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| | Address | | 116 West Water Street | | Dover, Delaware 19904 | | (Kent Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 302-678-3262 | | Telecopier: 302-678-9415 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.pgslegal.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Environmental, Insurance and Financial Services, Administrative, Governmental, Public Contract, Utility, Employment, Education, Real Estate, Land Use, Personal Injury, Estate Planning, Commercial Law, Criminal and Family Law. | | Year Established: 1975 | | Firm Size: 15 | Representative Clients:
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.; ICI Americas; Ciba Geigy; Playtex Family Products; Hanover Foods Corp.; U.S. Borax; Chesapeake Utilities; Tidewater Utilities Co.; Perdue, Incorporated; Mountaire Farms; J.G. Townsends, Inc.; Rohm & Haas; Frank Robino & Sons; Carl Freeman & Assoc.; Wyoming Concrete Industries, Inc.; Tilcon; Chemical Industry Council of Delaware; Delaware Solid Waste Authority; Delaware Lottery Office; Delaware Department of Transportation; Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation; Capital School District; Sussex County; University of Delaware; Wilmington Trust Company; Occidental Chemical Co. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Old Republic Title Insurance Co.; Stewart Title Guaranty Company. | Reference:
First National Bank of Wyoming. |
Other Office Locations of Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A.
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
| | F. Michael Parkowski (Member) born Williamstown, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Delaware; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Villanova University (B.E., 1968); Temple University (J.D., 1973). Assistant Professor, Environmental Law, University of Delaware, 1975-1977. Instructor, Delaware Realtors Institute, 1985-1990. Counsel: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 1973-1975; Delaware Senate Natural Resources Committee, 1978-1980, 1986-1988; Delaware Solid Waste Authority, 1976-2008; Delaware Lottery Office, 1995-2002; Delaware Department of Transportation, 1997-2008; Delaware Economic Development Office, 1999-2004; Delaware Civic Center Corp., 1999-2008. Member: Chairman, Governor's Judicial Nominating Commission, 2000-2008; Chairman, Delaware River and Bay Authority, 2003-2008; Delaware Energy Commission, 1975-1976; Governor's Freshwater Wetlands Roundtable, 1989. Chairman, Governor's Magistrate Screening Committee, 1993-1994; Board of Trustees and Treasurer, Delaware State University, 1993-2004. Chair, Task Force on Citizen Involvement in the Judicial System, 1996-1999 and Vice-Chair, Family Court Internal Operation Procedures Committee, 1998-1999, Supreme Court. Member: Kent County (Vice-President, 1982-1983; President, 1983-1984); Delaware State (Chairman: Administrative Law Committee, 1980, 1981, 1987; 1989-1992; Chairman: 1989, 1990, Vice-Chairman: 1991-1993, Judicial Nominations Commission; Co-Chair, Judicial Compensation Committee, 2000-2004; Assistant Secretary, 1978; Secretary, 1979; Vice-President, 1980, 1985; Member, Executive Committee, 1991-1992; Vice President at Large, 1993; President-Elect, 1994; President, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; Terry Carey Inns of the Courts. (Also at Wilmington Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Real Estate Development Law; Public Works Contract Law. Email: F. Michael Parkowski | | I. Barry Guerke (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, October 1, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1970); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1973). Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk, Delaware Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Chairman, Governor's Magistrate Screening Committee, 1985-1987. Associate Member, Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, 1975-1979. Member: Delaware Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, 1981-1987; Delaware Judicial Nominating Commission, 1987-1992; Secretary, 1989-1992; Delaware Supreme Court IOLTA Committee, 1990-1995. Member: Kent County (Secretary, 1979-1980; Treasurer, 1980-1981; Vice-President, 1984-1985; President, 1985-1986), Delaware State (Chairman, Specialization Committee, 1989-1991; Vice-Chair, 2000-2001 and Co-Chair, 2001—, Professional Guidance Committee; Assistant Secretary, 1981-1982; Secretary, 1982-1983; Member-at-Large, 1983-1984; 1985-1986; Vice-President, Kent County, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1990 and 1995—; President, 1999-2000); Terry-Carey American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law. Email: I. Barry Guerke | | David S. Swayze (Member) admitted to bar, 1969, Delaware. Education: Princeton University (A.B., in Politics, 1966); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1969). Former Legal Counsel, Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the Governor of Delaware, and the Former City Solicitor of Wilmington. Past Chairperson, American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Delaware State (Member, Banking and Environmental Law Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law and Commercial Law; Banking Law Committee) Bar Associations; Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council; Wilmington Economic and Financial Advisory Council; Delaware Sentencing Research and Evaluation Committee (Chair); Terry-Carey American Inn of Court. [First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1970-1972]. (Also at Wilmington Office). Practice Areas: Financial Services Law; Government Relations; Legislative Practice; Environmental Administrative Law; Commercial Law. Email: David S. Swayze | | Clay T. Jester (Member) born Milford, Delaware, November 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Delaware; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A. in Pol.Sc., 1972); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk, Family Court of Delaware, 1976. Director, 1985-1990; President, 1987-1988, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Member: Kent County (Vice-President, 1992-1993; President, 1993-1994), Delaware State (Member, Executive Committee, 1988-1989, 1994-1995; Section on Family Law, 1980—; Vice-Chair, 2004-2005; Chair 2006-2007; Estates and Trusts Section, 1999—) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Real Property Section; Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; Terry-Carey Inn of Courts. Practice Areas: Family Law; Personal Injury Law; Estate Planning. Email: Clay T. Jester | | Jeremy W. Homer (Member) born Jamestown, New York, June 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Delaware; 1979, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1970); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1974); University of Delaware (M.A., 1976). Deputy Attorney General: Delaware, 1976-1978; Pennsylvania, 1981-1982. