Wilmington, Del. (November 20, 2024) - Wilmington Managing Partner Francis Pileggi and Partners Scott Cousins and Ciro Poppiti have been named "top lawyers" in Delaware by Delaware Today magazine. The publication named Mr. Pileggi a top lawyer in corporate law, Mr. Cousins a top lawyer in bankruptcy law, and Mr. Poppiti a top lawyer in hospitality law.
Delaware Today publishes a new list of top lawyers each November after polling members of the Delaware Bar on the best attorneys in dozens of practice areas.
Mr. Pileggi serves as chair of Lewis Brisbois' Directors & Officers Litigation Practice and a member of its Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice. His litigation practice emphasizes representation in high-stakes disputes of corporations, stockholders, members of boards of directors, members and managers of LLCs, and those with managerial or ownership interests in other forms of entities. He has extensive experience in matters involving fiduciary duties and corporate governance as well as summary proceedings under the Delaware General Corporation Law in the Delaware Court of Chancery. For the past 20 years, Mr. Pileggi has maintained the Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog at delawarelitigation.com.
Mr. Cousins, who has more than 30 years of legal experience, was recently appointed co-chair of Lewis Brisbois' Bankruptcy & Insolvency Practice. He has been involved in many of the largest and most complicated business reorganizations, out of-court restructuring matters, workouts, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales in Delaware's federal and state courts, as well as in other jurisdictions across the country. In addition to co-chairing Lewis Brisbois' Bankruptcy & Insolvency Practice, Mr. Cousins is a member of its Complex Business & Commercial Litigation and Real Estate & Land Use Practices.
Mr. Poppiti has an outstanding reputation in the area of alcohol law, as one of just a handful of attorneys who has been an owner at all "three tiers" of the alcohol business – importer, wholesaler, and retailer. He is a member of Lewis Brisbois' Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice and is well-versed in virtually any type of complex commercial, corporate, or real estate matter arising in Delaware. He has been appointed by the Court of Chancery as a master pro hac vice, ruling from the bench in over 150 matters.
Please join us in congratulating Messrs. Pileggi, Cousins, and Poppiti on this recognition.
See the full list of top attorneys in Delaware Today's article, "Meet Delaware's Top Lawyers in 2024," here.
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