Carolyn Berger
| Carolyn Berger | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Delaware Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Justice |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Thomas Carper |
| Active: | 1994-2018 |
| Past post: | Delaware Court of Chancery |
| Past term: | 1984-1994 |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | University of Rochester, 1969 |
| Law School: | Boston University School of Law, 1976 |
| Grad. School: | Boston University School of Education, 1971 |
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Carolyn Berger is an associate justice of the five member Delaware Supreme Court. She was first appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection by Governor Thomas Carper on July 22, 1994. Her current term ends in July 2018.[1] Berger is the first female to serve on the Court.[2]
Education
Berger earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in 1969. She received a Masters in Elementary Education in 1971 from Boston University School of Education and her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1976.[1]
Professional career
Following her admission to the bar Berger became a Deputy Attorney General with the Delaware Department of Justice. In 1979 she entered private practice with the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where she worked until 1984. She also worked as an associate at Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders for a year. Justice Berger began her career on the bench in 1984 when she was appointed as a Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery where she served until her appointment to the Delaware Supreme Court in 1994.[1]
Awards and Associations
Associations
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Widener University School of Law
- Associate Member, Board of Bar Examiners
- Former President, Milton & Hattie Kutz Home
- Former Vice-President, Milton & Hattie Kutz Home
- Member, Community Advisory Council of the Junior League of Wilmington
- Board of Directors, Jewish Federation
- Board oF Directors, Delaware Region National Conference of Christians & Jews [1]
See also
External links
- Delaware Supreme Court
- The Deal Magazine, "Lyondell revisited", April 17, 2009
- Concurring Opinions, "Delaware Back to Sturdy Doctrine; Good Faith in Coma", March 31, 2009
References
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Randy Holland • Myron Steele • Carolyn Berger • Henry Ridgely • Jack Jacobs • | ||
| Former | Collins Seitz • | ||
