Fred A. Townsend, III

Attorney Profile

Fred A. Townsend, III

Of Counsel

Dover Office and Rehoboth Beach Office

A member of the bars of the State of Delaware and United States District Court since 1990, Fred is a lifelong Delaware resident with deep roots in Kent and Sussex Counties. He is a graduate of St. Andrews School, the University of Delaware and Delaware Law School of Widener University.

Fred is former House Caucus attorney (1990 -1993), and served as the Deputy Insurance Commissioner from 1993 -1999. Returning to private practice in 2000, Fred’s primary areas of practice have been real estate and land use law, insurance regulation, and municipal law.

He has served at the President Pro Tem’s appointee to the Delaware Health Care Commission and currently serves as the House Speaker’s appointee to the Highmark BCBS Blueprints for the Community Advisory Council which evaluates grant applications with the goal of addressing the health care needs of Delaware’s uninsured, underserved and low-income families.

Since its creation by statute in 2013, Fred has served as the Delaware’s Ratepayer Advocate, a party to workers compensation rate filings whose charge it is to ensure that rates are not unfair to the businesses that pay them.

Fred is a former Kent County Solicitor and currently represents its Board of Adjustment as well as that of the City of Rehoboth Beach. His practice is focused on real estate law, including specifically the representation of buyers of single-family homes, tracts of land and commercial properties.

Fred resides with his wife, Carrie, in Rehoboth Beach.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Land Use
• Insurance Regulation
• Municipal Law

Education

• St. Andrews School
• University of Delaware
• Delaware Law School of Widener University