Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2003, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- B.A., summa cum laude, 2000, Hofstra University
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to Chancellor William B. Chandler III and Vice Chancellor John W. Noble, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2003-2004
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 2005
- New York, 2003
Eric is an associate with the Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group. His practice is primarily focused on the statutory requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the fiduciary duties of directors, officers and controlling stockholders of Delaware corporations. Eric has assisted in providing advice to members of independent committees in the context of potential transactions, and has assisted in the representation of corporations generally in the implementation of stockholders’ rights plan, interpretation of preferred stock terms, and determination of stockholder voting requirements for both charter amendments and asset sales.
Eric is actively engaged in the regional community and sits on the board of directors of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia and the ACLU-Delaware. He also devotes time pro bono to Delaware Volunteer Legal Services.
Publications
- Eric S. Wilensky, Angela L. Priest, 2006 Developments In Delaware Corporation Law On Directors: Good Faith, Duties In Zone Of Insolvency, And Structuring Deals, 39 Securities Regulation & Law Report 476 (Mar. 26, 2007)
- William M. Lafferty, Eric Wilensky, Delaware Court of Chancery Suggests that Federal Securities Regulation do not Trump State Annual Meeting Law
- Eric Wilensky, A Contractarian Critique of the Theory of Auto-Limitation: The Fundamental Law of International Relations, 150 U. Pa. L. Rev. 2011 (2002)
- John F. Johnston, Eric Wilensky, Vice Chancellor Strine Proposes Changes in Going-Private Standards of Review
Professional and Community Activities
- Board of Directors, ACLU-Delaware (Legal Review Panel)
- Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Board of Directors, Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia (Secretary)
- Member, University of Pennsylvania Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alumni Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association