Chancellor William B. Chandler, III

Biography

The Honorable 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. He received his law degrees from the University of South Carolina School of Law and the Yale Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware.

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, Vanderbilt University, 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.