Peggy L. Ableman
Peggy L. Ableman was a judge on the New Castle County Superior Court in Delaware.[1] She joined the bench in 1983, and retired on October 31, 2012.[2]
Education
Ableman received her B.A. from Simmons College, and her J.D. from Emory University School of Law.[3]
Career
Ableman served as a Superior Court judge from 1983 until her retirement in 2012. Before joining the bench, she was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District for Delaware from 1979 to 1983. In 2013, she joined the firm McCarter & English as special counsel in product liability. She's also an adjunct professor at the Villanova School of Law.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 1995: Chief Justice’s Award for Outstanding Judicial Service
- 2013: U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Judicial Leadership Achievement Award
Associations
- Executive committee member & past president, Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
- Member, Bench-Bar-Media Committee of the Supreme Court
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Past member, Governor’s Child Protection Accountability Commission
See also
External links
- Superior Court of Delaware Judge Biographies
- Superior Court of Delaware
- Delaware Online "Superior Court judge reaches boiling point over lawyers' antics," September 2, 2011
- ABA Journal "Judge’s Holiday-Weekend Civility Class is Cancelled, But Attorney Manners Remain a Contentious Topic," September 8, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ Superior Court of New Castle County Telephone Directory
- ↑ Delaware State Courts, "Superior Court Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013," 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McCarter & English Attorneys at Law, "Former Superior Court of Delaware Judge, Peggy L. Ableman, Joins McCarter & English as Special Counsel," February 25, 2013
- ↑ McCarter & English, "Peggy L. Ableman profile," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ McCarter & English, "Peggy Ableman selected," July 25, 2013
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware
State courts:
Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts
State resources:
Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware
