Robinson confirmed as Superior Court judge; Karsnitz named resident judge

Former public defender Robert Robinson was confirmed Jan. 27 as Sussex County Superior Court judge, filling the position of Judge Craig Karsnitz who was named resident judge for Sussex County Superior Court.

“Thank you to the Delaware Senate for confirming Judge Karsnitz as resident judge of Superior Court for Sussex County and Robert Robinson as a Superior Court judge for Sussex County,” said Gov. John Carney, following the Senate’s unanimous confirmation for both men. “Both Judge Karsnitz and Rob have the knowledge, experience and commitment to legal service to serve Delaware well in these positions.”

Carney nominated and the Delaware Senate confirmed Karsnitz as Superior Court judge in Sussex County in October 2018. Before his confirmation, Karsnitz was a partner in the Litigation and Trial Practice Section of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, where he had for 40 years litigated in all of Delaware’s courts, principally the Superior Court. Prior to his time at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Karsnitz was a law clerk for Judge John J. McNeilly on the Delaware Supreme Court.

Robinson had served in the Sussex County Office of the Public Defender, first as an assistant public defender and currently as a division head, where he focuses on felony trial defense in Superior Court and appellate work. Previously, Robinson was an attorney for Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard, PA, and his areas of practice primarily included land use, real estate and commercial transactions, municipal representation, estates and trusts, and civil litigation. Before joining Wilson, Halbrook & Bayard, Robinson was in private practice at O’Leary Law Offices. He also served as a law clerk for Judge T. Henley Graves, resident judge on the Superior Court of Delaware in Sussex County.