Albert Carroll
Chief Justice Martha P. Grace of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court
Albert Carroll is a partner of Morris James LLP and serves as Vice Chair of the Firm's Corporate and Commercial Litigation group. Albert focuses his practice on litigation involving corporations and alternative entities formed under Delaware law. He litigates fiduciary duty claims, contract disputes, M&A challenges, and summary proceedings under Delaware's business statutes in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court. Albert also represents clients in contract or business tort litigation in Delaware federal court, the Delaware Superior Court, and arbitrations under Delaware law.
Another component of Albert's practice includes advising boards of directors, special committees, managers, or general partners of Delaware corporations or alternative entities on governance, fiduciary, and investigatory matters under Delaware law involving active litigation or litigation risk.
Litigation Experience:
• Fiduciary duty actions arising out of alleged mismanagement, self-
dealing, usurped corporate opportunities, failure of oversight, bad faith,
or aiding and abetting
• Challenges to M&A transactions involving price, process, and disclosures
claims
• Actions disputing the appointment or removal of directors, officers,
general partners, or managers
• Breach of contract actions involving LLC agreements, partnership
agreements, stock preferences, asset purchase agreements, restrictive
covenants, transfer restrictions, etc.
• Books and records inspection demands
• Advancement proceedings
• Actions to compel arbitration or to confirm, vacate, or modify arbitration
awards
• Commercial disputes in arbitration (AAA, JAMS)
Advisory Experience:
• Advising special committees formed to investigate and consider pre-suit
derivative litigation demands and ongoing derivative litigation
•Advising directors in responding to books and records and derivative demands made by dissident directors
- Boston University School of Law
- J.D. (2009)
- Intern
- Chief Justice Martha P. Grace of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court
- Current
- Best Lawyer - Ones to Watch
- Best Lawyers
- Top Lawyers, Corporate Law
- Delaware Today
- Readers' Choice Award for Mergers & Acquisitions
- JD Supra's
- Public Interest Law Journal - Note Editor
- Boston University School of Law
- State Bar of Delaware  # 005316
- Member
- Current
- American Bar Association
- Current
- Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
- Current
- Delaware
- Delaware Supreme Court
- ID Number: 005316
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation
- English: Spoken, Written