William Burton Chandler III is a former

judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility ...

in the

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. He served as a resident judge on the

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and as a Vice Chancellor and then Chancellor on the

Delaware Court of Chancery The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the American state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges. The chi ...

. Chandler received his undergraduate degree from the

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and his law degrees from the

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and the

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. He was an associate with Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell and served as Legal Counsel to former Governor Pete duPont. Chandler taught

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, and remedies for two years at the

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. He is a member of the

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and the Delaware Bar Association. He served as Resident Judge of the

from 1985 to 1989. He was then appointed Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery in 1989 and Chancellor in 1997. On June 17, 2011, he retired as Chancellor and became a partner of the law firm of

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, P.C., and the managing partner of their new office in

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Almanac

References

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