The Delaware Senate has confirmed a new vice chancellor for the Court of Chancery, governance attorney Travis Laster. Laster was nominated by Delaware Governor Jack Markell in August and is expected to take his new seat on October 9. Laster, who himself has appeared before the very court to which he has now been appointed, is among Delaware’s most heralded corporate litigators and one half of the Wilmington-based Abrams Laster firm. Laster replaces Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb who retired at the end of his 12-year tenure to join the newly opened Wilmington, Del, office for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as partner.
Delaware Chancery Gets New Vice Chancellor
Attorney Travis Laster has been made the vice chancellor on Delaware’s Court of Chancery.
September 23, 2009