September 9, 2013
Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele to Retire
On Friday, Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele announced that he would retire effective November 30th, three years ahead of the end of his 12-year term. As noted in this article, Chief Justice Steele has served on the bench in Delaware for 25 years – and as Chief Justice since ’04.
This is a big loss for the Delaware bench. I first met the Chief Justice when we taped a panel about director duties after the Disney case for our “2nd Annual Executive Compensation Conference” in 2005. He was also kind enough to participate in a webcast on this site in ’07 entitled “An M&A Conversation with Chief Justice Myron Steele.” We wish him the best of luck in retirement or whatever he plans to do!