- Member of the Alternative Entity Subcommittee of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Corporation Law Council, which is responsible for drafting amendments to the Delaware statutes governing limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and partnerships
- President of the Delaware State Bar Association, 2010-2011
- Co-chair of the DSBA’s Community Service Committee
- Served on the board of the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program, a member service of the DSBA that confidentially helps judges and attorneys with substance abuse, dependence and/or mental and physical health problems, and assists with the administration of the Race Judicata 5K road race, which benefits local charities
- Served on the board of directors for the Junior Achievement of Delaware and has provided services to the Delaware College of Art and Design
Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996, note and comment editor, The Administrative Law Review
- Trinity College, B.A., with honors, 1991, political science
Bar Admissions
- Delaware
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
- Speaker, Troutman Pepper’s 2023 Public Company Seminar, December 7, 2023.
- Speaker, “Maximizing Value in M&A, Defining Our Future,” Troutman Pepper, Siegfried Advisory, Strategic Exit Advisors and AB Bernstein, June 6, 2022.
- Host, Troutman Pepper Annual Public Company Seminar, December 2021.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Invalidates Noncompete in Incentive Equity Agreements Due to Overbreadth,” Troutman Pepper Locke, September 17, 2025.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Holds That the Exercise of a Midstream-Adopted Call Right Was Invalid,” Troutman Pepper Locke, August 25, 2025.
- Co-author, “Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Indemnification Notice Requirements in M&A Escrow Dispute,” Troutman Pepper Locke, August 18, 2025.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Invalidates Noncompete Provision Found in Typical Sponsor Equity Documents,” Troutman Pepper Locke, August 13, 2025.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Allows Amendment of LLC Agreement to Permit Disparate Consideration Where Amendment Provisions Were Followed,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 29, 2025.
- Co-author, “Restrictive Covenants Unenforceable Where Consideration Forfeited,” Troutman Pepper Locke, May 22, 2025.
- Co-author, “2025 DGCL Amendments Take Effect, Introducing Sweeping Safe Harbor Provisions for Conflict Transactions,” Troutman Pepper Locke, March 26, 2025.
- Co-author, “Inside the New Troutman Pepper Locke,” Middle Market Growth 2025 Outlook Report, January 22, 2025.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Holds That Proposed Conversion Did Not Trigger a Blocking Right Covering Charter Repeals,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 13, 2025.
- Co-author, “Chancery Addresses “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” Clauses in the Context of an Earnout Dispute,” Troutman Pepper, November 6, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Unintelligible and Inequitable Bylaws,” Troutman Pepper, August 9, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Corporate Charters Cannot Incorporate Provisions of Third-Party Agreements by Reference,” Troutman Pepper, August 7, 2024.
- Co-author, ““Market Practice” 2024 DGCL Amendments Become Effective,” Troutman Pepper, August 1, 2024.
- Co-author, “Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say: Chancery Court Confirms Arbitration Award Requiring Seller to Pay Buyer $87 Million for the Acquisition of the Seller’s Business,” Troutman Pepper, June 4, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Supreme Court Confirms Dual MFW Protections Are Needed Outside of the Freeze-Out Merger Context for Application of Business Judgment Rule,” Troutman Pepper, April 4, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Invalidates Common Governance Rights in Stockholder Agreement,” Troutman Pepper, March 19, 2024.
- Co-author, “Chancery’s Sears Ruling Clarifies Stockholder Duties,” Law360, February 2, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Fiduciary Limitations on Controlling Stockholder’s Exercise of Voting Power,” Troutman Pepper, January 25, 2024.
- Co-author, “Contracting Around Extrinsic Evidence in Delaware,” Troutman Pepper, January 23, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Confirms Enforceability of Identity-Based Voting Stock,” Troutman Pepper, January 10, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Enforceability of Con Ed Provision,” Troutman Pepper, January 8, 2024.
