Elena M. Sassaman
Court of Chancery Practice | CCLD (Superior Court) Practice
Elena M. Sassaman is an associate at Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP. She focuses her practice in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation. Elena focuses on stockholder Section 220 demands, corporate governance, officer and director fiduciary obligations, officer and director indemnity, and other corporate and commercial disputes. Elena practices in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Superior Court, where she clerked for President Judge Jan R. Jurden.
Elena is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Education
Rutgers Law School – Camden (J.D., 2022)
Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, Executive Editor
Rutgers Law School Student Bar Association, President
University of Delaware (Honors B.A., cum laude, 2016), Phi Beta Kappa
Past Career
Law Clerk to the Hon. Jan R. Jurden, President Judge, Delaware Superior Court, 2022-2023
Judicial Extern to the Hon. Donald J. Stein, Superior Court of New Jersey – Camden County, 2021
Certified Legal Intern at the Office of the District Attorney of Bucks County, 2021
Memberships
Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court, Assistant Secretary
Member, Chancery Chicks (a.k.a. Women Chancery Lawyers)
Delaware State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association
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