Practice Areas
Education
- LL.B., 1963, Yale Law School
- A.B., 1960, Princeton University
Clerkships
- Chief Judge Caleb M. Wright, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 1963-65
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1964
- District of Columbia, 1965
- New York, 1966
Mr. Black is of counsel to the Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group. He is the co-author of Delaware Corporation Law and Practice, a leading treatise on Delaware corporation law. He wrote a monograph entitled "Why Corporations Choose Delaware" that is widely distributed by the Division of Corporations of the Delaware Department of State, including translations in Chinese and Japanese. He served as chairman of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee of the American Bar Association and on the governing body of its Business Law Section and the Delaware Bar Association's Corporation Law Section. He also served on the legal advisory committee to the New York Stock Exchange. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Corporation Law and the Securities Regulation and Law Report.
Professional and Community Activities
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association
News
- 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. - Four Morris Nichols Partners Named To Lawdragon 500 "Leading Dealmakers" List
Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Jr., John F. Johnston and A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- David A. Drexler, Lewis S. Black Jr., A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Delaware Corporation Law and Practice, Matthew Bender (1987-2005)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Enjoin Locked-Up Merger
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2002 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Aspen Law & Business (2002)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2001 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2001)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2000 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2000)
- Lewis S. Black, Beyond Boilerplate, THE DAILY DEAL (2000) (analysis of Delaware's new corporate opportunity statute)
- Lewis S. Black, Shareholder Activists Target Director Powers, DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY (2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Andrew M. Johnston, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Quickturn, ( January 4, 1999)
- Lewis S. Black, The Director's Duty to be Honest, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 13, No. 2, 22-24 (Aspen Law & Business, 1999)
- Lewis S. Black, Why Delaware? A Practioner Gives Reasons for Incorporation, CORPORATE COUNSEL WEEKLY, Vol. 14, No. 40, 6-8 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1999)
- Lewis S. Black, "Dead Hand" Poison Pills on Trial in Delaware, Directors Monthly (1998)
- Lewis Black, Jr., Patricia A. O'Neill, Certificates of Correction in Delaware, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 12, No. 10, 17-19 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1998)
- Lewis Black, Jr., A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, David A. Drexler, Delaware Corporation Law & Practice, (Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., 1996-98)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Locked-Up Merger Decision
- Jeffrey R. Wolters, Lewis S. Black (Contributors), State Law On Going Private: Developments in Delaware Law, Securities Law Techniques, Vol. 5, Chapter 68 (A.A. Sommer, Jr. ed., 1997)