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Frederick H. Schranck
Bar Admission:
Delaware
1978
U.S.
District Court, Delaware 1980
U.S. Third
Circuit Court of Appeals 1982
U.S.
Supreme Court 1984
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
November
1987 to Present:
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19903
Primary attorney for State Department of Transportation (DelDOT).
Responsibilities include representation of DelDOT in
litigation and arbitration, including environmental claims, inverse
condemnation, governmental relations, personnel matters, contract claims,
civil rights, and damage suits; review of DelDOT contracts for
professional services, construction, material, and supplies; draft and
review legislation involving DelDOT; and appear before General Assembly on
DelDOT matters.Also attorney for Delaware Bicycle Council, Board of
Pilot Commissioners, and Board of Professional Land Surveyors. Prior
attorney for Council on Police Training and Board of Constable Examiners.
Past additional assignments included special litigation for other State
agencies, including Departments of Corrections, Public Safety, and Labor,
and acting as counsel for entities such as the Industrial Accident Board and
the Human Relations Commission.
October 1979 to November 1987:
Assistant City Solicitor
City of Wilmington
Law Department
800 North French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Primary labor relations attorney for
1200-employee City Government, with six unions and several hundred non-union
employees.
Provided legal representation
for Equal Employment/Affirmative Action issues, union grievance arbitrations
(disciplinary and contract interpretation), collective bargaining agreement
negotiations, and defense of worker’s compensation and unemployment benefit
claims and appeals.Reviewed and reported on all
Delaware General Assembly legislation affecting Wilmington. Drafted
legislation for City Council and General Assembly. Occasional lobbyist for
City government at General Assembly.Counsel for City in over three
dozen Industrial Development Revenue and Rental Rehabilitation Revenue Bond
issues.
Occasional criminal prosecutor in Wilmington’s
Municipal Court, handling violations, misdemeanors, and preliminary hearings
for felony cases.
February 1979 – September 1979:
Edward Z. Sobocinski, Esquire
Wilmington, DE
Associate attorney in general
practice; emphasis on personal injury cases and real estate.
August 1978 – January 1979
Summers 1976 & 1977:
Kimmel & Spiller, P.A.
Wilmington, DE
Law Clerk; work divided primarily
between personal injury insurance defense and real estate
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
January 1998 to Present:
Golf Columnist
The Cape Gazette
17585 Nassau Commons Boulevard
Lewes, DE 19958
Weekly golf column for the leading
newspaper in eastern Sussex County
June 1997 to Present:
President/Owner
Hole By Hole
P.O. Box 88
Nassau, DE 19969
Private consulting firm for golf courses, evaluating and updating handicap
rankings. Also associated with Amazon.com for the Hole By Hole Virtual
Bookstore
1987 to Present:
Arbitrator
Delaware Superior Court
Private arbitrator for Superior
Court cases.
September 1990 to 1995:
Adjunct Instructor
Wilmington College
Dover Campus
Georgetown Campus
Instructor in
Administrative Law for Masters in Public Administration and Masters in
Business Administration programs
EDUCATION
Washington
College of Law
American University
Washington, DC
J.D., May 1978
Academic internship at Division of
Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
B.A. with Distinction and Honors
June 1975
PRESENTATIONS
“The Law of DelDOT”
February 2003
Sussex County Bar Association-Delaware
Technical & Community College
Georgetown, Delaware
“Delaware’s Corridor Capacity
Preservation Program”
January 1997
Annual Meeting of Transportation
Research Board
Washington, DC
July 1997
36th
Annual Workshop on Transportation Law
Transportation Research Board
Chicago, Illinois“Litigation Expenses and
Attorney Fees in Eminent Domain Cases”
July 1994
33rd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law
Transportation Research Board
Madison, Wisconsin
“Drug Testing”
July 1989
28thAnnual Workshop on Transportation
Law Transportation Research Board
San Diego, California
“Affirmative Action and Minority Set Asides”
May 1988
Seminar on Employment Law: Counseling for the Small Business
Delaware State Bar Association/Delaware Law School of Widener University/Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
“Employee Drug Testing”
May 1987
Seminar on Today’s Employment Law Issues
Delaware State Bar Association/Delaware Law School of Widener University“The Age Discrimination in Employment Act”
November 1984
Seminar on Wrongful Discharge
Delaware State Bar Association/Delaware Law School of Widener University
“Representing the Respondent Employer in the Administrative Process”
March
1982
Survey of Employment Discrimination Law
Delaware State Bar Association/Delaware Law School of Widener UniversityPast guest lecturer on Equal
Employment Law, Arbitration, and other personnel issues at graduate-level courses in College of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware,
and Wilmington College, Dover and Georgetown campuses.
PUBLICATION
“Affirmative Action: Equal Opportunity or Equal Result?”
Delaware
Lawyer
Spring 1985
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Member
Delaware State Bar Association
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Board Member
Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Member
Cape Henlopen School District Facilities Task Force
Past president and member of Board of Directors Shawnee Country Club
Milford, Delaware
Past president and member of Board of Directors
The Landing Homeowners Association, Inc.
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