from Gettysburg College magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in history and political science in 2006.

He subsequently received a Master’s Degree in Irish History from Queen’s University-Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2008.

Following a brief period of time working for a non-profit in Washington, DC, he attended the University of Richmond School of Law from where he graduated in 2012. At Richmond he served as Manuscripts Editor for the Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest and was on the Law School’s Trial Advocacy Board.

David is...

Tyler O'Connell represents companies, members of management, and investors in business disputes before the Delaware courts. Tyler also counsels directors, officers, and managers of Delaware business entities in connection with transactions that involve litigation risk. Tyler has represented parties in the Delaware Court of Chancery in disputes over the ownership, control, and management of Delaware business entities, including corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. His clients include significant investors as well as directors, officers, general partners, and other members of management. Tyler frequently litigates claims for breach of fiduciary duties and breach of limited partnership agreements and limited liability company agreements,...