The Delaware Senate has confirmed the nomination of corporate lawyer Paul Fioravanti to the Court of Chancery.

Fioravanti, an attorney at the Wilmington firm Prickett, Jones & Elliott since 1999 and a director at the firm, is set to fill the vacancy left by former Vice Chancellor Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, who became the first black female justice of the Delaware Supreme Court in November.

"I'm honored to have been recommended by the judicial nominating commission, nominated by Gov. [John] Carney, and to have been confirmed by the Delaware Senate for this very important position in Delaware." Fioravanti said in an interview with DLW following his confirmation.