Stephen A. Spence
Partner
Phone: 302-551-6819
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Steve litigates in all of Delaware’s courts, including the Court of Chancery, Superior Court, and Supreme Court. His practice includes disputes involving business law, real estate, and creditors’ rights.
Steve mediates disputes, both pre-suit and in active litigation. He also serves as a professional neutral, including as a partition trustee, receiver, and arbitrator.
He also advises attorneys on legal ethics and professional responsibility matters and consults on appeals and legal writing.
Before entering private practice, Steve served as the judicial law clerk to President Judge James T. Vaughn, Jr. of the Superior Court. He is actively involved in the Delaware Bar, including in leadership roles with the Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, the Delaware State Bar Association, the Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, and the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court.
Steve lives in Lewes with his wife and children. He is a graduate of Cape Henlopen High School, and his family lives in the Cape region.
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Widener University School of Law, 2009, J.D.
cum laude
University of Delaware, 2006, B.S.
Political Science
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Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, Vice-Chair
Delaware State Bar Association, Executive Committee
Sussex County Bar Association, Past-President
Terry-Carey Inn of Court, Secretary
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Delaware, 2009
Delaware Federal District Court, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Recognitions
Top Lawyer in Delaware Today for Appellate Law - 2023, 2024
Top Lawyer in Delaware Today - 2022
Top Lawyer in Delaware Today for Business Law - 2019, 2020, 2021
Top Lawyer in Delaware Today for Appellate and Business Commercial Law - 2017, 2018
Top Lawyer in Delaware Today for Civil Litigation and Contract Law - 2016
Representative Clients & Matters
For property owners and developers, litigation involving contract disputes, commercial leases, partition, specific performance, and title issues.
For closely held companies and their stockholders or members, contract and fiduciary litigation as well as buyouts and asset sales.
For banks, private lenders, and other creditors, commercial foreclosure and collection.
For local businesses and their owners, commercial litigation and advising on a wide range of issues.
For law firms and their clients litigating in Delaware courts, mediation, legal writing and appellate cases, local counsel representation, and legal ethics issues.
For fiduciaries and beneficiaries of trusts and estates, litigation involving trust administration and probate disputes.
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