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Judicial selection in connecticut.

1.1 Qualifications
1.2 Chief justice
1.3 Vacancies
2.1 Qualifications
2.2 Chief judge
2.3 Vacancies
3.1 Qualifications
3.2 Vacancies
4.1 Connecticut Probate Courts
6 Courts in Connecticut
7 Selection of federal judges
8 In other states
10 External links
11 Footnotes

Judicial selection refers to the process used to select judges for courts. At the state level, methods of judicial selection vary substantially in the United States, and in some cases between different court types within a state. There are six primary types of judicial selection: partisan and nonpartisan elections, the Michigan method , assisted appointment , gubernatorial appointment , and legislative elections . To read more about how these selection methods are used across the country, click here .

This article covers how state court judges are selected in Connecticut , including:

The Connecticut Supreme Court ,
The Connecticut Appellate Court ,
The Connecticut Superior Court , and
limited jurisdiction courts .

As of March 2023, judges for all courts in the state except the Connecticut Probate Courts were selected through the assisted appointment method, where the governor selects a nominee from a list provided by a nominating commission. Judges of the Connecticut Probate Courts were selected through partisan elections.

Click here to notify us of changes to judicial selection methods in this state.

Connecticut Supreme Court

The seven justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court are selected through the assisted appointment method . The Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission is responsible for screening candidates and submitting a shortlist to the governor . The commission is made up of 12 members: six appointed by the governor and six appointed by leaders in the state legislature. The governor must appoint a justice from the commission's shortlist and the appointee must then be confirmed by a majority vote of the Connecticut General Assembly . [1] [2]

Justices serve for eight years after their appointment. To continue to serve on the court, they must be renominated by the governor and reapproved by the General Assembly . [2]

Qualifications

To serve on this court, a judge must be:

a state resident;
licensed to practice law in the state; and
under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory ). [3]

Chief justice

The chief justice is appointed by the governor and confirmed by a majority vote of the Connecticut General Assembly . In the event of a vacancy, however, the governor may nominate an associate justice to serve as chief without involving the judicial nominating commission. Chief justices appointed this way will serve out the remainder of their predecessor's term rather than a full eight years, which is the typical term length of the chief justice. [1]

If a midterm vacancy occurs on the court, the seat is filled as it normally would be if the vacancy occurred at the end of a judge's term. A judicial nominating commission recommends qualified candidates to the governor and the governor selects a successor from that list with legislative approval. The new appointee serves an eight-year term. [4]

The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.

Connecticut Appellate Court

The nine judges on the Connecticut Appellate Court are selected through the assisted appointment method . The Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission is responsible for screening candidates and submitting a shortlist to the governor . The commission is made up of 12 members: six appointed by the governor and six appointed by leaders in the state legislature. The governor must appoint a judge from the commission's shortlist and the appointee must then be confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly . [1] [5] [6]

Judges serve for eight years after their appointment. To continue to serve on the court, they must be renominated by the governor and reapproved by the General Assembly . [5]

under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory ). [7]

Chief judge

The chief judge of the appellate court is selected by the chief justice of the supreme court. The appellate chief serves in that capacity until he or she steps down from office. [8] [9]

Connecticut Superior Court

The judges of the Connecticut Superior Court are selected through the assisted appointment method . The Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission is responsible for screening candidates and submitting a shortlist to the governor. The commission is made up of 12 members: six appointed by the governor and six appointed by leaders in the state legislature. The governor must appoint a judge from the commission's shortlist and the appointee must then be confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly . [1] [5]

under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory ). [11]

Limited jurisdiction courts

Connecticut has one type of limited jurisdiction court: Connecticut Probate Courts .

Connecticut Probate Courts

Judges of the Connecticut Probate Courts are chosen in partisan elections . They serve four-year terms that begin on the Wednesday after the first Monday in January following their election. At the end of their terms, judges must compete in a contested re-election if they wish to retain their seats. [9] [12] For more information on these elections, visit the Connecticut judicial elections page.

