Anne Steadman

Anne M. Steadman is Counsel at Christensen Law LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. She focuses on business and corporate disputes before the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division. Her clients have included business founders, private equity investors, banks, state agencies, and other institutions. She handles conflicts over ownership, corporate decisions, contracts, and other complex commercial matters.

Anne earned a B.A. in Philosophy and History from the University of Delaware, a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Arizona, and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Before law school, she taught college-level philosophy. Her academic training and teaching experience complement a litigation practice that requires close reading of legal issues, careful argument, and clear communication about difficult business disputes.

Her experience includes corporate advancement proceedings, earnout disputes, ownership conflicts among company founders and investors, commercial lease disputes, and cases involving financing and charitable trusts. She began her legal career as a Delaware Superior Court law clerk and practiced at Delaware litigation firms, including Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, and at Reed Smith LLP. She handles litigation from case assessment and discovery through motions and trial.

Anne is active in the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section and the Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court. She has served as a vice chair of the ABA Business and Corporate Litigation Committee and speaks on Delaware business law developments and professional ethics. Anne M. Steadman brings extensive Delaware litigation experience and a background in philosophy to business disputes involving significant commercial and ownership interests.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Christensen Law
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Vice Chair, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association
• Member, Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
• Member, Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Licensed State

• Delaware
• California

Education

• UCLA School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• The University of Arizona
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy
• The University of Delaware
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy and History

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