Background
Prickett, William was born on November 13, 1925 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
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William Prickett
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Career
Worked at Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1955, Delaware and District of Columbia. Co-author: Comment, "A Preview of Delaware's Financial Center Development Act of 1981," 6 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 104, 1981.
"Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.: Delaware's Effort To Preserve A Level Playing Field for Cash-Out Mergers," 8 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 59, 1983. "An Explanation of Trans Union to Henny Penny and Her Friends," 10 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 451, 1985. Special Deputy Attorney General, 1962-1964.
Chairman, Continuing Committee on Rules of the Superior Court, 1965-1971. Trustee, Clients' Security Trust Fund of the Supreme Court of Delaware, 1981-1996. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Delaware State (President, 1974. Member, Corporation Law Section. Chairman, Judicial Nominating Commission, 1984-1985) and American Bar Associations.
American Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.
Delaware Bar Foundation. Military: USNR, active duty, 1943-1946. United States Marine Corps Reserve, active duty, 1950-1952.
Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee was originally founded in 1888. It now consists of approximately forty attorneys practicing in Wilmington and Dover, Delaware and nearby Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It specializes in the following areas: (I) Delaware Corporate Litigation and Transactions, (II) General Litigation (including personal injury, workers' compensation, criminal and domestic relations law), (III) Trust, Estate and Tax Law, (IV) Business, Banking and Hospital Law, (V) Commercial and Residential Real Estate, and (VI) Legislative Representation before the Delaware General Assembly and State, County and Municipal Authorities.
The firm acts as Delaware counsel in admiralty, patent and copyright cases. The firm represents charitable and philanthropic organizations, performs pro bono services and is a leader in committee work for the Courts and for national and local legal organizations.
Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Delaware State (President, 1974. Member, Corporation Law Section.
Chairman, Judicial Nominating Commission, 1984-1985) and American Bar Associations. American Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation. Delaware Bar Foundation. Military: USNR, active duty, 1943-1946.
United States Marine Corps Reserve, active duty, 1950-1952.
