Attorney Profiles

Michael J. Tierney 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
phone (215) 575-7292
fax (215) 575-7200
email Email Me

Areas of Focus:

Partner, Corporate Department; Co-Chair, Media Law Practice Group. Mr. Tierney's practice includes a wide variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity financings, corporate governance issues and general corporate representation. He  represents companies and investors in forming new businesses, structuring corporate governance arrangements, performing due diligence review and analysis in connection with proposed acquisitions and investments, and the preparation and negotiation of business agreements.

As Co-Chair of Dilworth's Media Group, Mr. Tierney advises media entities on all aspects of their business, including corporate, governance, financing, employment and labor, as well as First Amendment issues, including defense of defamation matters, access issues and handling of subpoenas.

Education:
Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 1993
J.D.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award
Honors: Phi Delta Phi
Honors: Harrington Inn (honors chapter)


Denison University, 1989
B.A.


Professional Activities:
Trustee, Please Touch Museum


Trustee, Woodmere Art Museum


Vice-Chair, Republican National Lawyers Association


Co-Chair, Young Professionals Coalition for Sam Katz


Pennsylvania Lawyers for Bush/Cheney Advisory Council


Founder/Former Co-Chair, Stewards' Alliance, Archdiocese of Philadelphia


The Episcopal Academy Annual Fund Committee


Law Clerk, Hon. Peter B. Scuderi, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993-95


Articles Editor, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law


Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
Publications:
Understanding Anticipated Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, The Legal Intelligencer, October 2, 2000


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Peter B. Scuderi, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 1993 - 1995



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