Practice Areas:
Personal Injury, Worker’s Compensation, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Historic Preservation and Zoning Law

Bar Admission:
District of Columbia (1967)
Delaware (1973)

Legal Education:
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. 1966; University of London, England, Ph.D. in Law, 1980

Undergraduate Education:
University of Delaware, A.B. in Political Science, 1963

Military Experience:
Captain, JAGC, United States Army, 1968-1972

Publications:
Inside Justice: A Comparative Analysis of Practices and Procedures for the Determination of Offenses Against Discipline in Prisons of Britain and the United States; Farleigh Dickinson University Press; 1983.

Effect of Breach of No-Strike Clause on Right to Arbitration under Collective Bargaining Agreement, 17 Syracuse Law Review 104-106.

New York Family Court Act – Finding of Juvenile Delinquency May Be Based on the Unsworn, Uncorroborated Testimony of Seven and Eight Year-Old Children, 17 Syracuse Law Review 104-106.

Professional Associations:
Delaware Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; New Castle County Chamber of Commerce; Worker’s Compensation Committee of the Delaware Bar Association; Senior Lawyers Committee of the Delaware Bar Association; Professional Guidance Committee of the Delaware Bar Association

Civic Associations:
Founder and President, Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation
Board Member, Quaker Hill Neighborhood Association

Awards:
Nominee for the Jefferson Award (2007)
Thomas Garrett Award (2006)
Recipient of New Castle County Historic Preservation Award for Lifetime Achievement (2000)

 Valerie M. Defontes, J.D.

Practice Areas:                          

Real Estate, Wills & Trusts, Probate, and Guardianships 

Bar Admission:

State of Delaware (2004)U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (2005) 

Legal Education:

Villanova University of Law, J.D. 2004 

Undergraduate Education: