WILMINGTON, DE, and PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 26, 2024 – Stevens & Lee announced today that Melissa N. Donimirski and Jason P. Rudloff have been named Shareholders of the firm effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Melissa N. Donimirski concentrates her practice on corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Superior Court. She is an authority in the area of “Business Divorce” and has particular experience litigating and negotiating the legal separation of owners of privately held businesses. Clients also rely on Ms. Donimirski for a range of corporate litigation matters that include issues of corporate governance, officer and director fiduciary obligations, officer and director indemnity, non-compete agreements and disputes within limited partnership and limited liability companies.
Her practice extends to the litigation of commercial contracts, asset purchase agreements, representations and warranties and intellectual property issues before the Delaware State Courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. She has also assisted clients with significant business transactions, providing advice to Delaware entities on issues relating to corporate governance in connection with mergers and acquisitions as well as interested corporate transactions.
Ms. Donimirski earned her J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law and her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College.
Jason P. Rudloff represents public and private businesses and their owners, officers and directors in complex business disputes before state and federal courts across the country and in domestic and international arbitration forums. He has particular experience handling a wide range of contract disputes, business torts, partnership disputes, corporate governance disputes and statutory causes of action for clients in banking, energy, pharmaceutical, health care, manufacturing and construction industries. Mr. Rudloff also brings a depth of knowledge to managing all phases of electronic discovery, including for highly complex multidistrict litigations and state and federal investigations, and creates significant efficiencies for clients during the discovery process.
Mr. Rudloff earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center, his M.A., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University and his B.A. from the University of Delaware.
