Elizabeth A. Powers

Elizabeth A. Powers is a director in Bayard, P.A.’s Litigation Department in Wilmington. Her practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware Supreme Court, Delaware Court of Chancery, and Delaware Superior Court, including its Complex Commercial Litigation Division. She handles complex contract disputes, business divorce matters, judicial dissolutions, fiduciary duty claims, advancement and indemnification disputes, and anti-suit injunctions involving corporations, limited liability companies, directors, officers, owners, and other business participants.

Elizabeth earned a J.D. from Widener University Delaware Law School and a B.S. from the University of Delaware. After law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mary M. Johnston of the Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division. Her education and clerkship experience support a litigation practice centered on Delaware business law, contract interpretation, corporate governance, fiduciary obligations, and the procedural demands of expedited and complex commercial disputes.

Elizabeth has represented sellers, lenders, investors, directors, founders, financial advisers, limited partnerships, and other business parties in significant Delaware disputes. Her matters include post-closing contract and fraud claims, fiduciary duty litigation, dissolution actions, books-and-records disputes, business divorce proceedings, and efforts to enforce or restrict litigation in competing forums. She has experience pursuing and defending claims through motion practice, trial, and other stages of corporate and commercial litigation.

Elizabeth A. Powers serves on the Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee and has been active with the American Bar Association, Delaware State Bar Association, and Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court. Her recognitions include Delaware Rising Star listings and Best Lawyers Ones to Watch selections for commercial litigation and corporate law. Her practice combines Delaware court experience, business-dispute strategy, and practical judgment for clients facing complex corporate and contractual conflicts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bayard, P.A.
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Member, The Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court
• Member, Supreme Court Rules Committee

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• Widener University Delaware Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Delaware
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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