am saccullo attorneys

Legal EXPERIENCE

• Environmental & Administrative Law, including both compliance and litigation
• Commercial Litigation & Intellectual Property Litigation in federal & state courts
• Bankruptcy Litigation, adversary proceedings, preference actions, and counseling
• Mediation of commercial and contractual matters, including foreclosure mediation

My practice includes environmental and administrative matters, commercial litigation, intellectual property disputes, and bankruptcy litigation. I counsel clients in environmental matters including compliance, enforcement, administrative issues, brownfields transactions, and litigation; I represent clients in contract disputes, corporate litigation, and various commercial disputes; I assist clients with bankruptcy matters and litigation; and I advise clients in patent infringement litigation and trademark disputes. I manage all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and represent clients in front of various Boards, at Administrative Hearings, and in Court. I earned my Certification from the Delaware Superior Court as a Mediator in October 2011 (renewed in 2020) and an Advanced Mediation Certification in October 2014, and serve as the Mediator for Delaware’s Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program (since April 2013).

• 1/11-present Counsel: A.M. SACCULLO LEGAL, LLC, Wilmington, DE
• 2/20-present Panel Member: Special Environmental Legal Counsel, DE D.O.J., DE
• 12/07-1/11 Partner & Counsel: PARKOWSKI, GUERKE & SWAYZE, Wilmington, DE
• 1/06-12/07 Senior Associate: PEPPER HAMILTON, LLP, Wilmington, DE
• 11/03-12/05 Associate: THE BAYARD FIRM, Wilmington, DE
• 8/98-11/03 Associate: RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A., Wilmington, DE

Teaching Experience

• ’11-present Adjunct Professor: WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY, New Castle, DE•Environmental Law • American Government •CyberLaw
• ’17-present Adjunct Professor: WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA•Legal Environment of Business • Entrepreneurial Law • Intellectual Property
• ’98-present CLE lectures (Admin. law, Environmental law, and Legislative issues)
• ’07-’10 DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION: Fundamentals of Civil Litigation

PUBLIC SERVICE & CANDIDACY

• 2012 election Candidate for U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DE-AL
• 1/11 - 11/12 PRESIDENT, NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL, DE
• 12/08-11/10 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 6th District (145th DE General Assembly)

Education

• 5/97 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Camden, NJ Juris Doctor
• S ’95 & F ’96 • Dean’s List (top 25% of the law school)UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, Newark, DE
• 5/92 Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
• 5/92 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

• 6/03 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY – TRIAL SKILLS
• 10/11 & 1/20 DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT: MEDIATION CERTIFICATION
• 10/14 DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT: ADVANCED MEDIATION TRAINING

PRE-LEGAL, FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT

• 6/92-10/94 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Region IIIEnforcement Engineer in the Case Development Section:
•  Enforcement Officer/Technical Expert for enforcement actions

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• ’98-present DSBA: Past Chair of Litigation Section & Environmental Section
• ’99-‘15 Attorney coach for DE High School Mock Trial Competition
• ’00-‘16 Federal Civil Panel, District of Delaware(pro bono representation of indigent Civil Rights clients in District Court)
• ’04-‘19 Coach, Concord Soccer Association
• ’98-’14 DE & NCCo. Chamber of Commerce; Committee of 100

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

• ’09-present Vice Chair, NCCO. LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
• ’12-present Advisory Board for Legal Studies & Gov’t & Public Policy, WILM.U.
• ’19-‘20 Board of Directors, SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN RECOVERY, INC.
• ’11-‘18 Board of Directors, GOODWILL OF DELAWARE & DELAWARE CO.
• ’09-‘16 Board of Directors, DELMARVA COUNCIL-BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA[Eagle Scout - 1985]

HONORS

• 1/11-present ASPEN INSTITUTE, RODEL FELLOWSHIP IN PUBLIC LEADERSHIPAspen Rodel Fellow: Leadership training as one of twenty four nation-wide emerging leaders (selected yearly, Class of 2010)