Richard W. Riley
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600
Wilmington, DE 19801-1659
USA
Phone: +1 302 657 4928
Fax: +1 302 397 0801
Email:
RWRiley@duanemorris.com
Richard W. Riley concentrates his practice in bankruptcy law, particularly Chapter 11 reorganization cases and commercial workouts. Mr. Riley has represented virtually every type of constituency in the reorganization process. A large focus of his practice is the representation of the agent or institutional senior secured lenders in syndicated credit facilities. When not involved in workouts and bankruptcies, Mr. Riley represents parties in litigation matters and regularly appears in bankruptcy appeals, commercial cases and patent cases. A focus of his litigation practice is representing generic pharmaceutical companies as their Delaware counsel in ANDA litigation in federal district court.
Admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he is a 1988 graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Areas of Practice
- Business Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Civil Litigation
Representative Matters
- In re Archway Cookies, LLC, et al.
- In re Rehrig International Incorporated, et al.
- In re Fluid Routing Solutions, et al.
- In re Orleans Homebuilders, Inc., et al.
- In re Trico Steel Company, LLC, et al.
- In re Sleep Innovations, et al.
- In re Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, et al.
- In re Perkins & Marie Callender’s Inc., et al.
- In re Harry & David Holdings, Inc., et al.
- In re American Safety Razor, LLC, et al.
- Greatwide Logistics Services, LLC, et al.
- Leiner Health Products, Inc., et al.
- New Vision Television, LLC, et al.
- Majestic Star Casinos, Inc., et al.
- In re Nellson Nutraceutical, Inc., et al.
- Genzyme Corporation, et al. v. Sandoz Inc., et al., Case No. 09-285 (GMS) (D. Del.) (Consolidated).
Debtors' Counsel
Creditors' Committee Counsel
Agent or Secured Lending Group Counsel
ANDA Litigation
Admissions
- Delaware
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Supreme Court of Delaware
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1988
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1984
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1999-present
- Associate, 1988-1998
Honors and Awards
- Recipient of the 2010 Large Turnaround Award from the Turnaround Management Association
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Third Circuit's Credit-Bid Decision's Impact upon Secured Lenders," Duane Morris Alert, March 25, 2010
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Recent Developments in Chapter 11 Practice in Wilmington," Boston Bar Association, October 2012
