Background
Stapleton, Walter King was born on June 2, 1934 in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States. Son of Theodore Newton and Elizabeth Grantland (King) Stapleton.
Stapleton, Walter King was born on June 2, 1934 in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States. Son of Theodore Newton and Elizabeth Grantland (King) Stapleton.
Bachelor, Princeton, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1959. Master of Laws, University Virginia, 1984.
Associate Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware, 1959—1965. Deputy attorney general State of Delaware, 1963—1964. Partner Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, 1966—1970.
Judge United States District Court, Wilmington, Delaware, 1970—1985, chief judge, 1983—1985. Judge United States Court Appeals (3d circuit), 1985—1999, senior judge, since 1999. Member Judicial Conference United States, 1984—1985.
Board directors American Baptist Churches, 1978. Member of American Bar Association, Delaware Bar Association, American Judicial Society.
Married Georgianna Duross Stapleton. Children: Russell K., Theodore N., Teryl J.