Tribute to The Honorable Walter K. Stapleton

In the April 2025 issue of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Bar Journal, Judge Stapleton’s former law clerk and longtime Morris Nichols attorney Jack Blumenfeld wrote, “We lost a brilliant judge and a wonderful person when the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton passed away on November 23, 2024, at 90 years of age. Judge Stapleton was a giant of the Delaware bar and of the Delaware community, and a kind and generous person.”

A former Morris Nichols partner, Judge Stapleton became the youngest judge to serve on the US District Court when he accepted an appointment in 1971 at 37. He went on to become chief judge of the Delaware District Court and was later appointed to the Third Circuit in 1985.

Learn more about Judge Stapleton and view the entire article in the DSBA’s April 2025 Bar Journal.