Richard I. G. Jones, Jr.

Richard I. G. Jones, Jr. is a partner at Berger McDermott LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. Their practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware courts. Jones represents corporations, alternative entities, directors, officers, stockholders, and other clients in high-stakes Delaware disputes. Their work includes class and derivative litigation, control contests, special committee matters, proxy issues, mergers and acquisitions, stockholder activism, business separations, indemnification and advancement, restrictive covenants, and contract claims. The work requires close attention to applicable law, key documents, factual development, and the client’s immediate objectives.

Jones earned a J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Delaware. During law school, they worked with the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, developing research and writing experience closely aligned with a later practice in Delaware business litigation. Their education provides a foundation for the legal analysis, writing, and practical judgment used throughout Jones’s work.

Jones’s experience includes trial and appellate matters involving corporate governance, mergers, control disputes, alternative entities, advancement, restrictive covenants, contracts, and insurance coverage. They have more than twenty years of practice and have served in environmental and governance-related leadership roles outside private practice, including work with The Nature Conservancy in Delaware. Across these assignments, Jones works with the legal standards, records, and procedural or transactional steps that determine how a matter advances.

Richard I. G. Jones, Jr. brings extensive Delaware trial and appellate experience to complex corporate disputes. Their practice reflects a continuing focus on handling corporate disputes from early strategy through trial and appeal with close attention to Delaware law and business consequences. For clients facing governance, transaction, and control disputes, Jones emphasizes clear communication, careful legal analysis, and a practical path through the issues presented.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Berger McDermott LLP
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Co-Chair, Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility
• Former Delaware State Director, The Nature Conservancy

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• Widener University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Cum Laude
• University of Delaware
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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