Connor Bifferato

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Practice Areas:

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial Bankruptcy
Corporate/Commercial Litigation

Biography

Connor knows that a Delaware attorney's success depends on a strong team to support him, and he is grateful for the firm's highly experienced professionals who pride themselves on their expertise, responsiveness and availability to clients and co-counsel alike. This team helps the firm provide outstanding service and results for clients who come to the firm for alternative dispute resolution as well as litigation. With a success rate of greater than ninety percent, Connor has mediated well over a thousand commercial disputes, including appeals from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, secured lender disputes, general corporate litigation, preference litigation and creditors rights issues. He also frequently serves as an arbitrator for single and panel, binding and non-binding arbitrations.

Experienced as lead counsel in complex litigation, Connor also frequently teams with out of state lawyers who need access to Delaware's Courts, which are renowned as a primary forum for national and international corporate litigation.

Education

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
- Juris Doctor - 1994
University of Delaware
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1990
University of Virginia
- Intensive Trial Advocacy Institute, (Extended CLE Program) - 1998
Delaware Superior Court Mediation Program
- Certified Mediator - 1999

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of Delaware, 1994
U.S. District Court District of Delaware
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995

Certified Legal Specialties

Mediation, Delaware State Bar Association
Commercial Mediation, Delaware State Bar Association
Commercial Arbitration, Delaware State Bar Association

Honors

American Bankruptcy Institute 2020 Committee Member of the Year
Named “Delaware Super Lawyer” by Philadelphia Magazine, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Recipient 2006, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., The William Poole Memorial Award for Board Member of CLASI who best exemplified Mr. Poole’s standards of honesty, integrity, compassion, commitment to public service and to equal justice under the law
Recipient 2004, Delaware State Bar Association, New Lawyers Distinguished Service Award

Classes/Seminars

Speaker on various topics concerning Alternative Dispute Resolution, Evidence, Trial Practice, Commercial Litigation, Law Firm Management and other substantive and procedural topics, at various events, conferences and CLE programs sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Delaware State Bar Association and other professional organizations.

Published Works

Published Chapter on Commercial Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights in Inside the Minds: The Impact of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Current Employment Position

Managing Director

Professional Memberships

Member, DSBA Executive Committees Search Committee for the Editor in Chief of the Delaware Law Review, 2020-Present
Member, State of Delaware Judicial Nominating Commission, 2010-2015
Member, Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, 2014-2016
Member, Fellowship for the Litigation Counsel of America, 2008-2014
Member, Editorial Board of In Re, the Journal of the Delaware State Bar Association, 2001-2007
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., 2003-2004
Member, Delaware State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member of the Steering Committee, Judge Vincent A. Bifferato Superior Court Trial Practice Forum
Member, Local Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Member, Committee to Review and Revise ADR Local Rules, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware 2014-2015, 2017
Member, Appellate Mediation Panel, United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Member, Mediation Panel, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Member, Civil Rules Committee for the Delaware Superior Court

Professional Associations and Leadership Positions

Vice Chair, Delaware State Bar Association Diversity Equity & Inclusion Advisory Board – Present
Member, Delaware State Bar Association on Equality, Opportunity & Diversity 2020 (inception) – Present
Member, St. Edmond’s Academy Board of Directors, 2019 – Present
Communication Co-Manager, Mediation Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2019 – Present
Co-Chair, Delaware State Bar Association Professional Ethics Committee, 2018 – Present
Secretary, Executive Committee, Delaware State Bar Association, 2021 – Present
Member at Large, Executive Committee, Delaware State Bar Association, 2019-2020
Assistant Treasurer, Executive Committee, Delaware State Bar Association, 2018-2019
Assistant Secretary, Executive Committee, Delaware State Bar Association, 2017-2018
Co-Chair, Court of Common Pleas Civil Debt Committee, 2012-2015
Board Member, The Academy of the Dance, Inc., 2010-2015
Mock Trial Coach, Ursuline Academy, 2009 – 2018
Co-Chair, New Castle County, Delaware, Combined Campaign for Justice, 2007,
- Co-Chair, Communications Committee, Combined Campaign for Justice, 2001-2006

Board of Directors, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. 2000-2012,
- President of the Board of Directors, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. 2002-2003,
- Vice President of the Board of Directors, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. 2001-2002,
- Treasurer of the Board of Directors, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. 2000-2001

Co-Chair, Committee on Community Service and Public Information, Delaware State Bar Association, 2002-2012,
- Chair, Committee on Community Service and Public Information, Delaware State Bar Association, 2001-2002

Steering Committee, Combined Campaign for Justice, Delaware State Bar Association, 2001-2014
Chair, Small Firms Solo Practitioners Section, Delaware State Bar Association, 1999-2001
Chair, New Lawyers Section, Delaware State Bar Association, 1998-1999,