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Practice Areas: Practice is concentrated in the area of corporate law and corporate and commercial litigation, including involvement in a plethora of Delaware corporate law cases, particularly in the area of mergers and acquisitions, including Paramount Communications Inc. v QVC Network, Inc., Paramount Communications Inc. v Time Inc., Revlon Inc. v MacAndrews & Forbes Holding Inc., In re First Boston Inc. Shareholders Litig., In re Resorts Int'l. Shareholders Litig., Freedman v Restaurant Associates Indus., Inc., Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. v Evans (Macmillan, Inc.), Shamrock Holdings Inc. v Polaroid Corp., In re RJR Nabisco, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, Henley Group v Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., Pennzoil Co. v Getty Oil Co., Edelman v Phillips Petroleum, Omnicare, Inc. v NCS Healthcare, Inc., In re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation, In re the Walt Disney Company Derivative Litig., and Hollinger International Inc. v Black.

Professional Memberships: Admitted to practice in Delaware (1975). Member of the American Law Institute, American College of Trial Lawyers, ABA Business Law Section, Committee on Corporate Laws (MBCA), Vice Chairman and Chairman (2004-06) and Member (1987-92, 1995 to present) of the Corporate Council of the Corporate Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, the Rules Committee of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Board of Editors of the Delaware Lawyer, a director of the Historical Society for the Court of Chancery.

Career: Partner, Young Conaway. Serves on firm's management committee. Began in private practice in 1975.

Personal: JD, Emory University School of Law, 1975; BSFS, Georgetown University.