The Delaware State Courts will be closed on Tuesday, November 5th for Election Day. Justice of the Peace Court 11 (New Castle County) and Court 7 (Kent County) will remain open 24 hours and Justice of the Peace Court 3 (Sussex County) will be open from 6AM – 12PM (no new cases after 11:00PM).

Sussex County Courts including Justice of the Peace Court 2, 4, and 17 will be closing at noon on Thursday, November 7th for Return Day. JP Court 14 will be closed the entire day due to proximity to Return Day events.

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The Honorable Patricia A. Winston, Judge

The Honorable Patricia A. Winston was appointed to the Superior Court of Delaware by Governor John Carney on June 1, 2022. Judge Winston received her J.D., cum laude, in 2008 from Widener University School of Law. During law school, she served as Internal Managing Editor for The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Judge Winston received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Delaware, in 1999 and is a native Delawarean.

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Winston practiced corporate and commercial litigation as an Associate with the law firm of Morris James from 2008 to 2016, becoming a Partner in 2016. While in private practice, Judge Winston litigated cases in the U.S. District Court, Delaware Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Court of Chancery.

Judge Winston is currently a member of the National Bar Association's Commercial Law Section. In the past, she served as Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Litigation Section, a Board Member of the Delaware Supreme Court's Board of Bar Examiners, a member of the Delaware Supreme Court's Permanent Advisory Committee on the Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, and as a member of the Delaware Superior Court Complex Commercial Litigation Division Advisory Committee.

Judge Winston's present term ends June 1, 2034.