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Collins J. Seitz Jr. (born September 14, 1957) is the chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.

Education

Seitz received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware in 1980. He earned his J.D. degree at the Villanova University School of Law and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1983.

Legal career

Seitz served as managing partner of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, where he practiced for more than three decades. He was the founding partner of Seitz, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP. In that capacity, he regularly litigated corporate, commercial, and intellectual property cases, and advised clients on issues of Delaware corporate law.

Delaware Supreme Court

Term as justice

On February 23, 2015, Governor Jack Markell nominated Seitz to be a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court to the seat vacated by Henry du Pont Ridgely who retired on January 31, 2015. He was sworn in on April 14, 2015.

Chief justice

On October 24, 2019, Governor John Carney announced Seitz as his nominee to be the next Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. On November 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed unanimously by the Delaware Senate. He was sworn into office on November 8, 2019.

Personal life

Seitz's sister is Virginia A. Seitz, an attorney who served as United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel from 2011 to 2013. His father is Collins J. Seitz, who served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit until his death in 1998.

References

1. Lawyer Central profile
2. "Delaware Supreme Court: "Judicial Officers"". Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
3. ^ "Governor Markell Nominates Collins J. Seitz, Jr. to Delaware Supreme Court". State of Delaware News. 2015-02-23. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
4. "Governor Carney Announces Delaware Supreme Court Nominations". State of Delaware News. 2019-10-24. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
5. "Delaware Senate confirms state Supreme Court picks". SFChronicle.com. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
6. "The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, Jr. Takes the Oath of Office for Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court" (Press release). Delaware Courts. November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

v t e Statewide political officials of Delaware
U.S. senators	Tom Carper Chris Coons
U.S. representative	Lisa Blunt Rochester, at-large representative
State government	John Carney, Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Lieutenant Governor Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State (appointed) Kathy Jennings, Attorney General Colleen Davis, Treasurer Lydia York, Auditor Trinidad Navarro, Insurance Commissioner
Senate	Bethany Hall-Long, President David Sokola, President pro tempore Bryan Townsend, Majority Leader Gerald Hocker, Minority Leader
House	Vacant, Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown, Majority Leader Vacant, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Collins J. Seitz Jr., Chief Justice Karen L. Valihura Gary Traynor Abigail LeGrow N. Christopher Griffiths, Justices

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