Richard H. Cross, Jr.

Richard H. Cross, Jr. is the retired founder of Cross & Simon, LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. During his active practice, he represented local, regional, national, and international clients in commercial and corporate lawsuits and disputes. His work included matters before the Delaware Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, and Superior Court, as well as the U.S. District Court for Delaware and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Richard earned a J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary in 1996 and a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1988. Before law school, he served as a U.S. Navy officer and navigator on the F-14 Tomcat. He later began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Jerome O. Herlihy of Delaware Superior Court.

Richard’s litigation work included seeking injunctive relief, enforcing asset purchase and consulting agreements, defending tortious interference claims, and pursuing declaratory relief involving stockholder agreements. Before founding Cross & Simon in 2002, he practiced at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. His career involved substantial experience with Delaware corporate law, business disputes, and civil litigation in state and federal courts.

Richard H. Cross, Jr. has lectured on continuing legal education topics related to commercial and civil litigation and served as an arbitrator for the Delaware chapter of the Better Business Bureau. He has been a member of major bar and trial-lawyer organizations and was selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in 2011 and 2012. The firm currently identifies him as retired.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Cross & Simon, LLC
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, The National Trial Lawyers
• Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau, Delaware Chapter

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• State University of New York at Binghamton
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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