Silpa Maruri is a founding partner of Elsberg Baker & Maruri.
Silpa is widely recognized as a skilled advocate and litigator, which has earned her a broad array of accolades. She has been awarded dozens of times by the most selective legal industry publications, including in Chambers & Partners’ competitive General Commercial Litigation rankings, Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation for 2025,” Crain’s “Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys,” and Crain’s “Notable Leaders in Law.” Silpa has also been recognized by Lawdragon as a “Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyer” and a “Leading Litigator in America,” the New York Law Journal and Law360 as a “Rising Star,” and The Legal 500 for her record-breaking work in dispute resolution. Litigation Counsel of America named Silpa as a Fellow in its Trial Law Honor Society, comprised of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers selected for their litigation skills, trial work, and ethics.
Benchmark Litigation describes Silpa as “unbelievably impressive” and “a hands-on litigator…extremely proactive in her strategic advice and litigation execution,” noting that “there’s nothing she can’t do.”
An experienced litigator and trial lawyer, Silpa recently obtained a significant arbitration victory in a bet the company dispute over an energy agreement following a nine-day hearing, garnering recognition as a “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer. Although experienced in a wide array of forums, Silpa’s specialized experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery includes some of the most widely publicized disputes of the last decade, including Twitter v. Musk and In re Dell Technologies Class V Stockholders Litigation. In Dell, Silpa served as lead counsel in a class action on behalf of Dell stockholders concerning a 2018 stock-for-stock exchange, resulting in a historic settlement of $1 billion—the largest class action settlement in any state court. This record-setting win, which the Delaware Court of Chancery described as “real and unprecedented,” garnered widespread praise. Silpa has also played a key role in many of the recent COVID-19 related busted deal cases filed in the wake of the pandemic, including Snow Phipps v. KCAKE Acquisition Corp. Silpa’s recent representative matters also include several deal-related disputes regarding corporate acquisitions, several derivative lawsuits relating to shareholder claims of self-dealing, commercial contract disputes relating to investor rights, and matters involving financial fraud.
In addition to her active trial practice, Silpa regularly publishes, speaks and appears on matters of corporate governance and Delaware law. Silpa recently appeared on a panel regarding Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation for the Practicing Law Institute, alongside Delaware Supreme Court Justice Collins J. Seitz, and at the prestigious Tulane Corporate Law Institute, alongside Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Silpa received her B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Silpa was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she served as a Co-Chair of the firm’s Delaware Practice.
Updated Feb 2026
