Francis G.X. Pileggi practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation. His practice includes representation in high-stakes disputes for a wide range of both large and small businesses as well as for utility companies, governmental entities and non-profits in multiple states. He also has enjoyed success in litigating, in both federal and state appellate courts, groundbreaking Second Amendment cases and related constitutional issues on behalf of civil rights organizations. In 2015, he was honored with The Chief Justice William Killen Award for Distinguished Second Amendment Appellate Advocacy. Francis is a litigation partner with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, and served for many years as the managing partner of its Delaware office and a member of its Executive Committee. He continues to serve as a Vice Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. Martindale-Hubbell has given him its highest rating of “AV” based on peer review of ability and ethical standards. He has been described as “a brand name in Delaware corporate litigation”. Since 2005, he has provided highlights and analysis of key corporate and commercial decisions, and legal ethics rulings, at www.delawarelitigation.com. He has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He also, for over two decades, has published many articles and provided multiple seminars on legal ethics.
American Legal Ethics
A Retrospective from 1997 to 2018
by Francis G.X. Pileggi
American Legal Ethics
A Retrospective from 1997 to 2018
by Francis G.X. Pileggi
Published Sep 30, 2018
102 Pages
Genre: LAW / Legal Profession
Book Details
This book is an anthology of ethics columns appearing in the magazine of the American Inns of Court called The Bencher, from 1997 to 2018, with practical application to practitioners, judges and law professors
Legal ethics in the U.S. has evolved over the last 20 years with the advent of technology as a required part of law practice and related obligations of lawyers that were not part of the rules 20 years ago. Basic principles, however, remain, and the articles included in this collection of legal ethics columns authored by Francis G.X. Pileggi over the last two decades should be of interest to anyone who needs to understand this important topic.