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Environmental Law; Administrative Law. Email: Jeremy W. Homer | | John C. Andrade (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, August 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Connecticut; 1980, Delaware; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Connecticut (B.S.Ch.E., 1973); University of Delaware (M.B.A., 1978); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1978). Author: Comment, "Passing-On in Antitrust: Was Hanover Shoe 'Turned on its Head' to Decide Illinois Brick?," 3 Del. J. Corp. L. 452, 1978; Andrade and Andrade, "Malpractice of Psychiatric Nurse," 26 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 2d 53, 1981. Adjunct Professor, Products Liability, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, August 1983—. Member: Kent County (President, 2003-2004), Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Products Liability; Environmental. Email: John C. Andrade | | Mark F. Dunkle (Director) born Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1988, Delaware; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1982); Emory University (J.D., 1985). Member, Moot Court Society, 1984-1985. Member: Kent County (Secretary 1991-1992; Treasurer, 1992-1993; Vice-President, 1993-1994; President, 1994-1995) and Delaware State (Nominating Committee, 1998-2000; Executive Committee, 1995-1996; Real Property Committee, 1998-2002; Editor, In Re, The Journal of the Delaware State Bar Association, 1999—) Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Presenter: "Condemnation Law in Delaware," Delaware State Bar Association, 2002; "Municipal Annexation Law in Delaware," Delaware Urban Studies Institute, 1997; "Delaware Land Use Law," National Business Institute, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Special Counsel: Delaware Department of Transportation, 1998—; Delaware Economic Development Office, 1999—; Kent County Levy Court, 1995-1996. Chairman, Governor's Magistrate Screening Committee, 1999—. Attorney Member, State Board of Accountancy, 1995-1997. Member, State Board of Bar Examiners, 2006—. Kent County Transfer of Development Rights Committee, 1997-1998. Special Master, Family Court. Secretary, Terry-Carey Inn of Court, 1993-1996. Insurance Commissioner's Arbitration Panel, 1993-1996. (Director). Reported Cases: Cannon v. State Del Supr 807 A.2d 556 (2002). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Development; Hotel and Resort Law; Hotel and Resort Development; Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain; Zoning Law; Land Use; Environmental Litigation. Email: Mark F. Dunkle | | William A. Denman (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, January 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., with honors); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Catholic University Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Judicial Review of Federal Employee Discrimination Complaints," 25 Catholic University Law Review 299, 1976. Member: Kent County (President, 1987-1988), Delaware State and American Bar Associations; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Public Utility Law. Email: William A. Denman | | Michael W. Arrington (Member) born Lower Merion Twp., Pennsylvania, June 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1997, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1998, Maryland; 1999, District of Columbia. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1978); Villanova University (M.A., 1980); Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Delta Phi. Alpha Sigma Nu. Member: Delaware State, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. (Also at Wilmington Office). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Environmental Law; Litigation; Transactional; Eminent Domain; Wills. Email: Michael W. Arrington | | Christine P. Schiltz (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Delaware. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 1993). (Also at Wilmington Office). Practice Areas: Government Relations; Administrative Law. Email: Christine P. Schiltz | | Michael W. Teichman (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1986); Temple University (J.D., 1994). Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1986-1991 (Also at Wilmington Office). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Insurance; Financial Services Law; Environmental Law; Trust Law; Fiduciary Law; Corporate Law. Email: Michael W. Teichman | | Kashif I. Chowdhry (Director) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania; 2003, Delaware. Education: Slippery Rock University (B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, 1998); Duquesne University of Business (M.B.A., cum laude, 2002); Duquesne School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Research Editor, Duquesne Law Review, 2001-2002. Delaware Family Court Law Clerk, 2002-2003. Terry Carey Inns of Court. Associate Member State of Delaware, Board of Bar Examiner. Presenter, Bridge The Gap Seminar, 2007. Member: Sussex County and Delaware Bar Associations, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Guardianship; Elder Law; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation. | | —————————— | | Anne Hartnett Reigle (Associate) born Dover, Delaware, July 17, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Delaware and Pennsylvania; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1988); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Vincent A. Bifferato, Delaware Superior Court, 1992-1994. Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of Delaware, 1994-1998. Member: Kent County and Delaware State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Practice. Email: Anne Hartnett Reigle | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Wilmington, Delaware Office: 800 King Street, Suite 203, 19801. Telephone: 302-654-3300. Fax: 302-654-3033.
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