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Carolyn Berger is a former justice of the
Delaware Supreme Court The Delaware Supreme Court is the sole appellate court in the United States state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decisions, ...
, and a former vice chancellor on the
Delaware Court of Chancery The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. 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 cour ...
. She was the first female member of both courts.


Early life

Berger received a
B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...
from the
University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
in 1969, an
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in Elementary Education from
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in 1971, and a J.D. from
Boston University School of Law The Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school of Boston University, a private research university in Boston. Established in 1872, it is the third-oldest law school in New England, after Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Ap ...
in 1976.


Career

Before joining the bench, she served as a state deputy attorney general from 1976 to 1979, and then was in private practice as Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom from 1979 to 1984. She was appointed to the Court of Chancery in 1984. She was appointed to the Delaware Supreme Court by then-Governor
Tom Carper Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), D ...
on July 22, 1994, reappointed in 2006, and retired on September 1, 2014. While serving on the Delaware Supreme Court, Justice Berger participated in landmark decisions addressing directors’ fiduciary duties and corporate governance issues. She authored th
Lyondell Chemical Co. opinion
finding that the directors acted properly when they agreed to sell the company, and th
Unocal Exploration Co. opinion
approving a “short form” merger without regard to price. Justice Berger also participated in th
Walt Disney Co. executive compensation decision
and th
Martha Stewart director independence decision
among many others. She has also served on Singapore's International
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. Justice Randy J. Holland nominated her for the prestigious Trailblazer Award in 1997. During her career, Justice Berger has been involved in community service as a member of the board of directors of the Delaware Region of the National Conference of Christians & Jews, Inc., the Jewish Federation of Delaware, and The Milton & Hattie Kutz Home, Inc. She also served as president of the Kutz Home and chair of its search committee for a new executive director. Justice Berger is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Foundation. She was an adjunct professor and taught corporate law at
Widener University School of Law Widener University Delaware Law School (Delaware Law School and formerly Widener University School of Law) is a private law school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of Widener University. Widener Un ...
.


Personal life

She is married to Delaware Superior Court Judge Fred Silverman.


See also

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List of female state supreme court justices Female state supreme court justices First female justices Below is a list of the names of the first woman to sit on the highest court of their respective states in the United States. The first state with a female justice was Ohio; Florence ...
*
List of Jewish American jurists This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews. Supreme Court of the United States United States courts of appeals United States district courts * Ronnie Abrams, J ...


References

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