Lisa A. Schmidt

Overview

“Incredibly responsive and very proactive” (Chambers USA), Lisa Schmidt is the president of the firm.

Lisa focuses her practice on advising and representing Delaware corporations, their directors, and other constituencies in corporate litigation.  “A very skilled lawyer” (Chambers USA, 2024), she has successfully litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, appraisal matters, and contractual disputes in the Delaware courts. Lisa also advises corporations, their directors, and special committees on corporate governance and fiduciary duties.

Lisa is a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute. She is also the co-chair of the Federal Securities Institute. Lisa recently shared her thoughts on practicing law “the Delaware way” in an interview with the Delaware Prosperity Partnership.

PRACTICES

Corporate & Chancery Litigation
Corporate Transactions
Corporate Governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Special Committees & Investigations

Select Experience

• Counsel to Stericycle, Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives, Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to Mindbody, Inc. in appraisal litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to directors of Mindbody, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to General Motors Company in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to AbbVie Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court
• Counsel to a transaction committee of Annie’s Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Annie’s by General Mills and related litigation
• Counsel to Expedia Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to United States Cellular Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to MoneyGram International, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to directors of Southwall Technologies Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to Viking Pump, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery, Delaware Superior Court, and Delaware Supreme Court
• Counsel to directors of Allegro Development Corp. in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court
• Counsel to ConAgra, Inc. in litigation in the Delaware Superior Court
• Counsel in a confidential Court of Chancery arbitration
• Counsel to the special committee of the board of Norfolk Southern
• Counsel to Selectica Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery upholding the use of an NOL rights plan
• Counsel to CVS Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to Broadcom Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery relating to its proposal to acquire Emulex
• Counsel to Nokia Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery
• Counsel to directors of The Walt Disney Company in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court
• Counsel to The Hartford Life Insurance Company in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court

Education

• Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1991
  Dickinson Law Review
  Woolsack Society
• Drew University, B.A., 1988

Leadership

• Federal Securities Institute, Co-Chair
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Delaware, Board Member
• Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Board Member

Recognition

• Litigation Counsel of America, Senior Fellow
• Litigation Counsel of America, Order of Veritas
• Chambers USA
• The Legal 500
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2024, 2023
• Benchmark Litigation
• Super Lawyers
• The Delaware 222, Delaware Business Times, 2025, 2024

Bar Admissions

• Delaware
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States District Court, District of Delaware