The Sussex County Courthouse is closed today March 28, 2024, due to a water leak.

The Delaware State Courts will be closed on Friday, March 29, 2024 in observance of Good Friday. Justice of the Peace Court 11 (New Castle County) and Court 7 (Kent County) will remain open 24 hours and Justice of the Peace Court 3 (Sussex County) will be open from 6AM-Midnight (no new cases after 11PM).

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The Honorable Lynne M. Parker, Commissioner


Commissioner Lynne M. Parker

The Honorable Lynne M. Parker became a Commissioner of the Superior Court on July 24, 2008.

Commissioner Parker received her B.S. from Drexel University, where she graduated with high honors. She received her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Upon graduation from law school in 1989, she worked at the firm of Bayard Handelman & Murdoch, P.A. before joining the law firm of Clark Ladner Fortenbaugh & Young. Clark Ladner was a large firm established at the turn of the century, which disbanded in December 1996. Following the dissolution of Clark Ladner, the firm of Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein, P.C., was created. She joined Hollstein Keating at its inception in 1996 and became a shareholder of the firm in 1999.

Commissioner Parker is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Delaware, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and District Courts of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Commissioner Parker's present term ends December 18, 2018.