Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. has not even been confirmed to be the next state Supreme Court chief justice, but speculation has already started on who will succeed him as the head of the nation’s preeminent business court. The search for a new chancellor won’t begin for weeks or possibly even months, but legal analysts see four candidates as likely to seek the position.
Andre G. Bouchard, a partner with Bouchard Margules & Friedlander and current chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission, is viewed as a front-runner to replace Strine. Others who have been mentioned as possible candidates include Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden, Chancery Court Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster and Joseph R. Slights III, a former Superior Court judge and current Morris James partner.
