Michael J. Scali
Director 
Direct Phone: (302) 429-4236
Direct Fax: (302) 658-6395
Email: mscali@bayardlaw.com
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Michael J. Scali is a director at Bayard. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial lending, commercial and residential real estate, corporate formation and governance, alternative business entities, and commercial transactions.

While in law school, Michael was a member of the Woolsack Honor Society and an Associate Editor of The Dickinson Journal of Environmental Law & Policy.

Michael is currently a member of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Real & Personal Property and Commercial Law Sections. Additionally, Michael is a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law and Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association. Michael serves as a member of the Board of Directors for The Committee of 100, a business organization that promotes responsible economic development in the State of Delaware, and was elected as First Vice President. Michael also is a member of the Committee’s Scholarship Subcommittee and the Chair of the Committee’s Membership Subcommittee.

Michael serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Community Development Corporation and its Personnel Committee. He also is active in the Delaware Bankers Association and is a member of The Risk Management Association, a professional organization whose objective is to further the ability of financial institutions to identify, assess, and manage the impacts of credit, business, and market risks.

Michael was selected to serve a one-year term on the Finance Committee of Meritas^®, an international non-profit alliance of more than 170 independent commercial law firms in 60 countries. The appointment follows Michael’s completion of two terms on the organization’s Membership Committee.

Most recently, Michael was recognized as a leading attorney in the field of real estate law by Chambers USA 2011.

In the community, Michael serves on the Membership Committee of the University and Whist Club, and as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau’s binding arbitration program for real estate disputes. He also lectures on entity formation and governance, and on title issues and title insurance.

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