Position: Member, practicing in the areas of personal injury, workers' compensation, wrongful death, civil rights, and labor law.
Admitted to bar, 1993, Delaware; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001, Supreme Court of The United States. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., English, with honors, 1988); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1992). Associate Editor, 1990-1991 and Senior Editor, 1991-1992, Comparative Labor Law Journal. Judicial Law Clerk, to the Honorable Carl Goldstein, Delaware Superior Court, 1992-1993. House Attorney, House of Representatives, General Assembly of Delaware, 1994-1996. Completed Superior Court Mediation Training, 2007. Member: Delaware State Bar Association; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Terry-Carey American Inn of Court.
REPORTED CASES:
In Re: Applicant No. 5 to the 1994 Delaware Bar and Professional Conduct Examinations, 658 A.2d 609 (Del. 1994)
Brice v. State, Department of Correction, 704 A.2d 1176 (Del. 1998) (en Banc)
Holland v. Zarif, 794 A.2d 1254 (Del. Ch. 2002)
Kulp v. Timmons, 944 A.2d 1023 (Del. Ch. 2002)
Via v. Taylor, 224 F. Supp. 753 (D. Del. 2002), later proceeding, 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 11246 (2004)
In Re: O’Bier, 833 A.2d 950 (Del. Ct. Jud. 2003)
Resident attorney of the Rehoboth Beach, DE office. Available
for appointments at the Dover and Rehoboth Beach, DE offices.
Email: dboswell@schmittrod.com