Biography

The Honorable Lori W. Will was sworn in as a Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery on May 26, 2021. Vice Chancellor Will was previously a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., where she focused on the representation of business entities and their directors and officers in corporate, complex commercial, and federal securities litigation. 

Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Vice Chancellor Will was a senior litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. She served as a law clerk to then-Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. after graduating from law school.  

Vice Chancellor Will received her B.A. summa cum laude in both History and Government & Law from Lafayette College. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a graduate Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Delaware State Bar Association, and the Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court.  

Vice Chancellor Will is an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, and a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.