Curriculum vitae
The full record behind the practice sheet: appointments, admissions, argued appeals, teaching and publications.
Adrienne Cole
Trial and appellate counsel · Delaware corporate and fiduciary disputes
- Email [email protected]
- Phone +1 302 555 0163
- Based Wilmington, Delaware
- Online example.com
Summary
Fourteen years of Delaware corporate litigation, seven of them as my own practice. I take Chancery matters from firms who are conflicted out, argue the appeals that follow, and write the opinion letters boards read before they vote.
Appointments
- 01 2019 – Present
Principal
Cole Law · Wilmington, DE
Trial and appellate work in the Court of Chancery, taken directly and as co-counsel for firms carrying a conflict.
- 02 2016 – 2019
Partner
Merrick Tate LLP · Wilmington, DE
Corporate and fiduciary litigation group. Second chair on eleven Chancery trials, first chair on four.
- 03 2013 – 2016
Associate
Merrick Tate LLP · Wilmington, DE
- 04 2012 – 2013
Law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Vandermeer
Delaware Court of Chancery · Wilmington, DE
One term in Chancery, which is where I learned what a record has to look like before anyone reads it.
- 05 2010 – 2010
Summer associate
Ashford Reed · Philadelphia, PA
Education
- 01 2008 – 2011
JD
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School · Philadelphia, PA
Cum laude. Articles editor, Business Law Review.
- 02 2004 – 2008
BA Economics
Howard University · Washington, DC
Magna cum laude.
Admissions and courts
- 01 2012
Delaware
State bar
- 02 2013
New York
State bar
- 03 2012
Court of Chancery and Superior Court of Delaware
- 04 2013
Supreme Court of Delaware
- 05 2014
District of Delaware and the Third Circuit
Argued appeals
- 01 2025
Reversal of a dismissed derivative complaint
Supreme Court of Delaware
Demand futility pleaded on the board that actually voted, not the board that was sued.
- 02 2024
Appraisal judgment affirmed
Supreme Court of Delaware
- 03 2023
Advancement order affirmed
Supreme Court of Delaware
- 04 2022
Fee award reversed in part
Third Circuit
Practice areas
- Fiduciary duty litigation
- Books and records demands
- Appraisal and valuation
- Appellate advocacy
- Advancement and indemnification
- Board seat contests
Teaching and writing
- 01 2021 – 2026
Adjunct lecturer, Delaware corporate procedure
Widener Delaware Law
- 02 2024
Books and records practice
Chapter, Delaware Litigation Handbook
- 03 2022
What a 220 demand should actually ask for
Business Law Review
- 04 2023
Panel chair, fiduciary litigation
Delaware State Bar Association
Languages
- English Native
- Spanish Working proficiency