Education

  • Syracuse Law School
    ,
    J.D.
    ,
    cum laude
    ,
    1971
  • Syracuse University
    ,
    B.S.
    ,
    with honors
    ,
    1969

Bar Admissions

  • Delaware, 1971
  • U.S. District Court, District of Delaware

Richard K. Herrmann

Partner
500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
Wilmington, Delaware 19801-1494

T 302.888.6816
F 302.571.1750

In his practice, Richard K. Herrmann handles many forms of complex litigation, including intellectual property, commercial and technology.

Richard has been actively practicing patent litigation in the District of Delaware for more than 15 years. Representative clients have included Alcon, Allied Signal, Allergan, Amgen, Amoco, Borg Warner, Dow, GlaxoSmithKline, Interdigital, Micron, Motorola, and Netscape. Representative law firms have included Finnegan Henderson, Hovey Williams, Kelly Drye, Kirkland & Ellis, Milbank, Paul Hastings, Sidley Austin, and Winston & Strawn.

He teaches Electronic Discovery for the National Judicial College and Widener University School of Law.

Honors and Awards

  • Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Recognized for Intellectual Property Law, 2010
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Woodward/White, Inc., 2003-2011
  • Benchmark: Litigation, Named as a Top Litigation Practitioner, 2009-2011 
  • Delaware Super Lawyers®, 2010
  • Recipient of the Daniel L. Herrmann Professional Conduct Award, 2009 
  • Delaware Today magazine, Named as one of Delaware's "Power Attorneys", 2004
  • Order of the Coif
  • Syracuse Law Review, Survey Editor

Activities and Affiliations

  • Delaware State Bar Association, Technology Committee, Chair and Computer Law Section, Former Chair
  • Richard K. Herrmann Technology Inn of Court, Member
  • United States District Court's Technology Committee, Co-chair
  • United States District Court's Advisory Committee, Member
  • United States District Court's Ad Hoc Committee, Member, Responsible for drafting the Court's Electronic Discovery Default Standard
  • The Justinian Society