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Wilmington, DE-based William Chapman as Chief Talent and Diversity Officer and Senior Counsel
About the Company
Founded in 1826, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the United States. Potter Anderson has become one of the largest and most prominent Delaware law firms, with more than 90 attorneys in our downtown Wilmington office. Our attorneys engage in a diversified legal practice, including corporate and alternative entities law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, structured finance, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, intellectual property, and labor and employment, among others. Working with Delaware corporations and alternative entities, we advise on daily operations and governance issues and regularly act as special counsel in nationally prominent mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, divestitures, spin-offs and other types of business transactions. In working with prominent local businesses and not-for-profits, we advise on financing, human resources, healthcare regulation, trademarks and patents, tax and real estate transactions. Our litigators represent corporate directors and officers in disputes arising from corporate transactions and related issues of fiduciary duty. We also litigate matters involving bankruptcy, intellectual property, insurance coverage, product liability, contracts, antitrust, labor and employment, construction and environmental issues, in state and federal courts and in appeals before the Delaware Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. We handle matters before local boards, commissions and administrative agencies and represent clients in alternative dispute resolution.
About the Person
William L. Chapman, Jr. is the Chief Talent and Diversity Officer and Senior Counsel at Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP. Reporting to the Executive Committee, Judge Chapman will lead the firm`s efforts to recruit and develop a diverse team of dedicated attorneys. He will work closely with the firm`s Recruiting, Associates and Diversity Committees, as well as with the firm`s newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Cynthia A. Bauer, to ensure that the firm is well positioned for ongoing success. Originally from New York City, Judge Chapman came to Delaware as a Deputy Attorney General for the Delaware Department of Justice after receiving his A.B. from Brown University in 1983 and graduating from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986. He has served the State as a Family Court judge for the past twenty years and has been active in the community through organizations such as The Walnut Street YMCA, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Delaware and St. Michael`s School & Nursery.
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