Anne Shea Gaza

Counsel

One Rodney Square
920 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
302.651.7539 - direct
302.498.7539 - fax
302.651.8539 - other
gaza@rlf.com
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Assistant Contact

Anita Garvey
302.651.7841 - direct
garvey@rlf.com

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Anne Shea Gaza represents local, national and international clients in Delaware’s state and federal courts, as well as before various state administrative agencies. A counsel in the firm’s Litigation Department, her practice focuses on intellectual property and other complex commercial litigation. Anne has represented, and is representing, a number of parties in significant patent and trademark litigation before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In addition, Anne has an active ADR practice and serves as a neutral arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association.

Anne is a frequent speaker with federal and state court judges and local practitioners on topics ranging from federal practice and procedure to corporate document retention and destruction methodologies in the context of litigation. She was a contributor to Foreclosure Law & Related Remedies - a State by State Digest, published by the American Bar Association, and to the State Capital Law Firm Group's Lobbying, PACs and Campaign Finance: 50 State Handbook.

Earlier in her career, Anne was a captain in the United States Air Force as an assistant staff judge advocate and was cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. While in law school, she served on the Journal of Law & Commerce.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Merit Selection Panel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Delaware (2011)
  • Merit Selection Panel, Reappointment of Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge as United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Delaware (2007-2008)
  • American Arbitration Association Neutral
  • Federal Bar Association, Delaware Chapter, Executive Committee
  • American Bar Association, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections
  • Delaware State Bar Association, Litigation and Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Sections
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • District Court Continuing Legal Education Committee
  • Steering Committee for the Vincent A. Bifferato Sr. Superior Court Trial Practice Forum
  • Richard K. Herrmann Technology Inn of Court

Professional Recognition

  • Chambers USA
  • Benchmark Litigation
  • American Bar Foundation Fellow
  • Commendation, presented by the Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (2011)
  • Caleb R. Layton III Service Award, presented by the Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (2009)

Pro Bono Activities

  • Protection from Abuse Advocate, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services
  • Judge, Delaware High School Moot Court Competition

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Education

  • J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1997
  • B.A., cum laude, Moravian College, with honors in Political Science, 1994

Admitted to Practice

  • United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2004
  • United States District Court, District of Delaware, 2002
  • Delaware, 2001
  • Pennsylvania, 1997

Clerkships

  • Judicial Extern, the Late Honorable Carol Los Mansmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1995