Wilmington, DE (August 17, 2015) - Thirty attorneys from Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP were selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 79,000 eligible attorneys.

Jack B. Blumenfeld was named the Best Lawyers^® 2016 Litigation-Intellectual Property “Lawyer of the Year” in Delaware.

Morris Nichols Attorney Recognitions in Best Lawyers, Wilmington, DE and practice area:

• Derek C. Abbott - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jon E. Abramczyk - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
• Frederick H. Alexander - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jack B. Blumenfeld - Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent
• Donna L. Culver - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Robert J. Dehney - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Todd A. Flubacher - Trusts and Estates
• Mary B. Graham - Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Thomas C. Grimm - Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Louis G. Hering - Corporate Law
• Michael Houghton - Administrative/Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Government Relations Practice
• S. Mark Hurd - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions
• Donald Nelson Isken - Real Estate Law
• Karen Jacobs - Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent
• Andrew M. Johnston - Corporate Law
• Eric S. Klinger-Wilensky - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• William M. Lafferty - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions
• Kenneth J. Nachbar - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation-Securities
• Maryellen Noreika - Litigation-Patent, Patent Law
• Thomas R. Pulsifer - Litigation-Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
• Donald E. Reid - Commercial Litigation
• R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Environmental
• Rodger D. Smith, II - Litigation-Patent
• A. Gilchrist Sparks, III - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• David J. Teklits - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
• Walter C. Tuthill - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Patricia O. Vella - Corporate Governance Law
• Susan Wood Waesco - Corporate Law
• Gregory W. Werkheiser - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Jeffrey R. Wolters - Corporate Law

About The Best Lawyers in America^®

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2016 edition, eligible attorneys cast 6.7 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specific practice areas.

About Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Morris Nichols combines a broad national practice of corporate, intellectual property, business reorganization and restructuring, commercial law and litigation with a general business, tax, estate planning and real estate practice within the State of Delaware. The firm is regularly involved as lead counsel or co-counsel in matters of national and international significance, as well as those affecting its immediate community. Follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.