Delaware Chief Justice Strine to Step Down (Ahem, “Retire”)

Two days ago, Delaware Chief Justice Leo Strine announced that he would retire from the bench. This isn’t a surprise. It’s been kind of an open secret in Delaware for the past several months – he didn’t hire clerks for the next term. Leo isn’t quite “retirement age,” so I imagine we will see grander things yet from this very grand lawyer. As noted in this article, there is speculation that Leo will run for governor in Delaware in 2024.

Over on the DealLawyers.com blog yesterday, John gave a nice summary of just how important Leo has been to the Delaware judiciary for the last few decades. And here’s a statement from SEC Chair Clayton..