Chancellor Grover C. Brown was first appointed to the bench in 1971 as a judge on the newly expanded Family Court. When a position on the Court of Chancery opened a few years later, Brown told the selection committee that “if you can’t find a candidate, and you’re desperate for somebody, throw my name in.” So it happened, and Delaware was the richer for it. Brown was appointed as Vice Chancellor in 1973 and elevated to the position of Chancellor in 1982. He returned to private practice in 1985 with the law firm Morris, James, Hitches & Williams and then joined the law firm Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., in 2000 as Special Counsel. Read the full press release on Chancellor Brown's passing.
