New magistrate joins Chancery Court

The Hon. Danielle Gibbs has joined the Court of Chancery as magistrate in chancery, with her chambers in Wilmington. 

Gibbs received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and her law degree from the University of Baltimore, where she served as editor-in-chief of the University of Baltimore Law Review. She served the past eight years as chief legal counsel to Gov. John Carney, previously working at the Delaware Department of Justice as chief deputy attorney general to former Attorney General Matt Denn.

Before working at the Department of Justice, Gibbs was a corporate litigator, and member of the corporate and commercial litigation section of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP for 16 years. After law school, she clerked for the Hon. Howard S. Chasanow of the then-Maryland Court of Appeals (now the Supreme Court of Maryland) and for then-Vice Chancellor Myron T. Steele.

Gibbs has served the Delaware courts and the Delaware bar as a member of the rules committees of the Supreme Court and Court of Chancery, as a member of the Executive and Nominating Committees of the Delaware State Bar Association, and as a member and editor-in-chief of the Delaware Law Review.

“Magistrate Gibbs brings a wealth of experience with her, having held some of the highest legal positions in the state and litigated in the Court of Chancery for 16 years. She will be an immediate asset to the court, and it is my pleasure and honor to welcome her to the bench,” said Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick in a press release. 

Gibbs occupies one of two newly funded magistrate in chancery positions designed to aid the court in its increasing workload.