Background
Fenton, Wendell was born on May 8, 1939 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Martin and Katharine (Douglas) Fenton.
Fenton, Wendell was born on May 8, 1939 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Martin and Katharine (Douglas) Fenton.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1961; postgraduate, University of Oxford, England, 1961-1962; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1965.
Worked at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1966, New York. 1971, Delaware.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Delaware State (Member, Corporation Law Section. Council, 1990-1994) and American (Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Section of Business Law, 1979) 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.
Secretary, trustee Winston Churchill Foundation United States, New York City, 1970—2007. Trustee Delaware League for Planned Parenthood, Wilmington, 1971-1979, president, 1973-1976, chairman, 1976-1978. Trustee Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, since 1972, president, 1976-1978, 81-83, 88—.
Trustee, president World Affairs Council Wilmington, since 1978. Trustee St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, 1990-1993. Member American Bar Association (federal regulation securities since 1979), Delaware Bar Association (corporation law. council 1991-1994).
Married Jeannie Hobart Woolston, September 9, 1967. Children: Joshua W., Nicholas W., Lewis D.