In Remembrance

Chief Justice William J. Sullivan graduated from Providence College and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He was first appointed to be a Superior Court Judge in 1978 and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 2001 to 2006. Read More »

Former Chief Justice Francis M. McDonald Jr. was born in Waterbury CT and attended the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School. He was appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1983 and to the Supreme Court in 1996. He served as Chief Justice from 1999-2001. Read More »

Justice Angelo G. Santaniello graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University Law School and was appointed as a Circuit Court judge in 1966. Justice Santaniello was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 and continued to serve the Connecticut Judicial Branch for a total of forty four years. Read More »

Chief Justice Robert J. Callahan was born in Norwalk, graduated from Boston College and Fordham University Law School prior to be appointed to the trial bench in 1970. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 and becaume Chief Justice in 1996. Read More »

Justice Alva P. Loiselle was born in Willimantic and attended the University of Connecticut and gradulated from the University of Connecticut Schhol of Law in 1943. Justice Loiselle was initially appointed a judge on the Court of Common Please in 1952 and rose to serve on the Supreme Court from 1971 to 1980. Read More »

Chief Justice John A. Speziale was born in Winsted and graduated from Duke University, with a bachelors of arts and a juris doctor degree. His state judicial career began in 1961 and he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1981 to 1984. Read More »

Justice Joseph F. Dannehy was borth in Willimantic and graduated from Boston College and Cornell University Law School. In 1961, he was nominated to the Circuit Court and served on every court in the Connecticut judicial system, culminating in four years as a Supreme Court Justice. Read More »

Justice David M. Shea was born in Hartford and graduated from Wesleyan University and the Yale Law School. He was appointed a judge in 1966 and joined the Supreme Court in 1981 untill his consitutionally mandated retirement at the age of seventy in 1992. Read More »

Judge Socrates H. Mihalakos was born in Waterbury Connecticut and graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was nominated to the Superior Court bench in 1985 and to the Appellate Court in 1999 where he served as a judge and later as a judge trial referee until retiring in 2019. Read More »

Judge Antoinette L. Dupont graduated from Brown University and Harvard Law School. She served on the Superior Court bench for 8 years prior to her appointment to the Appellate Court. She served as Chief Judge of the Appellate Court from 1984 to 1997. Read More »

Judge Thomas G. West was born in Danbury Connecticut and graduated from Western Connecticut State College and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1984 and to the Appellate Court in 2002. Read More »

Judge Francis X. Hennessy was born in New York City and graduated from Fordham College and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was first appointed as a Judge in 1976 and nominated to the Appellate Court in 1994. Read More »

Judge William C. Bieluch was born in Hartford and graduated from Brown University and Yale Law School. He was appointeda Judge of the Circuit Court in 1968 and served on the Appellate Court from 1985 to 1988. Read More »

Judge George D. Stoughton was born in New York City and graduated from Trinity College and Dalhousie University Law School. He was appointed as a Judge in 1979 and elevated to the Appellate Court in 1987. Read More »

Judge Albert W. Cretella Jr was born in North Haven and educated at the United States Military Academy and the University of Connecticut Law School. He was appointed as a Judge in 1977 and nominated to the Appellate Court in 1990. Read More »

Judge Sidney Landau graduated from Alfred University and the New York University School of Law. He was appointed to the bench in 1976 and served as an Appellate Court Judge from 1990 until his retirement. Read More »

Judge Daniel F. Spallone was born in Watebury and graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was first appointed as a Judge in 1970 and nominated to the Appellate Court in 1984. Read More »