Patricia L. Enerio
Court of Chancery Practice | Special Committee Practice | CCLD (Superior Court) Practice
Patricia L. Enerio, a partner at Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, focuses her practice on corporate governance, partnership and limited liability company disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Her practice includes representing both public and private companies and their directors and officers in stockholder class actions and derivative suits involving mergers and acquisitions and other transactions that implicate directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duties. Her practice also includes counseling boards of directors and special committees regarding their fiduciary duties and internal corporate governance. Tricia clerked for the Delaware Court of Chancery in 1998-99. She was a law clerk to The Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., then-Vice Chancellor (former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court).
Recognitions
- Tricia is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and she is part of the less than 5% of women lawyers who have been recognized with an AV Preeminent Rating. In connection with her AV rating, Tricia was recognized as “a top-notch litigator with a keen understanding of the Delaware Courts.”
- Tricia has been recognized as a leader in the field of Chancery litigation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
- Tricia has also been named as a “Delaware Super Lawyer” in the fields of Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions.
- She is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Corporate Law and Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Tricia received the Delaware State Bar Association’s Woman’s Leadership Award in 2019.
- Tricia also received the Delaware State Bar Association’s Distinguished Mentoring Award in 2016.
Education
State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1995)
Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998)
Past Career
Law Clerk to The Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., Delaware Court of Chancery, 1998-1999
The Bayard Firm, Associate, 1999-2005
Memberships
Delaware Board of Bar Examiners (Chair)
Court of Chancery Rules Committee, appointed by the Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery
Founder, Chancery Chicks (a.k.a. Women Chancery Lawyers), a networking group for women lawyers in Delaware who practice corporate and commercial litigation with Court of Chancery
Corporate Laws Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (Appointed Member)
Delaware State Bar Association, Awards Committee (Chair)
Former Member, Board of Directors of Mother Teresa House Inc. (a Ministry of Caring sponsored organization)
Former Chair, Partnerships and Alternative Business Entities, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Former Member of Editorial Board, Delaware Law Review
All of the firm’s partners are AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®. The firm is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Go-To Top 500, and the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers..
