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Welcome to the Delaware Chapter, consisting of close to 350 alumni residing or working throughout the state of Delaware. We invite alumni, faculty, students and friends to attend chapter events and programs, which are posted throughout the year on the Law School's Events Calendar. We also encourage you to contact any of the leadership council members listed below if you have any questions about practicing in Delaware, or if you are interested in becoming more involved with the Chapter.

Pictured Above: Dana Spring Monzo '04 visits with Stephanie Fiumara '10 and Amanda Steele '10 at a Chapter Luncheon in 2010 featuring keynote speaker Fred Iobst '72, Chief Counsel for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the Supreme Court of Delaware.

Leadership Council Members

President

Sean J. Bellew ’97
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
919 North Market Street, 12th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801-3023
302-252-4438
bellews@ballardspahr.com

Vice President

James Carignan ’02
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Hercules Plaza
1313 Market Street, Suite 5100
Wilmington, DE 19806
302-777-6530
carignanj@pepperlaw.com

Secretary

James H.S. Levine ’07
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100
P.O. Box 1709
1313 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-6101
302-777-6500
levinejh@pepperlaw.com

Immediate Past President

Victoria Counihan ’96
counihanv@comcast.net

Advisors

Frederick W. Iobst ’72
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Carvel State Office Building
820 North French Street, 11th Floor
Wilmington, Delaware 19801-3545
(302) 577-7042
frederick.iobst@state.de.us

Kathleen M. Jennings-Hostetter ’78
WolfBlock
Wilmington Trust Center
1100 North Market Street, Suite 1001
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-777-6926
kjennings@wolfblock.com

James F. Kipp ’63
Elzufon, Austin Reardon, Tarlov & Mondell, P.A.
2500 Wrangle Hill Road
Building 1, Suite 201
Bear, DE 19701
302-327-1110
jkipp@elzufon.com

Gretchen S. Knight ’90
Morris James Hitchens & Williams
500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-888-6926 / Fax:  302-571-1750
gknight@morrisjames.com

Charles A. McCauley III ’02
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
1000 North West Street, Suite 1200
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-655-9094
charles.mccauley@obermayer.com

Robert J. O’Neill, Jr. ’85
Office of the Attorney General
820 North French Street, 7th Floor
Criminal Division
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-577-8807
robert.oneill@state.de.us

Robert A. Penza, Esquire '89
Polsinelli Shughart
222 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19801
Direct: 302-252-0945
Main: 302-252-0920
Fax: 302-252-0921
rpenza@polsinelli.com

Adam W. Poff ’00
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Rodney Square
1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-571-6642
apoff@ycst.com

Donald E. Reid ’78
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
12th & Market Streets
P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19899
302-658-9200 / Fax:  302-685-3989
dreid@mnat.com

Sheldon K. Rennie ’97
Fox Rothschild LLP
919 North Market Street, Suite 1300
P.O. Box 2323
Wilmington, DE 19899-2323
302-622-4202 / Fax:  302-656-8920
srennie@foxrothschild.com

George R. Tsakataras ’96
Blakely, Gregory & Pappoulis
2072 Limestone Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
302-421-9101
georgetsakataras@bgplegal.com

Patricia O. Vella ’96
Morris, Nichols. Arsht & Tunnell LLP
1201 North Market Street
P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19899-1347
302-351-9349
pvella@mnat.com