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.
News
- Chambers USA 2009 Names 20 Morris Nichols Attorneys and Five Practice Groups as Best in Delaware
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols’ attorneys and five practice groups as best in Delaware. - 18 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2009
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 18 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2009, three more than were listed in 2008. - Lawdragon Names Three Morris Nichols Attorneys Among Top 500 Lawyers in America; Ten Selected as 2008 Finalists
Morris Nichols partners Rick Alexander, Bill Lafferty and Ken Nachbar have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008 guide, an independent listing of the nation’s most elite attorneys. - Four Morris Nichols Attorneys Named To Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers In America
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP announced today that four of its attorneys were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and that two additional attoneys were named as finalists. - 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)
Professional and Community Activities
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association