Twelve Richards, Layton & Finger Attorneys Admitted to the Delaware Bar

December 11, 2008

Firm News

WILMINGTON, Delaware – Twelve Richards, Layton & Finger associates were admitted to the Delaware bar on December 11, 2008. The attorneys are Margot F. Alicks, Joseph L. Christensen, Stephen M. Ferguson, Andrew C. Irgens, Tiphanie P. Miller, Emily S. Preslar, T. Max Riffin, Sarah R. Stafford, Aaron W. Stewart, Vincent R. Versagli III, Michelle E. Whalen and Peter C. Wood, Jr. The attorneys were admitted to practice in the State of Delaware by the Delaware Supreme Court in a ceremony at the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover. To be admitted to the Delaware bar, applicants must have graduated from an ABA-approved law school, passed the Delaware bar examination, and completed a clerkship requirement.

Alicks, Ferguson, Miller, Preslar and Versagli practice in Richards, Layton & Finger’s business department. Irgens and Riffin work with the bankruptcy and restructuring group, and Stafford and Whalen practice in the litigation department. Christensen, Stewart and Wood work in the firm’s corporate department.

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Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. provides legal services to its clients in Delaware, the U.S. and throughout the world. The firm provides counsel on sophisticated financial transactions involving Delaware corporations and alternative entities, as well as advice and guidance to local clients. Richards, Layton & Finger attorneys have been leaders in cases decided in Delaware courts addressing corporate law and governance, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, fiduciary relations, commercial and other general civil matters.