Richard S. Gebelein

Gebelein received his Bachelors degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1967 and his J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1970.[1] Gebelein served as Delaware's state solicitor, chief deputy public defender, as well as disciplinary counsel to the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court.[2]

From 1979 through 1983, Gelebein served as the attorney general of Delaware.[3][4]

Gebelein was appointed by Governor of Delaware Pete du Pont to the Delaware Superior Court, and took office on October 5, 1984.[2]

During his time on the bench, from September 2004 through March 2005, Gebelein, a colonel in the as Delaware Army National Guard, was sent to Afghanistan, assisting in helping to rebuild its judicial system.[5][6]

On August 31, 2005, he retired from the Delaware Superior Court in order to become an international judge on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] He also retired from the Delaware Army National Guard in order to assume this position.[6]

On August 1, 2005, Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, appointed Gebelein to Section I for War Crimes of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions and to Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was appointed for a two-year term.[7]

Gebelein retired from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovnia after being appointed by Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden to serve as his second-in-command as the state's chief deputy attorney general.[6][5] Biden, a Democrat, received some praise for reaching across party lines in appointing Gebelein, a Republican.[6]