Henry Ridgely
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Henry duPont Ridgely is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, a position he assumed on July 22, 2004. His current term on the court ends July 22, 2016.
Justice Ridgely received his B.S. in Business Administration from Syracuse University in 1971, his J.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 1973, and his LL.M. in Corporation Law from George Washington University National Law Center in 1974. Following admission to the Delaware Bar in 1974, he returned to Dover to practice civil, criminal, and administrative law in the firm of Ridgely and Ridgely. While in private practice, he served as Vice President' of the Delaware State Bar Association and as a Delaware State Senate Attorney. [1]
Prior positions
From 1984 until his appointment as a Justice, he served as a general jurisdiction trial judge on the Superior Court of Delaware. For the last 14 years of his service as a trial judge, he was the President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware. [1]
Associations
Justice Ridgely is an At Large Trustee of the American Inns of Court and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society and a former Member of the Society's Board of Directors (2003-2005).[2]
He is also the Co-Chair of the ABA Judicial Division's Court Technology Committee (2003-present). At the time of his appointment as a Justice, he was the Chair-Elect of the National Conference of State Trial Judges (Executive Committee 1997-2004; Co-Chair, Electronic Filing Process Standards Committee 2002-2004; Chair, Drug Court Standard Task Force 2000-2002). Three ABA Standards Relating to Court Organization or Relating to Trial Courts have been adopted by the ABA House of Delegates based upon the work of ABA Committees Justice Ridgely has chaired or co-chaired. The ABA Standards address best practices in establishing and operating drug treatment courts, electronic filing, and court automation. During his tenure as President Judge, the Superior Court was the first court in the nation to implement electronic filing in 1991 and a state-wide drug court in 1994. Justice Ridgely is the Chair of the Delaware Supreme Court's eFiling Committee. In 2005 the Delaware Supreme Court became the first appellate court in the nation to implement electronic filing of appeals.
Justice Ridgely is a member of the Federal-State Judicial Council of Delaware and the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court (President 1996-1998). He was presented the ABA and National Center for State Courts' Award for Outstanding Service in Adopting and Implementing Standards Relating to Juror Use and Management in 1993. In 1997 he received the Chief Justice's Award for Outstanding Judicial Service. In 2000 the American Board of Trial Advocates - Delaware Chapter presented him its Award for Judicial Professionalism and Civility. [1]
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