- Co-author, “Delaware Further Updates its Framework for Equity Award Delegations,” Troutman Pepper, September 19, 2023.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Confirms Enforceability of NVCA Covenant Not to Sue for Breach of Fiduciary Duty,” Troutman Pepper, June 6, 2023.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Strikes Down Another Sale of Business Noncompete,” Troutman Pepper, April 18, 2023.
- Co-author, “No Class Voting Right Available to Nonvoting Class for Adoption of Officer Exculpation Provision,” Troutman Pepper, April 12, 2023.
- “Interest Rates and PE Deals (Episode Three),” Private Equity Perspectives Impact Series, March 22, 2023.
- “The Shifting Market for Buyers (Episode Two),” Private Equity Perspectives Impact Series, March 15, 2023.
- “A Look Back – and Ahead (Episode One),” Private Equity Perspectives Impact Series, March 10, 2023.
- Co-author, “More Than a Majority: Chancery Court Provides Rare Guidance on Charter Amendments,” Troutman Pepper, February 16, 2023.
- Co-author, “Oversight Duties Apply to Corporate Officers,” Troutman Pepper, February 6, 2023.
- Co-author, “Court of Chancery Strikes Down Restrictive Covenants Designed to Protect Private Equity Investments Beyond the Target,” Troutman Pepper, January 17, 2023.
- Co-author, “An Updated Framework for Delegating Equity Grant-Making Authority in a Delaware Public Company,” Troutman Pepper, August 10, 2022.
- Co-author, “Delaware Corporations Cannot Use Their Charter to Alter the Judicial Standard of Review,” Troutman Pepper, July 27, 2022.
- Co-author, “Failure to Pay “Fair Value” to Holders of Fractional Shares in a Reverse Stock Split Constitutes an Independent Claim in Delaware,” Troutman Pepper, July 6, 2022.
- Co-author, “Closing the Private Equity Fund Triggers Entire Fairness Under Delaware Law,” Troutman Pepper, June 27, 2022.
- Co-author, “Proposed Amendments to DGCL Broaden Corporate Autonomy and Stockholders’ Rights,” Troutman Pepper, April 21, 2022.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Signals That Delaware Is a Pro-Sandbagging Jurisdiction,” Troutman Pepper, March 22, 2022.
- Co-author, “What We’re Seeing – 2022 Dealmaking Outlook,” Troutman Pepper, February 3, 2022.
- Co-author, “Disclaiming Fraud Under Delaware Law,” Troutman Pepper, January 11, 2022.
- Co-author, “An Overview of the 2021 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and Alternative Entity Acts,” Troutman Pepper, November 16, 2021.
- Co-author, “Appraisal Waivers Are Enforceable Under Delaware Law,” Troutman Pepper, September 20, 2021.
- Co-author, “Controlling Stockholder or Member Status Under Delaware Law – A Table of Key Decisions,” Troutman Pepper, July 12, 2021.
- Co-author, “Pill With 5% Trigger Too Poisonous to Address Hypothetical Stockholder Activism,” Troutman Pepper, March 30, 2021.
- Co-author, “Changes to Target’s Business Prompted by COVID-19 Pandemic Breached Ordinary Course Covenant, Permitting Buyer to Escape Deal,” Troutman Pepper, December 2, 2020.
- Co-author, “Fraud on the Board II: Conflicted CEO Tilts Company Sale in PE Firm’s Favor,” Troutman Pepper, October 5, 2020.
- Co-author, “The Latest Successful Caremark Claim,” Troutman Pepper, August 26, 2020.
- Co-author, “Delaware Court of Chancery Tells California to Get Off Its Lawn,” Troutman Pepper, August 17, 2020.
- Co-author, “Fraud on the Board: Material Conflicts Must Be Disclosed to the Board to Warrant Business Judgment Review,” Troutman Pepper, July 7, 2020.
- Quoted, “With Uncertainty the Killer of Deals, M&A Gradually Grows More Confident,” The M&A Journal, Volume 23, Number 3, January 9, 2024.