Ex-Delaware Chancery Court judge Slights joins law firm Wilson Sonsini

Former vice chancellor Joseph Slights III, who recently retired from the Delaware Court of Chancery, has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a litigation partner, the law firm said on Monday.

Slights served for six of his 12-year term on the Delaware court, which is a well-known venue for large corporate disputes.

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick in a January court filing first disclosed Slights' retirement.

Slights said personal matters, including losses in his family, in part informed his decision to leave the bench after May 31. It "felt like a natural time" to return to practicing law, he said.

Delaware Governor John Carney nominated Nathan Cook, the managing partner of litigation firm Block & Leviton’s Delaware office, to fill Slights' vice chancellor seat. Cook was sworn in last month, according to a court statement.