Mr. Baldwin represents corporate clients in business matters, including  bankruptcy and commercial litigation; insurance coverage litigation, in which he represents policyholders against their insurance companies regarding product liability, environmental and other claims; and alternative dispute proceedings, including arbitration and mediation.

Education

• Temple University School of Law, LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, 2005
• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1978
• University of Massachusetts, B.A., magna cum laude,1975; Phi Beta Kappa

Representative Matters

Mr. Baldwin has handled cases in numerous federal and state courts throughout the country.  Recently, on behalf of Credit Suisse First Boston and Jefferies & Company, he tried to a successful conclusion a valuation proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court concerning a New Orleans oil tank farm.  He currently represents a major pharmaceutical company in litigation to obtain insurance coverage for the defense of toxic tort claims filed against the company.  In another case, Mr. Baldwin assisted distributors of generic fen-phen components in obtaining insurance coverage for the products.  He also served as trial counsel for Hoechst Celanese Corporation in a successful effort to obtain insurance coverage for product liability claims involving plastic plumbing systems.  The National Law Journal called the jury's verdict in that case one of the "most significant verdicts of 1997."

Professional Activities

• Delaware State Bar Association
• American Bar Association; Litigation Section, Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation; Business Law Section, Committee on Business Bankruptcy
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Former Board Member and Secretary, Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware (“CLASI”); 1998 Co-Chair, CLASI Campaign for Justice