Saralynn G. Davis

Saralynn’s focus is primarily in corporate and chancery litigation. Saralynn Davis clerked for Magistrate Loren Mitchell in the Delaware Court of Chancery. During law school, Saralynn interned in both the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Family Court, volunteered at Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, and served as an academic success fellow and teacher’s assistant. Saralynn…

Avery Benesch

Avery Benesch advises clients on a broad range of matters involving Delaware corporations, including M&A transactions and corporate governance issues. Avery focuses his practice primarily on corporate and transactional matters involving Delaware corporations and their directors, officers and stockholders, including corporate governance, fiduciary duties, special committee matters, conflict of interest transactions, stockholder meetings, mergers and acquisitions,…

Zachary R. Greer

Zachary Greer served as a Wolcott Clerk in the Delaware Supreme Court. Zack focuses his practice primarily on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Before coming to Richards Layton, he practiced complex commercial and corporate litigation and argued in Delaware and Pennsylvania state and federal courts. He honed his trial skills as a Deputy Attorney…

Jamila K. Jones

Jamila Jones was a member of the Hofstra Law Review and is a recipient of the Hofstra University Benjamin Weintraub and Alan N. Resnick Award in Bankruptcy Law and the Pro Bono Gold Level Award. Jamila focuses her practice on the formation and administration of Delaware statutory trusts in connection with securitizations, debt restructurings, and…

Stanley N. Medlin

Stanley Medlin served as an authorities editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Stan is a member of the firm’s General Litigation Department, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation in Delaware’s state and federal courts. Prior to joining the firm, Stan practiced in Memphis, Tennessee.  In law school, he held leadership roles…

Clint M. Carlisle

Clint was the associate managing editor of the Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy Clint focuses his practice on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, and other insolvency matters. He routinely represents debtors, ad hoc creditor groups, DIP lenders, purchasers, and other parties in all aspects of chapter 11 cases. In law school, Clint…

Randall P. Ainsworth

Randall Ainsworth is a 2025 member of the National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and was the inaugural Elijah Cummings Scholar at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.  Randall focuses his practice primarily on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court involving corporate governance, corporate control, mergers…

Quamaine Montgomery

Quamaine Montgomery externed for the Honorable Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Quamaine focuses his practice primarily on transactional matters concerning Delaware limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and general partnerships. He renders advice and legal opinions in connection with structured finance transactions, investment funds, and other matters involving alternative entities with…

Kent A. Jordan

Former Judge Kent Jordan, who served as a federal judge for more than two decades, including a tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2006 to January 2025, joined Richards, Layton & Finger in February 2025. In addition to his tenure on the Third Circuit, former Judge Jordan’s 40+ years of…

Nicholas F. Trotto IV

Nicholas Trotto served as an articles editor for Villanova Law Review Nick focuses his practice on the formation and administration of Delaware statutory trusts in connection with securitizations, debt restructuring, and multi-series mutual funds. He advises financial institutions and trust companies acting as indenture trustees, owner trustees, or in other representative capacities in complex financial…