Practice Areas
Education
- M.M. and J.D., cum laude, 1977, Northwestern University School of Law
- B.A., 1973, Denison University
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1977
Walt is a partner with the Commercial Law Counseling Group. His practice focuses in the areas of partnership, limited liability company and statutory trust law. Walt is also significantly involved in bank and insurance regulatory matters, consumer banking law, and general merger and acquisition and contract law matters.
Professional and Community Activities
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association
Noteworthy
- Best Lawyers in America
News
- 25 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012
25 Morris Nichols attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012 in twenty practice areas. - Chambers USA 2011 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys and Four Practice Groups as Best In Delaware
The 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols’ attorneys and four practice groups as best in Delaware. - 19 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2011
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 19 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2011. - Morris Nichols Receives President’s Award at 2011 UPPO Annual Conference
Morris Nichols’ Delaware Unclaimed Property Group received the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization’s (UPPO) President’s Award for its work and contribution to the amicus brief filed by UPPO with the Third Circuit in NJ Retail Merchants v. Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, et al. - 26 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011; Firm is Top-Listed in Eight Categories in Delaware
26 Morris Nichols attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2011. The firm was also “Top-Listed in Delaware” in eight practice areas. - Chambers USA 2010 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys as Leading Lawyers
The 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols attorneys and four practice groups as among the best in Delaware. - 18 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2010
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 18 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2010.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- Houghton, Michael, Walter Tuthill, Josiah Osibodu, Valerie Jundt, and Mark Paolillo, Unclaimed Property, BNA Corporate Practice Series No. 74-2nd (2006)
- Walter C. Tuthill (Contributor), The General Partnership, L.P. and L.L.P.: Formation And Organization (N.Y. AND DEL.), New York and Delaware Business Entities: Choice, Formation, Operation, Financing and Acquisitions (West Publishing Co., 1997)