Richard R. Wier, Jr., P.A.

About this office:

Richard R. Wier, Jr. P.A. is a nationally ranked law firm located in Wilmington, Delaware whose founder is the former Attorney General of the State of Delaware. The firm and Mr. Wier have the highest legal and ethical rating, and Mr. Wier has continuously been ranked among the best attorneys in Delaware and Nationwide. He is ranked as the best Labor and Employment attorney in Delaware for 2009 and is ranked in the Best Attorneys in America for 2009.

The Firm's governmental affairs and legislative/lobbying practice utilizes Mr. Wier's local and national contacts to assist clients on legislative and policy issues before state and federal officials in Delaware, Washington, D.C and other jurisdictions. The Firm represents businesses and individuals in employment, labor law matters; federal and state litigation, including litigation in the preeminent business court, the Delaware Court of Chancery; and in advice and lobbying on significant pending and proposed issues and legislation.

The Firm utilizes Mr. Wier's significant criminal law experience of over 40 years - as a Deputy Attorney General, as State Prosecutor, as Attorney General and as a preeminent defense attorney for over 30 years - to represent persons charged with serious state and federal criminal offenses in Delaware and elsewhere. Mr. Wier is admitted to practice in Delaware and Pennsylvania and in the District of Columbia (inactive). He is admitted in all state and federal courts in Delaware and Pennsylvania, in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and in the United States Supreme Court.

The Firm has a multifaceted general practice representing a broad spectrum of clients such as school districts, labor unions, public officials, legal and medical professionals, and the Government and officials of New Castle County, Delaware's largest county. Michele Allen, an associate in the Firm, has extensive civil and criminal experience and served as a Public Defender in Philadelphia, as the attorney for Wilmington, DE City Council and as a litigation attorney for the New Castle County Law Department. She is admitted in Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Governmental Affairs, Lobbying, Employment and Labor Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, State and Federal Criminal Law, General Civil Practice for Public and Private Entities and Individuals.

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