Abigail LeGrow
Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Assumed office
May 11, 2023
Appointed byJohn Carney
Preceded byJames T. Vaughn Jr.
Judge of the Delaware Superior Court
In office
February 15, 2016 – May 11, 2023
Appointed byJack Markell
Personal details
EducationSusquehanna University (BA)
Pennsylvania State University (JD)

Abigail LeGrow is an American state court judge from Delaware who is serving as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.

Education

LeGrow received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Susquehanna University and a Juris Doctor from Penn State Dickinson Law.[1]

Career

After graduating law school, she served as a law clerk to Justice Jack B. Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court. She then went on to practice law with law at Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, where she specialized in corporate and commercial litigation.[2] In 2011, She was appointed by Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. as a Master in Chancery of the Delaware Court of Chancery.[1][3] From 2016 to 2023, she served as a judge of the Delaware Superior Court after being appointed by Governor Jack Markell.[2][4]

Delaware Supreme Court

On April 13, 2023, Governor John Carney nominated LeGrow to serve as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, to the seat vacated by Justice James T. Vaughn Jr. who retired on May 1, 2023.[1]

On May 3, 2023, the Delaware Senate confirmed her by a 15–3–3 vote. Republicans opposed her because no one represented Kent County.[5][6] She was sworn in on May 11, 2023.[7]

Personal life

She is married to Brian LeGrow, who, at the time of her appointment to the chancery, was an associate with the Law Offices of Vincent B. Mancini & Associates.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Governor Carney Announces Supreme Court Nominations" (Press release). Office of the Governor. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "The Honorable Abigail M. LeGrow, Judge - About Us - - Delaware Courts - State of Delaware". courts.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Abigail LeGrow '04 appointed to Master in Chancery for Delaware Judiciary". Penn State Law. February 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Reyes, Jessica Masulli (March 18, 2016). "Abigail LeGrow sworn in as Superior Court judge". The News Journal. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Senate confirms Supreme Court picks despite opposition". delawarebusinesstimes.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Kiefer, Paul (May 3, 2023). "State Senate confirms Carney's two Delaware Supreme Court nominees". delawarerepublic.org. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Judicial Officers".


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