Maria R. Granholm
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1940
Fax: +1 215 827 5560
Email: MRGranholm@duanemorris.com

Maria R. Granholm practices in the area of corporate law. Ms. Granholm is a 2011 magna cum laude graduate of Villanova University School of Law, where she was associate editor of the Villanova Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and a summa cum laude graduate of Eastern University.

Representative Matters

• Represented Guardian Capital Partners in the acquisition of a controlling interest in Kwik Tek Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
• Represented Pennsylvania dermatology company in raising over $20 million from investors, including prominent venture capital firms, through a preferred stock offering.
• Represented public company in obtaining a no-action letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the exclusion of an improper stockholder proposal from the company's annual proxy materials.

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011
  - Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review
  - Order of the Coif
  - Awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
• Eastern University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2007
  - Member of Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2011-present

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Insurance Holding Company Act Amendments of 2012," The Legal Intelligencer, July 18, 2012
• Co-author, "SEC Amends Accredited Investor Net Worth Standards per Dodd-Frank," Duane Morris Alert, December 28, 2011