Mr. Friedlander has litigated numerous contract disputes and matters of Delaware corporate law, including a principal role in each of the firm's contingent stockholder actions. He was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Benchmark Litigation, and the annual list of Delaware “Super Lawyers” published by Philadelphia Magazine in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. He is described as follows in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA:
Praised for his “incredible capacity for hard work,” Joel Friedlander is particularly experienced in handling corporate governance issues.
Education
University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., 1992Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Recipient, Fred G. Leebron Award for Constitutional Law
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S., cum laude, 1988
Benjamin Franklin Scholar; General Honors Program
Professional and Community Activities
Immediate Past President, The Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, Inc., a non-profit skilled nursing facilityMember, Supreme Court Rules Committee
Board of Advisors, University of Pennsylvania Institute of Law and Economics (2006-2009)
Executive Committee, Delaware State Bar Association (2006-2008)
Master, Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court (2002-2005)
Associate Member, Delaware Board of Bar Examiners (1998-2003)
Editorial Board, Delaware Lawyer (1998-2003)
President, Delaware Chapter, Lawyers Division, Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy
Studies (1994-1999).
Assistant to the President, Delaware State Bar Association (1998-1999)
Adjunct Professor, Widener Law School, teaching Equity (1998)
Publications and Seminars
“Overturn Time-Warner Three Different Ways,” 33 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 631 (2008)"The Rule of Law at Century's End," 5 Texas Review of Law & Politics 317 (2001)
"The CEO as captain of industry: A dying breed?," Directors & Boards (Spring 2001)
"Why Fleming Was Decided Correctly," Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter,
Vol. 21, No. 6 (February 1999) (co-authored with Leonard Chazen)
"Taking Stock of Shareholder Rights," Corporations, Securities and Antitrust News,
Vol. 1, No. 3 (Fall 1997)
"Justice Scalia's Kulturkampf," Religious Liberties News, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 1996)
"Corporation and Kulturkampf: Time Culture as Illegal Fiction," 29 University of Connecticut
Law Review 31 (1996)
"Constitution and Kulturkampf: A Reading of the Shadow Theology of Justice Brennan,"
140 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1049 (1992).
Multiple review essays in Delaware Lawyer
Mr. Friedlander has been invited to speak on corporate law issues at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Harvard Law School, Widener University School of Law, and the Federalist Society Fifth Annual Conference on Corporate Governance Issues, among other forums.
Prior Experience
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 1993-1995Law Clerk to The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1992-1993
