{"id":500983,"date":"2022-10-14T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/meet-kathaleen-mccormick-judge-in-elon-musk-twitter-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:42:12","slug":"meet-kathaleen-mccormick-judge-in-elon-musk-twitter-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meet-kathaleen-mccormick-judge-in-elon-musk-twitter-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"#Meet Kathaleen McCormick, judge in Elon Musk-Twitter trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e9953b40d5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e9953b40d5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meet-kathaleen-mccormick-judge-in-elon-musk-twitter-trial\/#%E2%80%9CMeet_Kathaleen_McCormick_judge_in_Elon_Musk-Twitter_trial%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Meet Kathaleen McCormick, judge in Elon Musk-Twitter trial&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meet-kathaleen-mccormick-judge-in-elon-musk-twitter-trial\/#Humble_beginnings\" >Humble beginnings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMeet_Kathaleen_McCormick_judge_in_Elon_Musk-Twitter_trial%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Meet Kathaleen McCormick, judge in Elon Musk-Twitter trial&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk had barely begun speaking during a recent hearing when the Delaware judge presiding over <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u2019s lawsuit against Musk abruptly cut her off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkip the rhetoric and go to the meat,\u201d Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick said bluntly.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s tone that day illuminates the no-nonsense <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach she brings as the first woman to lead Delaware\u2019s 230-year-old Court of Chancery. The court is America\u2019s go-to venue for high-stakes disputes involving some of the world\u2019s biggest companies, many of which call Delaware their legal home.<\/p>\n<p>This court fight between the world\u2019s richest man and the influential social platform could easily have become a circus, particularly given Musk\u2019s penchant for chaos. That hasn\u2019t happened largely thanks to McCormick, who\u2019s been a judge for only four years. She has set firm deadlines, reined in over-the-top attorney requests and kept the case moving briskly.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, 51, has been battling Twitter since he announced in July that he wanted to scuttle an agreement to acquire the social media giant for $44 billion. Twitter sued Musk, seeking a court order of \u201cspecific performance\u201d directing him to consummate the deal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick\" class=\"wp-image-24257507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kathaleen McCormick has been a judge for only four years. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McCormick recently ordered a temporary halt in the case after Musk indicated that he would go ahead with the transaction, but she also warned that she will schedule a November trial if Musk doesn\u2019t close the deal by Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, whose humble demeanor belies her professional confidence, does not like the spotlight. After joining the court, McCormick admitted that she didn\u2019t fully appreciate how everything she wrote or said would receive intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick now seems unfazed that court observers and legal pundits are not only watching her every move, but sometimes pretending to know what she is going to do and why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world will have to wait for the post-trial decision,\u201d she wrote in a September ruling, indirectly acknowledging the public spotlight on the case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-24257531\" width=\"618\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1232 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=924 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=616 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Elon Musk has been battling Twitter since he announced in July that he wanted to scuttle the $4 billion deal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humble_beginnings\"><\/span>Humble beginnings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From an early age, McCormick, 43, has demonstrated that she can adapt and persevere when faced with challenges.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in Dover, Delaware\u2019s capital city, and raised with her two older brothers a few miles north in the town of Smyrna. Her mother taught English; her father taught history and coached Smyrna High School\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cKatie\u201d McCormick thought she, too, would become a teacher, even serving as president of the Delaware Future Educators of America, among other student organizations.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick also was a tough athlete who played fastpitch softball and ran track despite having extreme scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine that was apparent from birth and which required her to wear a brace at times. In 1995, when she was 15, McCormick underwent spinal fusion surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, as a 17-year-old senior, McCormick was the recipient of a scholarship awarded each year to a downstate athlete who had overcome a physical disability. A photograph from the awards banquet that night shows a smiling McCormick, in a white dress with paisley trim, standing between then-US Sen. Joe Biden and former NFL quarterback Joe Theisman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome days were just a little harder than others, but I had faith it would all work out for the best,\u201d McCormick said at the time, noting that other children she would meet during her hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s faced more severe problems.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick became the first Smyrna High student to attend Harvard University, where she majored in philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick, with a deep and eclectic interest in music, played in an Irish folk band while at college. She also became involved in a student-run legal aid program that helps low-income people in the Boston area. That experience helped pique her interest in the law, leading her to the University of Notre Dame law school.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Leonard L. Williams Justice Center housing the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Del.\" class=\"wp-image-24257551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Leonard L. Williams Justice Center housing the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Del.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McCormick, who has long viewed the law as a path to serve others, spent her summers working in Northern Ireland for firms specializing in human rights work and international conflict resolution. After graduation, she looked homeward, taking a job with the Community Legal Aid Society, where she worked on housing issues.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHer academic record stood out. She was a Delaware native,\u201d said CLASI executive director Dan Atkins, who recruited McCormick. \u201cThat was not typical for us, so that was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After two years at CLASI, financial considerations involving the birth of her second child propelled McCormick into private practice. She later admitted that she felt \u201cdefeated\u201d by the move because she had wanted to pursue a service-oriented path. Still, she developed a passion for business litigation, as well as for expedited proceedings like the fast-track schedule she ordered in the Twitter lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer return to public service with the court makes sense. She\u2019s come full circle,\u201d said Atkins, who noted that, in addition to corporate litigation, the Court of Chancery also handles equally important matters such as trusts and estates, guardianships and real estate disputes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI bet you she gives those cases every bit of her attention that she gives the Twitter case,\u201d he said. \u201cI guarantee it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCormick is no humorless legal robot, however. In the introduction to her article in a law school journal, she poked fun at the supposed \u201cmisspelling\u201d of her first name, Kathaleen, which she shares with her mother and grandmother. She explained that the unusual spelling was attributable to her great-grandmother, not the journal\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Phone screen displays the Twitter logo\" class=\"wp-image-24257580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/delaware-judge-elon-musk-twitter-trial-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>MCCormick warned that she will schedule a November trial if Musk doesn\u2019t close the deal by Oct. 28.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the Chancery Court, where judges sometimes cite historic, literary and even pop-culture references in their rulings, McCormick\u2019s opinions tend to be comparatively prosaic and direct. Presented with the opportunity, however, she, too, can turn a phrase. A ruling last year in a lawsuit involving the cannabis industry opened with a reference to a Grateful Dead song.<\/p>\n<p>In another ruling last year, McCormick noted that, \u201cJulia Child is rumored to have once said: \u2018A party without a cake is just a meeting.\u2019\u201d In that case, she ordered a private equity firm to acquire a cake decorating company even though the buyers had \u201clost their appetite\u201d for the deal after signing it. Such an order of specific performance is the same type of relief sought by Twitter against Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The icing on that particular cake? One week after that ruling, McCormick, who was appointed a vice chancellor in 2018 when the court expanded from five judges to seven, was promoted to chancellor.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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