Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr. - Wilmington, DE

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, Delaware
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Moot Court Honor Society Member
    Law Review: Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Member, 1984 - 1986
    Law Journal: Delaware Law Forum, Editor-in-Chief, 1985 - 1986

• Non Legal Education

  • Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    B.S.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Delaware State House of Representatives, Member, 1992 - 2002
• Widener University Paralegal Program, Adjunct Professor, 1987 - 1991
• Widener University School of Law Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Instructor, 1989 - Present
• Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, Clerk, 1985 - 1986
• William C. Carpenter, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, Clerk
• Honorable Vincent A. Bifferato, Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Judicial Law Clerk, 1986 - 1987

Classes and Seminars

• Enhanced Ethics and Delaware Practice - The 13th Annual Seminar, Delaware State Bar Association, January 25, 2008
  
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association 2007 Annual Convention, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, June 22, 2007 - June 23, 2007
  
• Bridge The Gap: The Delaware Pre-Admission Conference, Widener University School of Law, November 2, 2006 - November 3, 2006
  
• Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations, Delaware State Bar Association, October 24, 2006
  
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America - NJ, April 27, 2006 - April 28, 2006
  
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors, October 29, 2005
  
• Bridge The Gap: The Delaware Pre-Admission Conference, October 27, 2005 - October 28, 2005
  
• Enhanced Ethics and Delaware Practice, St. Thomas More Society and Delaware State Bar Association, January 24, 2005
  
• Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations, Delaware State Bar Association, October 18, 2005
  
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association 2005 Annual Convention, June 10, 2005 - June 11, 2005
  
• DTLA 2005 Annual Convention - "Polish Your Practice", Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, June 10, 2005 - June 11, 2005
  
• Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations, Delaware State Bar Association, November 15, 2004
  
• DTLA Annual Convention, June 11, 2004
  
• MMI Preparatory School Commencement, May 27, 2004
  
• Delaware Economic Development Office Trade Mission, State of Delaware, November 17, 2003
  
• DSBA and St. Thomas More Society Annual Ethics Seminar, DSBA and St. Thomas More Society, January 23, 2003
  
• Delaware Economic Development Office Trade Mission, State of Delaware, March 4, 2002
  
• DTLA Winter Seminar, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, February 22, 2002
  
• DTLA Essentials of Personal Injury Litigation, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, October 2, 1998
  
• Delaware House of Representatives Education Committee, Teacher
  
• Speaker, Delaware Supreme Court's pre-admission conference for new attorneys

Published Works

Articles

• An Apple for the Teacher:, Educational Malpractice Fails Judicial Test, But Core Problem Remains, Insurance Counsel Journal, 53, 1986
  
• Premenstrual Stress Syndrome Defense: Legal, Medical and Social Aspects, Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, 33, 1987
  
• The Federal and State Constitutionality of Baccalaureate Services in the Public Schools, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 15, 1988
  
• Paralegals and the Litigation Team, http://www.ycst.com/paralegals.html
  
• Trying the Soft Tissue Case in Delaware, http://www.ycst.com/softtissue.html
  
• Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Delaware

Bar Admissions

• Delaware, 1986
• New Jersey, 1987
• Pennsylvania, 1987
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court District of Delaware

Other Affiliations

• Delaware State Bar Association (Member)
• Delaware House of Representatives, 1992 - 2002 (Member)
• Commission on Delaware Courts, 2000
• Delaware Courts Planning Committee
• Supreme Court Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - 2006 (President)
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 2004 - 2005 (Legislative Committee Chairman)
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - 2004 (New Castle County Member-at-Large)
• Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - Present (Board of Governors)
• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association (Member)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (Vice-Chair, Law and Justice Committee, 1997)
• Delaware Health Care Commission Diabetes Task Force
• Delaware Blue-Gold High School All Star Basketball Games (Board of Directors)
• University of Delaware Sea Grant Program (Board of Directors)
• Widener University School of Law Paralegal and Intensive Trial Advocacy Programs (Adjunct Faculty)
• Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture (Chairman)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Kappa Phi
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity