R. Franklin Balotti

Background

Balotti, R. Franklin was born on April 19, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Education

Hamilton College (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Cornell University (Bachelor of Laws, 1967).

Career

Worked at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Delaware. 1994, Colorado.

Order of the Coif.

Phi Kappa Phi. Co-Author: "The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations," Law & Business, Inc., 1985. "Meetings of Stockholders," Law & Business, Inc., 1987. Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1991-1993, 1995.

Counsel, 1971-1974, Secretary, 1977-1981 and Member, 1974-1981. 1995, Delaware Courts Planning Committee. Member, and Secretary, 1974-1978, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules.

Member, 1980-1988, Vice Chairman, 1984-1986 and Chairman, 1986-1988, Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Delaware. Member and Chairman, 1991-1994, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Member, The Cornell Law School Advisory Council, 1986-1992.

Member, Board of Overseers, Widener University School of Law, 1992—. Member, The American Law Institute. Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers.

Director, Delaware State Bar Foundation, 1995—. Member: Delaware State (Secretary, 1977-1980. President, 1994-1995.

Vice Chairman, 1980-1982 and Chairman, 1982-1985, Corporation Law Section) and American (Sections of Business Law, Litigation, and International Law and Practice) Bar Associations. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Corporation Law Committee, 1984-1987). 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

• Bar: Delaware 1967, Colorado 1994, United States District Court Delaware 1968, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1974, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1992.

Works

• book

  • Meetings of Stockholders

    (In one comprehensive volume, you get all the information ...)

  • The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations

    (Updated with the latest legal and court developments, thi...)

  • The Delaware Law of Corporations Business Organizations Deskbook 2005 Edition

    (Updated with the latest legal and court developments, thi...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations

    (Updated with the latest legal and court developments, thi...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations Deskbook with CD, 2016 Edition

    (The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations Statutory Deskbook, 2017 Edition

    ( The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizatio...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations Deskbook 2013 Edition with CD

    (The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations Statutory Deskbook

    (The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations...)

  • Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations Deskbook with CD, 2016 Edition by R. Franklin Balotti (2015-10-29)
  • The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations

Membership

Member, and Secretary, 1974-1978, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules. Member, 1980-1988, Vice Chairman, 1984-1986 and Chairman, 1986-1988, Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Delaware. Member and Chairman, 1991-1994, Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law of the Supreme Court of Delaware.

Member, The Cornell Law School Advisory Council, 1986-1992. Member, Board of Overseers, Widener University School of Law, 1992—. Member, The American Law Institute.

Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers. Director, Delaware State Bar Foundation, 1995—. Member: Delaware State (Secretary, 1977-1980.

President, 1994-1995. Vice Chairman, 1980-1982 and Chairman, 1982-1985, Corporation Law Section) and American (Sections of Business Law, Litigation, and International Law and Practice) Bar Associations. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Corporation Law Committee, 1984-1987).

Fellow, The American College of Trial Lawyers. Director, Delaware State Bar Foundation, 1995—.