attorneys : David J. Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin represents corporate clients in business matters, including bankruptcy and commercial litigation; insurance coverage litigation, in which he represents policyholders against their insurance companies regarding product liability, environmental and other claims; and alternative dispute proceedings, including arbitration and mediation.
Representative Matters
On behalf of Credit Suisse First Boston and Jefferies & Company, tried to a successful conclusion a valuation proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court concerning a New Orleans oil tank farm.
Representation of a major pharmaceutical company in litigation to obtain insurance coverage for the defense of toxic tort claims filed against the company.
Assisted distributors of generic fen-phen components in obtaining insurance coverage for the products.
Served as trial counsel for Hoechst Celanese Corporation in a successful effort to obtain insurance coverage for product liability claims involving plastic plumbing systems. The National Law Journal called the jury's verdict in that case one of the "most significant verdicts of 1997."
bar & court admissions
Delaware, 1979
United States District Court for District of Delaware, 1979
Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1981, and Fourth Circuit, 1989
United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois, General Bar, 2005
professional activities & honors
Delaware State Bar Association
American Bar Association; Litigation Section, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation; Business Law Section, Committee on Business Bankruptcy
American Bankruptcy Institute
Former Board Member and Secretary, Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware (“CLASI”); 1998 Co-Chair, CLASI Campaign for Justice
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Commercial Litigation.
education
Temple University School of Law, LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, 2005
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1978
University of Massachusetts, B.A., magna cum laude,1975; Phi Beta Kappa
bar & court admissions
Delaware, 1979
United States District Court for District of Delaware, 1979
Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1981, and Fourth Circuit, 1989
United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois, General Bar, 2005
professional activities & honors
Delaware State Bar Association
American Bar Association; Litigation Section, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation; Business Law Section, Committee on Business Bankruptcy
American Bankruptcy Institute
Former Board Member and Secretary, Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware (“CLASI”); 1998 Co-Chair, CLASI Campaign for Justice
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Commercial Litigation.