Colm F. Connolly is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He has served as a District Judge since 2018. He was previously a United States Attorney, Assistant United States Attorney, and a partner with the law firms of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP. Judge Connolly was a law clerk for the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1991 to 1992. He holds degrees from Duke University School of Law, the London School of Economics, and the University of Notre Dame; and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Law Institute.