James S. Green, Jr. primarily practices in the areas of bankruptcy-related, corporate and commercial litigation. He regularly appears before state and federal courts in Delaware representing a diverse range of clients, including: local and national construction contracting firms, financial institutions, bankruptcy debtors, bankruptcy committees, and individual creditors of insolvent companies, as well as officers, directors, and shareholders involving matters of Delaware corporate jurisprudence.
Jim graduated from Widener University School of Law, cum laude, in 2003. While in law school, he was Articles Editor of The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Volume 28, and he completed a judicial externship for The Honorable Thomas L. Ambro of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Prior to joining the firm, Jim was an associate at the Wilmington office of Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling PC (now Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC). He received his B.A., cum laude, in philosophy from Gettysburg College in 1999.
Jim is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Delaware and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association, for which he serves a counsel to the Litigation Section, the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Delaware Federal Civil Panel, and the Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court.
Selected Representations |
Representation of local engineering company in multi-party construction dispute;
Defense of municipality in action alleging Constitutional claims;
Representation in litigation and arbitration of seller of securities in action for fraud, insider trading and breaches of fiduciary duties;
Defense of large manufacturing companies in asbestos litigation;
Representation of international construction company in contractual dispute over construction of regional distribution center;
Representation of receiver in dissolution and winding up of multi-million dollar partnership;
Representation of international construction and engineering company in engineering, procurement, and construction contract for billion-dollar project in Asia;
Representation of major financial institution as trustee in $20 million Court of Chancery action against officers and directors;
Defense of major financial institutions as note-holder parties in bankruptcy adversary proceeding for fraudulent transfers and preferential payments in bankruptcy case;
Frequent representation of various defendants in Delaware bankruptcy adversary proceedings |
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