Gregory M. Sleet
| Gregory M. Sleet | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
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Assumed office May 1, 2017 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
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In office 2007–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Sue Lewis Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Leonard P. Stark |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
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In office April 30, 1998 – May 1, 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Joseph J. Longobardi |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 8, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Hampton University Rutgers University School of Law at Camden |
Gregory Moneta Sleet (born March 8, 1951 in New York, New York) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. A graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, where he was an Earl Warren scholar, he was appointed as a District Judge by President Bill Clinton in 1998 at the recommendation of then Delaware U.S. Senator and former Vice President Joe Biden, and served as Chief Judge on the court from 2007 to July 1, 2014. He assumed senior status on May 1, 2017. Previously in 1995, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. He was the first African American to be appointed United States Attorney in Delaware, and the first to be appointed the federal bench in Delaware. From the years of 1992-1994, Sleet was in-house counsel at Hercules Incorporated and before that position, he was the Deputy Attorney General for the State of Delaware and served, for 6 years, as an Assistant Public Defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia.
He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moneta Sleet.
Due to the expertise and experience in patent law that Judge Sleet has acquired from hearing numerous patent cases during his tenure as a District Judge and Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, he also teaches courses in Patent Litigation at Duke University School of Law,Widener University School of Law and Rutgers University School of Law.
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