Overview
Chad Shandler is vice chair of the firm’s Litigation Department.
Chad has achieved significant victories in all of Delaware’s courts, including the Delaware Supreme Court and Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He is an experienced litigator with expertise in a variety of areas, including complex financial and commercial litigation, trusts and estates litigation, intellectual property litigation, and insurance litigation. Chad has litigated several high-profile trust disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and he has counseled numerous trust companies on fiduciary and regulatory matters.
Chad also has an active ADR practice, with substantial experience arbitrating and mediating commercial disputes.
PRACTICES
Fiduciary Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Trusts & Estates
Intellectual Property
Select Experience
- American Legacy Foundation v. National Union Fire Insurance Co.: Insurance coverage litigation involving D&O policies
- Advanced Micro Devices v. Intel Corporation: Antitrust litigation
- Gore v. Gore: Trust litigation
- May v. Wilmington Trust Company: Trust litigation
- The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation v. Pamela Carvel: Trust litigation
- Fifth Generation Computers v. Qwest Corporation: Trade secret litigation
- St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Canon, et al.: Patent litigation
- KV Pharmaceuticals v. Lannett Company, Inc.: Patent and antitrust litigation
- E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Co.: Insurance coverage litigation
- H. Beatty Chadwick v. Metro Corp.: Defamation/First Amendment action
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1998
- Villanova University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1994
Education
Publications
Effects of Federal Circuit’s Decision on Standard for Joint Infringement
Delaware Business Court Insider | December 2, 2015
In Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks, 793 F.3d 1020 (2015), a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the standard for joint infringement by finding the defendant liable because it directed or controlled the actions of a third party that performed one or more steps of a claimed method. The Federal Circuit found…
Dispute Resolution 2012: Delaware
Getting the Deal Through | June 2012
The Delaware judicial system consists of the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Courts. The Delaware Constitution of 1897 also establishes a Court on the Judiciary with power to censure, remove or retire judicial officers for misconduct or failure to perform duties. The Supreme…
Dispute Resolution 2011: Delaware
Getting the Deal Through | June 2011
The Delaware judicial system consists of the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Courts.
Leadership
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections
- Commercial and Business Litigation Committee; Fiduciary Litigation Subcommittee, Chair; Delaware Litigation Subcommittee, Chair
Recognition
- Chambers HNW, Private Wealth Disputes, since 2021
- Benchmark Litigation, since 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America, since 2017
- Best Lawyers’ Wilmington, DE Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyer of the Year, 2018
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 1999
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2000