Bruce W. Tigani

Bruce W. Tigani is a Partner at Morris James LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. Tigani focuses on business and tax matters, healthcare, real estate, estate planning, corporate governance, finance, and commercial transactions. The practice includes closely held business planning, professional-practice matters, Delaware entities and trusts, real estate transactions, tax controversies, succession planning, and outsourced general counsel work. This work requires careful review of the facts, applicable law, and practical options in each matter.

Tigani earned a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1981 and a B.S. magna cum laude from the University of Delaware in 1978. His legal and business-focused background supports work that frequently combines tax, transactional, governance, and estate-planning considerations. This background supports Tigani’s legal analysis, organization of complex information, and client counseling in business, tax, real estate, and private client law matters. It also helps frame the legal and practical questions that arise in client matters.

Tigani’s experience includes acquisitions, business succession matters, tax controversies, healthcare practice integrations, estate planning, and commercial real estate transactions. These matters require careful preparation, attention to procedural requirements, and coordination with clients, professionals, courts, agencies, or opposing parties as the situation demands. The experience provides practical context for the legal and evidentiary issues that can affect a case or transaction.

Bruce W. Tigani has been recognized in Chambers High Net Worth for Private Wealth Law and in The Best Lawyers in America for multiple years. His practice serves businesses, professional practices, and individuals on matters that often require coordinated business and personal planning. Tigani’s background reflects sustained work in business, tax, real estate, and private client law and supports clear, practical guidance for clients navigating related legal matters. This combination of experience and preparation supports thoughtful attention to legal requirements and practical client needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Morris James LLP
• Section of Taxation, Chair, 6 93, Delaware State Bar Association (1992)
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Sections of Business Law, Taxation, Health Law, and Real Property, Probate & Trust Law
• Chair, 6 99, Wilmington Tax Group (1998)
• Board Member, Estate Planning Council of Delaware (1997-2000)
• Board Member, Little Sisters of the Poor, Newark, DE, Residence and Healthcare Facility

Licensed State

• Delaware
• Pennsylvania

Education

• Villanova University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Delaware
  Bachelor of Science (BS) Magna Cum Laude

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