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Nicholas D. Mozal

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Nick Mozal is counsel in the firm's Corporate Litigation Group and focuses his practice on corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court. His experience includes litigating stockholder class and derivative claims, and statutory proceedings under the Delaware General Corporation Law, such as actions concerning advancement, appraisal, and contested board elections. He also counsels directors and special committees regarding issues of corporate governance and fiduciary duties.

Nick is an active member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law. He currently serves as chair of the Annual Survey Task Force for its M&A Jurisprudence subcommittee, overseeing the publication of the Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Mergers and Acquisitions in The Business Lawyer.

Before joining Potter Anderson, Nick was a law clerk for Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Prior to his clerkship, Nick was an associate in private practice in Wilmington and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Franklin S. Van Antwerpen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2011; Lead Research Editor, Temple Law Review

Bucknell University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2008; Phi Beta Kappa

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

  • Law clerk to the Honorable Morgan T. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery, 2018-2019
  • Law clerk to the Honorable Franklin S. Van Antwerpen of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2011-2012

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Delaware, 2013
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 2013
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2017

Professional Activities and Honors

Delaware State Bar Association; Member At-Large of Executive Committee

Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Corporate Law, 2022 - present

Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Business Litigation (2020, 2021)