Background
Richards, Junior, Charles F. was born on November 11, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Charles F. Richards Jr.
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1959). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).
Career
Worked at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Delaware. Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1960-1962.
Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1963-1964. Legal Secretary, Committee for Revision, Delaware Corporation Law, 1965-1967. Member, 1982-1988 and Chairman, 1986-1988, Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Delaware.
Member, 1973 and Chairman, 1986, Chancery Rules Committee. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. American Law Institute.
American Judicature Society (Director, 1991-1995). Richards, Layton & Finger, founded in the early 1900's, is Delaware's largest law firm with seventy-nine lawyers. The firm has a full-service regional practice, as well as a national practice in the areas of corporate law and litigation, partnership law, limited liability company and business trust law, bankruptcy and complex financial transactions.
The firm offers a wide range of professional services, including general civil practice in state and federal courts, all aspects of Delaware corporate law, partnership, limited liability company and business trust law, federal and state taxation, estate planning, estates and trusts, real estate, business law, banking law, bankruptcy law, labor law, intellectual property, environmental law, administrative law and governmental relations. Members of the firm are active in the academic, business, charitable and political communities.
Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1960-1962. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1963-1964. Legal Secretary, Committee for Revision, Delaware Corporation Law, 1965-1967.
Member, 1982-1988 and Chairman, 1986-1988, Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Member, 1973 and Chairman, 1986, Chancery Rules Committee. Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.
American Law Institute. American Judicature Society (Director, 1991-1995).
