Myron T. Steele

Chief Justice Steele had a long career on the bench prior to being named chief justice, having served on the Superior Court and the Court of Chancery, and as a justice on the Supreme Court. In 1990, while a partner with Prickett, Jones & Elliott, he was named resident judge of the Superior Court in Kent County. He was appointed to the Court of Chancery in 1994 and to the Supreme Court in 2000. He was named chief justice in 2004. He currently serves on the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and is a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys, having been the first member of the Delaware Judiciary selected to serve in this capacity. As the head of the court system, he has focused, among other administrative efforts, on the development of a unified budget priority system for all of the courts. Chief Justice Steele holds B.A., J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Virginia.