Richards, Layton & Finger’s Paul Heath Honored in Delaware Business Times
December 22, 2025
Firm News| Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring
WILMINGTON, Delaware (December 22, 2025) – Richards, Layton & Finger president Paul Heath has been named one of most influential leaders in Delaware in the Delaware Business Times “Delaware 222” list. The list recognizes the state’s most impactful business, nonprofit, and civic leaders across a variety of industries, honoring those who are creating jobs, serving populations in need, or helping to shape the state’s public policy.
DBT interviewed Paul for an October article in which they called him a “homegrown talent and the model of exactly what Delaware wants to see for the state’s legal sector” who “ended up becoming one of the top bankruptcy attorneys in the region.”
In naming him one of the most influential leaders in Delaware, DBT described Paul as “the type of lawyer that Delaware officials hope to see more of soon.”
Paul Heath is the president of Richards, Layton & Finger, Delaware’s largest law firm. Paul practices in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditor’s rights, focusing on the representation of debtors, secured creditors, purchasers, committees, and other parties in chapter 11 cases. He has served as lead counsel in several large chapter 11 cases and as co-counsel in numerous significant chapter 11 matters. Paul also provides advice and legal opinions regarding Delaware law in true sale, true lease, and true contribution matters.
About Richards, Layton & Finger
Delaware’s largest law firm and one of its oldest, Richards, Layton & Finger helps sophisticated clients navigate complex issues and the intricacies of Delaware law. We advise global companies, business partnerships, leading financial institutions, local businesses, and individuals across a wide range of practices, including corporate law, alternative entities, commercial law, bankruptcy and restructuring, and litigation.