Helen M. Richards

Background

Richards, Helen M. was born on January 24, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Smith College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Widener University School of Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1989).

Career

Worked at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Delaware. Editor-in-Chief, 1988-1989, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.

Author: "Is Employee Privacy an Oxymoron?" Delaware Lawyer, June 1997.

Comment, "Cede & Company v. Technicolor, Incorporated.: A Whole New Ball Game Foreign Dissenting Shareholders," 14 Delaware

J. Corporation L. 999 (1989). Law Clerk to The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1989-1990.

Editorial Board of Delaware Lawyer.

Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations. 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.

Achievements

• Helen M. Richards has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Delaware State and American Bar Associations.