Gary Traynor
Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 5, 2017
Appointed byJohn Carney
Preceded byRandy J. Holland
Personal details
Born (1956-08-25) August 25, 1956 (age 67)
Dover, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceRehoboth Beach, Delaware
Alma materDartmouth College (AB)
Widener University (JD)

Gary Francis Traynor (born August 25, 1956) is an American lawyer who serves as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.[1]

Traynor was born in Dover, Delaware, in 1956, and graduated from Dover High School.[2] He completed a bachelor's degree in history at Dartmouth College in 1978, and a J.D. degree at Widener University Delaware Law School in 1982.[3][4]

Traynor was in private practice in Dover from 1982 to 1990 at the law firm Brown, Shiels & Chasanov, and in Wilmington from 1990 to 2014 at the law firm Prickett, Jones & Elliot.[1] He also served as an officer in the Delaware Army National Guard from 1990 to 1991, and was a commissioner on the Delaware River and Bay Authority from 2009 to 2014.[1]

Traynor worked for the state as an assistant public defender for Sussex County from 2015 to 2017.[4]

On February 9, 2017, Delaware Supreme Court justice Randy J. Holland announced that he would retire from the court at the end of March.[5] On May 14, 2017, the Governor of Delaware John Carney announced that he would nominate Traynor to the vacant seat.[4] Carney and Traynor went to the same high school, played on the same football team, and also attended Dartmouth together.[2][6]

Traynor is a Republican.[4] Governor Carney, a Democrat, was required to nominate a Republican to replace Holland under state law, because no party can have more than three members on the state's supreme court.[1]

The Delaware Senate unanimously confirmed Traynor's nomination on June 7, 2017.[7] His twelve-year term on the Delaware Supreme Court began on July 5, 2017.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Justice Gary F. Traynor". Delaware Courts. State of Delaware. July 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Mavity, Ryan (July 25, 2017). "Gary Traynor takes seat on Delaware's highest court". Cape Gazette. Lewes, Delaware. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Governor Carney's Statement on Confirmation of Gary F. Traynor to Serve as Justice on Delaware Supreme Court". Delaware News. State of Delaware. June 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Masulli Reyes, Jessica (May 15, 2017). "Assistant public defender nominated to Delaware Supreme Court". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Bittle, Matt (February 9, 2017). "Longtime state Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland announces retirement". Delaware State News. Dover, Delaware. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Gold's 50-Yard TD Pass Started Blue Reeling". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. August 19, 1974. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  7. ^ Montgomery, Jeff (June 7, 2017). "Del. Senate Confirms Supreme Court Nominee Gary Traynor". Law360. LexisNexis. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
Legal offices Preceded byRandy J. Holland Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court 2017–present Incumbent
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