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Cathy L. Reese

Cathy L. Reese

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Principal and Head of Firm’s Corporate and Chancery Litigation Practice
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Wilmington, Delaware

Practice Areas
Corporate and Securities
Complex Litigation
Business Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
White Collar Criminal Defense

Education

Columbia University B.S. 1982 magna cum laude
George Washington University Law School J.D. 1989 with honors

Professional experience

Cathy L. Reese is a Principal in the Delaware office of Fish & Richardson and heads the firm’s Corporate and Chancery Litigation practice. She is an established trial attorney with extensive experience in corporate and complex commercial litigation, as well as corporate counseling and corporate opinions. According to Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, which conducts in-depth interviews with clients and practicing attorneys and does not list lawyers “unless they are strongly recommended by the market,” Cathy is one of a small group of lawyers ranked as the leading litigators in Delaware in the areas of business litigation and the handling of matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery. Cathy has also been selected by Delaware’s legal community and a “Blue Ribbon Committee” of retired Delaware judges as one of the top 10 corporate litigators in Delaware according to a poll of 2,700 members of the Delaware State Bar Association published in Delaware Today magazine.

Cathy represents and counsels corporations, their boards of directors, special committees of the board, officers, managers, stockholders, and investors. Her corporate litigation practice includes: breach of fiduciary duty claims, corporate governance and election disputes, securities issues and statutory proceedings under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Cathy’s counseling practice advises corporations, management, boards of directors and board committees regarding their duties in connection with fundamental corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, and dissolutions. Cathy has also had substantial successes in other complex litigation, including fraud claims, technology disputes and intellectual property litigation in Delaware’s U.S. District Court. Cathy often is called upon by law firms based in other states or countries to provide opinions on Delaware law issues or “Delaware counsel.”

Litigation Examples

Corporate Litigation in Delaware’s Chancery Court Actions challenging a corporate merger, acquisition, or asset sale: Kessler, et al. v. Delaware Open MRI Radiology, Inc., et al.; R-2 Communications v.Icahn, et al.; Andalaro v. PFPC Worldwide, Inc.; Metzger v. Barnes & Noble; Aquila, Inc. v. Quanta Services, Inc.; In re Vitalink Pharmacy Services Inc.; Norfolk Southern Corp v. Conrail, et al.; Dynamics Corporation of America v. WHX Corp.; American