E. Norman Veasey at a glance
- Current role
- Former Chief Justice
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware · State
- Judicial service
- Former
E. Norman Veasey
Former Chief Justice · Supreme Court of Delaware
Biography
Professional career
- After retirement, Veasey joined Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A. in 2014 as a special counsel
- After leaving the firm, he held the role of Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP until 2013
- Also co‐author of Indispensable Counsel: The Chief Legal Officer in the New Reality (Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Eugene Norman “E. Norman” Veasey is an American jurist best known as the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1992 to 2004
- In 1992, Governor Michael N. Castle nominated Veasey to the Delaware Supreme Court, where he was unanimously confirmed and invested as Chief Justice on April 7, 1992.
Education
- B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1954 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1957
Additional information
- 12 years, stepping down in May 2004.
- In 2004, he received the Order of the First State, Delaware’s highest honor for meritorious service.
- Admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1958, Veasey practiced at Richards, Layton & Finger from 1958 until 1993, rising to partner in 1963, managing partner in the 1970s, and firm president in the mid‐1980s.
- Born January 9, 1933.
- Veasey was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and attended local schools before completing secondary education at the Peddie School.
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranked Delaware’s courts first nationally for fairness, reasonableness, and efficiency during his leadership
- focusing on arbitration, mediation, and other neutral services in complex corporate and commercial litigation.
- He is listed on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators and is a distinguished neutral with the Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
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Sources
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