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Attorney Trial
Referee
- Member of the Bar,
considerable civil trial experience, CT resident.
- Recommended by an
Administrative Judge; completed application form; appointed by Chief
Justice for a three year term.
- Hears any civil non-jury
case where the pleadings are closed and the parties consent.
Conducts a hearing on the record and files a report within 120 days.
- Usually pro bono. Payment
for service may not exceed $20/hr, with a $100/day maximum.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. Section
52-434(a)(4) P.B. Sections 19-1 through 19-18.
Fact
Finder
- Member of the Bar for at
least five years, civil litigation experience.
- Recommended by an
Administrative Judge; completed application form; appointed by the
Chief Court Administrator for a three year term.
- Conducts hearings on the
record in certain non-jury contract actions which involve money
damages under $50,000 and a promise to pay a sum certain. Prepares
findings of fact within 120 days.
- $100 per day and an
additional $25 for each finding of fact filed.
- C.G.S. Sections 52-549n
through 549t, P.B. Sections 23-52 through 23-59.
Arbitrator
- Member of the Bar for at
least five years, civil litigation experience.
- Recommended by an
Administrative Judge; completed application form; appointed by the
Chief Court Administrator for a three year term.
- Hears civil jury actions
where judgment expectation is less than $50,000. No record is made
and the rules of evidence are not strictly applied. Files a decision
within 120 days, which becomes a judgment if no demand for a trial
de novo is filed.
- $100 per day and an
additional $25 for each decision filed with the court.
- C.G.S. Sections 52-549u
through 549aa, P.B. Sections 23-60 through 23-66.
Magistrate
- Member of the Bar for at
least five years.
- Submit required
information in response to notice in the CT Law Journal or on
www.jud.ct.gov.
Appointed for a three year term. May not serve in any Judicial
District
where attorney, attorney's firm, or member of firm, has an appearance on file in any
pending case.
- Hears and decides small
claims cases. Consent of the parties is not required. May also hear
certain infractions, motor vehicle and other violation cases. No
record is made of the proceedings. Criminal rules of evidence must
be followed, but the civil rules are relaxed.
- $200 per day.
- C.G.S. Sections 51-193l
through 193u, P.B. Section 44-30.
Small
Claims Commissioner
- Member of the Bar for at
least two years.
- Submit name to clerk of
G.A. or Housing Session; complete questionnaire; recommended by an
Administrative Judge; approved by the Chief Court Administrator for
a term of three years.
- Hears and decides small
claims cases, with the consent of the parties. No record of the
proceeding is made and the rules of evidence do not apply. Files
decision within fifteen days.
- Pro bono or volunteer
basis.
- C.G.S. Sections 52-549a
through 549d.
Special
Master
- Knowledge or expertise in
an area such as tax, family relations, construction.
- Designated by the
Administrative or Presiding Judge.
- Conducts settlement
conferences; facilitates mediations. No power to conduct hearings or
enter judgments.
- Pro bono or volunteer
basis.
- C.G.S. Section 51-5a
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