Melanie H. Young

Forty Morris Nichols attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2026. Four partners were noted as “Lawyer of the Year.”

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2025 edition listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 160,000 eligible attorneys.

David Harris and Melanie Young co-authored an article on Delaware’s division statutes. They outline how the statutes are relevant to practitioners, including lenders, who deal with Delaware LLCs and Limited Partnerships, both to be able to take advantage of the opportunities they create but also to protect against the potential consequences of a division.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2024 edition, listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 76,000 eligible attorneys.

In its 2021 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes—the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (DRULPA), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (DRUPA). The amendments to the DGCL, the DLLCA, the DRULPA, and the DRUPA became effective on August 1, 2021.

In its 2020 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes—the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

Morris Nichols partners Lou Hering, David Harris, and Jason Russell are coauthors of the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Practices Series Portfolio, Limited Liability Companies: Legal Aspects of Organization, Operation, and Dissolution. Morris Nichols attorneys Sean Sullivan and Melanie Young are also acknowledged for their significant contributions.

In its 2019 session, the Delaware legislature passed a number of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware “alternative entity” statutes - the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act.