About Matt Amis
Matt Amis lives with his wife and two boys in Wilmington, Delaware. He’s contributed to publications like Out & About magazine, the News Journal, Super Lawyers, and Delaware Today magazine.
Articles written by Matt Amis
Not Just for Delaware Anymore
Pauline Morgan manages the complex traffic of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and corporate restructuringAs past chair of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and corporate restructuring efforts at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor in Wilmington, Pauline Morgan would seem expert at determining the value of things. One area where she seems to fall short in determining value? Herself. “What I do is not a one-person effort,” she says. “I think that I’m very conscientious, I prepare hard, and I really take it seriously. Even if I’ve done it 50 times, I don't wing it. ... Part of my job is just managing …
Her Brand is Crisis
Got a $2.8 billion-dollar problem? Give Kathleen Einhorn a weekWhen the behemoth American Dream mega-mall finally opens its doors this spring in East Rutherford, Kathleen Barnett Einhorn deserves a plaque on the 287-foot Ferris wheel. Or at least an all-time golden ticket ride pass for her work on a project that has spun in circles more often than it made forward progress. The notorious retail mecca near the Meadowlands Sports Complex—on track at press time to open in April—is expected to draw 40 million visitors a year, inject the state with $3.5 …
You Had Me at Hello
Meet Gary Leibowitz, who runs a one-stop agent-and-lawyer shop for athlete clientsIn 2016, Don Jackson, an undrafted rookie running back, eked his way onto the Packers’ practice squad. But his chances of cracking the lineup were slim. He was Green Bay’s fourth option in the backfield. Then, six weeks into the season, the Packers’ top two running backs went down with injuries. Jackson’s agent—lawyer Gary Leibowitz—got the call. The next day he flew out and met Jackson at historic Lambeau Field. Agent and player embraced on the sidelines before Jackson made his …
‘The City was on Fire’
Six African-American attorneys on rising up in the backyard of Thurgood Marshall—and navigating Baltimore’s legal landscape, before and after Freddie GrayUpton is a zig-zagged, Christmas tree-shaped neighborhood just northwest of downtown Baltimore. Part of a larger swath of West Baltimore, it’s where young Thurgood Marshall would debate issues of the day with his father: For decades, it was a place rich with a geyser of civil rights activism, black culture and entertainment. Farther south, in Cherry Hill, the neighborhood where William “Billy” Murphy was educated in segregated public schools by “excellent, well-credentialed black …
All About that Bass
Charlie Harris can play the other side like a bass guitarCharlie Harris calls it controlled aggression. It’s a type of assertiveness, marked by short bursts of energy and inflection. Astute listeners, he says, can hear it inside his deposition room and in the notes of his music. Harris, with Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris, has earned his place as one of the region’s fiercest litigators and, for the last seven years or so, one of its funkiest bass guitarists. Since 2011, when he finally got serious about his longtime love for music, he’s …
Soehl Power
Margie Soehl brings a global perspective to intimate situations—even her ownCredit Margie Soehl’s career roadmap, which stretches from South America to Japan to upstate New York, with the lawyer’s ability to identify with people from all backgrounds. The globetrotting Guayaquil, Ecuador, native and partner at Albany’s Powers & Santola is one of the area’s few bilingual attorneys who focuses in representing serious and catastrophically injured plaintiffs. “When I’m given a case or talking to somebody, I see through a global lens,” she says. “Being …
Swift Justice
Thirty years later, Bob Swift’s first-ever human rights class action lawsuit still influences the lawBob Swift recalls the shouts of protest outside a courthouse in Manila, Philippines, where, inside, he faced a contempt hearing levied by the country’s solicitor general. He remembers the almost expressionless manner in which witnesses recalled kidnappings, torture, bondage and beheadings —the calling cards of exiled President Ferdinand Marcos, whose 1970s and ’80s reign ushered in an era of brutality against citizens. He remembers the deposition that needed to be postponed after the …
Uncommon Decency
Empathy is Mark Aronchick’s primary toolLast fall, when the American Beverage Association and other businesses filed suit against the city of Philadelphia over the notorious “sweetened beverage tax,” there was little doubt whom the city would call. “We knew that the soda industry was hiring some of the best lawyers around to help them out,” says Marcel Pratt, who chairs the city’s litigation group. “They had one of the largest corporate law firms in the city and one of the most well-known plaintiff personal injury firms …
Turning Corners
As a nurse, Bobbie Pichini cared for her patients’ physical health. As a lawyer, she aims to put lives back togetherRoberta “Bobbie” Pichini knows suffering. She’s seen it up close. Before going to college, Pichini spent 10 years as a public health nurse, nurturing injury-stricken families around Chester and in northern Virginia. She made house calls to housing projects in Chester; she treated patients in intensive care. The things she saw stuck with her. “Paralysis. A child with brain damage. That affects everyone in the family,” she says. “Now, when I’m putting cases together, and when I …
Stuart M. Grant’s Double Secret Probation
Inside the record-setting corporate litigation practice of Delaware’s most well-rounded manStuart M. Grant may not be a jack of all trades, but he is at the very least a jack of most. In conversation, he bounces from animal science (he breeds and races thoroughbreds, and is 11 semesters into a pre-veterinary program at the University of Delaware) to Animal House (a film he quotes relentlessly, even in the courtroom). He mentions his year spent living in Australia, his experiences as a former NCAA soccer referee and his lofty ties to the Democratic Party. He’s partied with Jay Z and …
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