Jeff counsels corporations, boards of directors and investors on Delaware law.

His practice ranges from advising venture-backed companies to counseling public company boards and board committees. He has been “Delaware counsel” to hundreds of public and private Delaware companies over the years and many of the leading VC and PE funds. Jeff also provides formal legal opinions on Delaware corporate law and related matters under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Jeff has taught courses on corporate law and been a guest lecturer at law schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, California-Berkeley, and Villanova. He frequently writes and presents on corporate law topics relevant to private equity and venture capital stakeholders, is a contributing editor to the treatise Delaware Corporation Law and Practice, and has been recognized as a leading Delaware Corporate/M&A attorney in Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and The Best Lawyers in America.

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1992-1993

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1992
Virginia Law Review, Articles Editor, 1991-1992

University of Delaware, BA, 1988

Admissions

  • Delaware, 1994

“Clients describe him as ‘very smart, very practical…a zealous advocate for his clients.” Chambers USA

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