Francis G. X. Pileggi is the managing partner of the Wilmington office of Lewis Brisbois and is co-chair of the Directors & Officers Litigation Practice and a member of the Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice. His litigation practice emphasizes representation in high-stakes disputes of corporations, stockholders, members of boards of directors, members and managers of LLCs, and those with managerial or ownership interests in other forms of entities. He has extensive experience in matters involving fiduciary duties and corporate governance.
One of his law review articles on corporate law has been cited by both the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery. In 2025, he was asked by the National Law Review to be the editor-in-chief of the new Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor.
Pileggi created and maintains the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog, which was named one of LexisNexis’ Top 25 Business Law Blogs.
In 2015 and 2019, he was honored with The Chief Justice William Killen Award for Distinguished Second Amendment Appellate Advocacy.
Pileggi published a book entitled, American Legal Ethics: A Retrospective from 1997 to 2018 (Outskirts Press, 2018), available on Amazon.com.
He has been a columnist for The Bencher since January 1997.