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HON. M. JANE BRADY was appointed to the Superior Court in 2005. Judge Brady served as attorney general from 1995-2005, the first woman to serve as attorney general in the state of Delaware. She graduated from the University of Delaware and Villanova University School of Law. From 1977 until 1990, Judge Brady served as a deputy attorney general in the Delaware Department of Justice, culminating with three years of service as chief prosecutor in Sussex County. Judge Brady entered private practice in 1990, where she remained until her election as attorney general. Judge Brady has served on the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section Council, the American Bar Association's Standards Task Force on Biological Evidence and the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's National Symposium on the American Jury System. She is a member of the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court. HON. JEROME O. HERLIHY became an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware on February 22, 1989. He headed the successful Superior Court effort to standardize its sentencing language and to automate the sentencing process. Judge Herlihy chaired the court's committee that designed the system for individual assignment of civil cases. He was the New Castle County Criminal Administrative Judge from February 2003 until December 2005. He became a member of the Sentencing Accountability Commission (SENTAC) in 2003. From 1974 until 1989 he was in private practice with his brother in the firm of Herlihy and Harker. Judge Herlihy earned his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and his L.L.B. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. HON. MARY M. JOHNSTON was appointed to the Superior Court of Delaware on September 25, 2003. Before coming to the bench, Judge Johnston served as Chief Counsel of the Delaware Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel, prosecuting attorney discipline cases and unauthorized practice of law matters. She formerly was a partner with Morris, James, Hitchens and Williams, practicing primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation. Judge Johnston is past chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Women and the Law Section. She is a member of the Delaware Supreme Court's Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct and the Court's Professionalism Committee. Judge Johnston earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law, her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Wittenberg University, and her M.A. degree from Northwestern University. HON. RICHARD STOKES became a judge of the Superior Court of Delaware on March 23, 1999. Judge Stokes practiced law in Delaware since 1975 and was the managing partner of Tunnell and Raysor, P.A. He was a member of the Delaware Board of Professional Responsibility, Board of Bar Examiners, and Delaware Insurance Authority. He is a charter member of the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court. Judge Stokes also served as Resident Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Georgetown, Delaware from 1996 until 1999. Judge Stokes graduated with honors from Colgate University and earned his J.D. degree from Duke University, receiving an American Jurisprudence Award in criminal law. HON. CHARLES H. TOLIVER IV became a Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware on February 9, 1990. Judge Toliver received his B.A. degree from Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia in 1972 and his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. He was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1975. From 1975 to 1978 he served as Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Wilmington. From 1978 until 1983 he practiced law with Leonard L. Williams and Associates in Wilmington. From 1984 until his appointment to the Superior Court, he practiced law with Biggs & Battaglia also in Wilmington. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Toliver was chairman of the Wilmington Housing Authority and a member of the Delaware Public Employment Relations Board, the Delaware Violent Crimes Compensation Board, the Wilmington Pension Arbitration Board, the Board of Directors of the Wilmington Economic Development Corporation, the St. Anthony's Community Center, and the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau. Judge Toliver's present term ends April 3, 2014. HON. JAMES T. VAUGHN JR. is the President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware. President Judge Vaughn was appointed as Resident Judge in Kent County of the Superior Court of Delaware on October 28, 1998, and elevated to President Judge of the Superior Court on October 12, 2004. President Judge Vaughn earned his B.A. degree from Duke University and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. President Judge Vaughn practiced general civil and criminal law for 22 years in the Dover area. While in private law practice, he served as an associate member of the Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Delaware, president of the Kent County Bar Association and vice president of the Delaware State Bar Association. President Judge Vaughn is a member of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and the Terry-Carey American Inn of Court. He served as a judicial member of the Joint Bar/Bench Committee on Civility. HON. WILLIAM L. WITHAM JR. became an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware on February 18, 1999. He was appointed Kent County Resident Judge on January 19, 2005. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Delaware in 1970, and his J.D. degree from the University of Maryland in 1973. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1975 and the Delaware Bar in 1976. Resident Judge Witham graduated from the United States Army War College in 1998. Prior to joining the Superior Court, he was a partner with Prickett, Jones, Elliott & Kristol in Dover, Delaware. During his career, Resident Judge Witham has served as a member of the Board of Bar Examiners, the United States Third Circuit Merit Selection Screening Committee, the Governor's Magistrate Screening Committee, as a trustee of Delaware Technical and Community College, as president of the Central Delaware Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc., as a director of the Board of Managers of the Central Delaware YMCA, and as president of the Dover Kiwanis Club. He served as president of the Kent County Bar Association and as the vice-president of the Delaware State Bar Association. He is also a retired Delaware Army National Guard Colonel. Resident Judge Witham is currently a member of the Delaware State and American bar associations, the Terry-Carey Inn of Court, and the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. He also is an adjunct professor at Wilmington University. Resident Judge Witham's present term ends January 19, 2017. MODERATOR - DENNIS D. FERRI is a partner in the professional liability litigation practice group of Morris James LLP, where he has concentrated on representing physicians and other health care providers in defense of malpractice claims. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Ferri has represented individuals and insurance carriers in serious personal injury and death cases in both state and federal courts. Additionally, he has served as counsel in matters arising out of professional liability, product liability, motor vehicle accidents, fire losses and insurance coverage disputes, and is frequently selected as an arbitrator in personal injury, death and insurance cases and is certified as a mediator by the Delaware Superior Court in these areas. Mr. Ferri is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association (past member, Executive Committee), the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, the Defense Counsel of Delaware, the Delaware Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (past president), the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.
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