Richard Forsten

Richard “Shark” Forsten (Com ’85, Law ’88 CM) began his third five-year term on the Appoquinimink School District School Board where he has served as board president for the last six years. Shark is a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware, office of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, where he practices in land use, commercial real estate and litigation. He and his wife live in a 182-year old historic farmhouse south of Middletown, Delaware, and his golf handicap remains much too high.

Richard “Shark” Forsten (Com ’85, Law ’88) received the 2019 Delaware Volunteer of the Year Award from Gov. John Carney. He has served eight years as a member of the school board (including five as president), and served on the boards of Goodwill of Delaware, the Everett Theatre (including two years as president), Ronald McDonald House of Delaware, and two boards for the Delaware Ministry of Caring. Forsten previously served as president of the Delaware State Bar Association, serves on the Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee, and is a past vice-chair of the Access to Justice Commission’s subcommittee on pro bono service. He is also the long-serving general counsel and parliamentarian for the Delaware Republican Party, and the co-chair of the Delaware General Assembly’s Administrative Law Task Force.  

Richard Forsten (Com ’85, Law ’88 CM) will serve a second five-year term on the Appoquinimink School Board in New Castle County, Delaware, where he currently serves as board president. A partner in the Wilmington law offices of Saul Ewing, Mr. Forsten practices in commercial real estate and business litigation. In addition to serving on the school board, he has spent the past year serving as president of the Delaware State Bar Association.

Richard Forsten (Com ’85, Law ’88 CM) has been elected president of the Delaware State Bar Association and president of the Appoquinimink School District Board of Education, both for 2015-16. He is a partner in the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing, where he focuses on commercial real estate, business transactions and related litigation. Mr. Forsten also is chairman of the board for the Everett Theatre, a historic venue in Middletown, Delaware, and serves on the boards of Goodwill of Delaware and the Home Builders Association of Delaware.