Myron Steele
Myron T. Steele was the chief justice of the five member Delaware Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Governor Ruth Ann Minner and confirmed by the Delaware State Senate as 7th Chief Justice on May 5, 2004. Steele was first appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection by Governor Thomas R. Carper on July 28, 2000. Steele retired from the court on November 30, 2013, nearly three years before the end of his term.[1][2]
Education
Steele earned his undergraduate degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia in 1967. He earned his J.D. in 1970 and LL.M. in 2005 from the University of Virginia School of Law.[3]
Career
Steele began his legal career on active duty in the U.S. Army and retired as a Colonel in the Delaware Army National Guard. Steele practiced law in a variety of positions, including: deputy attorney general, Delaware senate attorney, Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Board, outside counsel and chairman of the Central Delaware Health Care Corporation, and with the firm Prickett, Jones & Elliott. His first judicial position was to the Superior Court of Delaware where he served from 1988 until 1990. From there Steele moved onto become the resident judge of Kent County Superior Court, Delaware. His last appointment before the Delaware Supreme Court was to the Delaware Court of Chancery, where he served as vice-chancellor from 1994 until 2000.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2007: 100 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance, Directorship Magazine
- 2007: 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics, Ethisphere Magazine
Associations
- Board of Directors, National Center for State Courts[4]
- Advisor, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Member, Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction
- Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee
- Member, American Bar Association, Judicial Section
- Member, American Board of Trial Attorneys[3]
- President, Congress of Chief Justices
- Former Faculty, Pennsylvania School of Law
- Faculty, University of Virginia Law School
- Faculty, Pepperdine Law School[1]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Steele received a campaign finance score of -0.55, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.35 that justices received in Delaware.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[5]
See also
- Delaware
- Delaware Supreme Court
- News: Chief Justice Myron Steele Interview, October 23, 2011
External links
- Delaware Supreme Court
- Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog, "Interview with Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele," December 28, 2009
- delawareonline, "Delaware's corporate dominance threatened," March 2, 2010
- Delaware National Guard, "Delaware Guard Honors Retired Member, New State Supreme Court Chief Justice," October 2004
- Who's Who Legal "An interview with Chief Justice Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court," October 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Who's Who Legal "An interview with Chief Justice Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court," October 2011
- ↑ Delaware Online, "Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele to retire," September 6, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Delaware State Courts, Chief Justice Myron T. Steele
- ↑ Cape Gazette, "Delaware chief justice joins board of national court organization," August 5, 2010
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware
State courts:
Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts
State resources:
Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware
