About Steve Amick

ABOUT SENATOR STEVE AMICK

Steve Amick was first elected to the Delaware General Assembly in 1986 as a member of the State House of Representatives from the 25^th Representative District. He was re-elected in 1988, 1990, and 1992 by increasing margins. In 1994 he was elected to the State Senate from the 10^th District. Steve has since been twice re-elected. He is currently a member of the Joint Finance Committee; the legislature’s most powerful, annually reviewing the State’s budget. In 1996, after only 2 years in the Senate, Steve's colleagues selected him as Minority Whip. Two years later they elected him to Minority Leader, one of the top leadership positions in the General Assembly. As a member of the General Assembly Steve has worked with four Governors, Republicans and Democrats alike to improve the quality of life for Delawareans in a wide variety of ways. He has gained a reputation as a careful, thoughtful, articulate legislator more concerned with getting the most of government rather than partisan bickering.

EDUCATION

Steve was raised in Newark and graduated from Newark High School. He has a degree from Washington College in Chestertown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA. He and his wife Louise returned to Delaware to make a life together and raise a family.

PROFESSION

Steve was admitted to the Delaware Bar and joined the legal staff of the DuPont Company where he practiced as a real estate lawyer for more than 20 years representing DuPont in transactions as small as renting a plant sign location from a hard-nosed midwestern farmer to international exchanges involving hundreds of millions of dollars. He has also practiced law with two small law firms.

FAMILY

Steve married his college sweetheart, Louise, of Kenton, Delaware in 1969. Louise Amick has taught math at two high schools and two colleges in the years since. She is currently Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at their alma mater, Washington College. Louise and Steve have a son, Paul, who is a college student. The Amicks have lived at 449 West Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, DE 19713 for more than 24 years.