Wilmington, Delaware
Will Passannante is an associate at Grant & Eisenhofer, where his practice focuses on corporate governance litigation. Mr. Passannante researches, analyzes, and evaluates potential new stockholder litigation, with a focus on breaches of fiduciary duty and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Passannante also litigates stockholder matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Mr. Passannante previously worked as an associate in the Delaware office of a plaintiff’s firm where he represented investors in corporate governance class action and derivative litigation matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Prior to that, Mr. Passannante clerked for the Hon. Jennifer Choe-Groves and the Hon. M. Miller Baker at the U.S. Court of International Trade, where he additionally supported sittings by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Mr. Passannante began his legal career as a paralegal working on False Claims Act investigations and litigation at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Passannante earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal, the Fordham Moot Court Board, and the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Program as well as a Stein Scholar for the Public Interest. He received a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College.