Joanne Pileggi Pinckney

Jody Pinckney, the firm's founder and Delaware Bar trailblazer, retired on April 30, 2020 after 26 years in the practice of law. In 2007, Jody opened the firm now known as Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, after six years as counsel at Bouchard, Margules & Friedlander handling corporate litigation and bankruptcy matters. Jody began her legal career at Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzberg, Ellers & Weir in 1994, helping to establish that firm's Delaware office, and later, to establish Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen's Delaware office. At the time she opened the Law Office of Joanne Pileggi Pinckney in 2007, there were very few women spearheading their own firms in Delaware, much less in a corporate litigation boutique Chancery practice. Over the next 7 years, Jody grew the firm to become the only majority women-owned corporate litigation firm in Delaware to be certified in 2014 by the National Association for Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms. In 2015, Jody was named as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. In addition to her successful corporate and commercial litigation practice, Jody frequently accepted guardian ad litem a [ Read More ]

EMAIL JOANNE - (302) 504-1497

Michael A. Weidinger

Mr. Weidinger focuses his practice on fiduciary and commercial litigation in Delaware. His primary work has been litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery, although he has substantial experience in other Courts in Delaware and in alternative dispute resolution. He has been lead counsel in numerous trials in the Court of Chancery and has argued multiple appeals in the Delaware Supreme Court. His work has included many appraisal and unfair dealing cases arising out of mergers and acquisitions, trust fiduciary litigation, limited liability company dissolution disputes, and class action litigation. He has litigated numerous trust fiduciary cases, been engaged in will contests, filed petitions for instructions, and sought the modification and/or termination of both charitable and non-charitable trusts. He has been appointed by the Court of Chancery as guardian ad litem in numerous trust disputes. He has been listed in Chambers USA for Court of Chancery practice. [ Read More ]

EMAIL MIKE - (302) 504-1528

Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce

Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce has practiced corporate and commercial litigation in the Court of Chancery and other Delaware State and Federal courts for over 20 years. She represents corporations, alternative entities, directors and officers, shareholders, members and partners in disputes involving expedited or injunctive relief, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty, trust, contract, fraud, trade secret, and noncompetition, and statutory claims for access to corporate records, control contests, appraisal, and dissolution. She also serves as Delaware counsel in intellectual property cases, and has represented clients in arbitrations before the AAA and FINRA. Prior to joining PWUJ in 2009, Ms. Joyce was a corporate litigation partner in Blank Rome LLP's Delaware office, where she practiced for 9 years. She began her legal career as law clerk to Judge William C. Carpenter, Jr. in the Delaware Superior Court. Elizabeth served as Co-Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Women & the Law Section for the 2013-2015 term, and has also served as a Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association. [ Read More ]

EMAIL ELIZABETH - (302) 504-3360

Patricia R. Urban

In her corporate and fiduciary litigation practice, Patricia R. Urban focuses on individual, class and derivative actions involving a broad range of substantive issues, including actions for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. Her commercial practice includes contract and employment litigation, including executive compensation, non-competition, ERISA, ADA, ADEA and Title VII actions. In addition, Ms. Urban is a mediator for the Delaware state courts. She was also was appointed, pursuant to 29 Del. C. 4837, to serve as a Commissioner on Delaware's Lottery Commission, which, among other things, conducts hearings relating to licensing disputes, exclusion list disputes, and other appeals of decisions by Delaware's Lottery Director. Ms. Urban served as Co-Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Women & the Law Section for the 2013-2015 term. [ Read More ]

EMAIL PATRICIA - (302) 504-1526

Helena C. Rychlicki

Helena C. Rychlicki is a partner in the firm. In her intellectual property practice, Helena has been involved in all aspects of IP litigation in Delaware. She also represents clients in defense of Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation. In addition, Helena has been appointed for a four-year term (2020-2024) to the Special Masters Panel for complex civil cases in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Prior to becoming an attorney, Helena was a Scientist for a large plastics company. [ Read More ]

EMAIL HELENA - (302) 504-1497 x116

Megan Ix Brison

Mrs. Brison joined the firm in 2019. Her practice has concentrated on corporate, commercial, and general civil litigation for small business owners, companies and individuals. She has experience in a variety of matters including breach of contract claims, business disputes, employment law, real estate disputes, and insurance coverage issues. Megan earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, graduating magna cum laude while serving as the manuscripts editor of the Maryland Law Review, the vice president of the Moot Court Board and a member of the Order of the Coif. She practiced law for three years in Maryland prior to joining the firm. [ Read More ]

EMAIL MEGAN - ­(302) 485-0835