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Michael Hanrahan
Director

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Litigation

MICHAEL HANRAHAN practices in the area of corporate, commercial and partnership litigation, primarily in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Educated at Columbia University (B.A. 1974; M.B.A. 1978; J.D. 1978), he has authored numerous articles on the Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware corporate law.  Recent articles include: “The Delaware Courts’ Multi-Factor Approach to Attorneys’ Fees Is No “Black Box:” A Response to Professors Pritchard and Erickson,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (May 15, 2025); “Statement Regarding Activision Amendments,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (July 10, 2024); “A Home for Corporations: Article IX and the Delaware General Incorporation Law,” 39 Delaware Lawyer (Fall 2021).

Bar Admissions

  • Delaware

Publications

  • A Short History of the Delaware Court of Chancery, 18 Del. J. Corp L. 819 (1993) (with Justice William T. Quillen)
  • Trustees of Equity: The Judges of the Delaware Court of Chancery in The Delaware Bar in the Twentieth Century (1994) (with Justice Quillen and Justice Maurice A. Hartnett, III)

Education

  • Columbia University (B.A. 1974; M.B.A. 1978; J.D. 1978)

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