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Chancellor William B. Chandler

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Adjunct Professor of Law .Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

Voice: 302-255-0544
Email: william.b.chandler@vanderbilt.edu
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Education

LL.M. Yale Law School
J.D. University of South Carolina School of Law
B.A. University of Delaware

Biography

William B. Chandler III was appointed chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery in 1997, where he had served as vice chancellor since 1989. He also served as resident judge of the Delaware Superior Court from 1985 to 1989. Before his appointment to the court, Chancellor Chandler was an associate with Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, and he served as legal counsel to former Governor Pete duPont. The chancellor taught commercial law, legislative process, and remedies for two years at the University of Alabama School of Law, and he has also taught law courses at the Delaware Law School of Widener University, Washington University School of Law, Ohio State and Georgia. He is presently a member of the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Delaware Bar Association, the American College of Business Court Judges, and is a trustee of the Weinberg Corporate Governance Center at the University of Delaware.
 



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