Below is a timeline noting changes to judicial selection methods in Connecticut, from the most recent to the earliest. [13]

1986: The Judicial Selection Commission was created by constitutional amendment.
1982: The Connecticut Appellate Court was created by constitutional amendment.
1965: A new constitution was drafted by the constitutional convention, dictating that supreme court and superior court judges are to be nominated by the governor and appointed by the General Assembly to eight-year terms.
1880: Established that all judges are to be nominated by the governor and appointed by the General Assembly to eight-year terms.
1876: The term length of district court judges was changed from one year to four years.
1856: The tenure of superior court judges was changed from "good behavior" to terms of eight years.
1818: Established that all judges are to be appointed by the General Assembly. Supreme court and superior court judges are to be appointed for life, while all other judges are appointed annually.
1784: Established that all judges are to be elected by the General Assembly, with tenure depending on the discretion of each General Assembly.

Courts in Connecticut

In Connecticut , there is one federal district court, a state supreme court, a state court of appeals, and trial courts with both general and limited jurisdiction.

Click a link for information about that court type.

Federal courts
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The image below depicts the flow of cases through Connecticut's state court system. Cases typically originate in the trial courts and can be appealed to courts higher up in the system.

Selection of federal judges

United States district court judges, who are selected from each state, go through a different selection process from that of state judges.

The district courts are served by Article III federal judges , who are appointed for life during good behavior. They are usually first recommended by senators (or members of the House, occasionally). The President of the United States nominates judges, who must then be confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution . [14]

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In other states

Each state has a unique set of guidelines governing how they select judges at the state and local level. These methods of selection are:

Partisan election : Judges are elected by the people, and candidates are listed on the ballot alongside a label designating political party affiliation.
Nonpartisan election : Judges are elected by the people, and candidates are listed on the ballot without a label designating party affiliation.
Michigan method : State supreme court justices are selected through nonpartisan elections preceded by either partisan primaries or conventions.
Retention election : A periodic process whereby voters are asked whether an incumbent judge should remain in office for another term. Judges are not selected for initial terms in office using this election method.

Assisted appointment

Bar-controlled commission : The state Bar Association is responsible for appointing a majority of the judicial nominating commission that sends the governor a list of nominees that they must choose from.
Governor-controlled commission : The governor is responsible for appointing a majority of the judicial nominating commission that sends the governor a list of nominees they must choose from.
Hybrid commission : The judicial nominating commission has no majority of members chosen by either the governor or the state bar association. These commissions determine membership in a variety of ways, but no institution or organization has a clear majority control.

Direct appointment

Legislative election : Judges are selected by the state legislature.
Gubernatorial appointment : Judges are appointed by the governor. In some cases, approval from the legislative body is required.

External links

State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Connecticut General Assembly , "Sec. 51-44a. Judicial Selection Commission. Members. Duties. Nomination of judges by Governor.," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ 2.0 2.1 Connecticut General Assembly , "Article Fifth. of the Judicial Department - Sec. 2.," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ State of Connecticut Judicial Branch , "Frequently Asked Media Questions," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ Brennan Center for Justice , "Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map," accessed March 23, 2023
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Connecticut General Assembly , "Article Fifth. of the Judicial Department - Sec. 2.," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ Connecticut General Assembly , "Sec. 51-197c. Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge.," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ The Courant , "Appellate Court Has New Chief Judge," March 30, 2010
↑ 9.0 9.1 State of Connecticut Judicial Branch , "About Connecticut Courts," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ 10.0 10.1 Brennan Center for Justice , "Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map," accessed March 23, 2023
↑ Connecticut General Assembly , "Article Fifth. of the Judicial Department - Sec. 4.," accessed March 28, 2023
↑ American Judicature Society , "History of Reform Efforts: Connecticut," accessed September 10, 2021
↑ U.S. Courts , "FAQ: Federal Judges," accessed March 26, 2015
↑ American Bar Association , "Judicial Selection: The Process of Choosing Judges," accessed August 10, 2021

Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut

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Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts

State resources:

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Joint Judiciary and Labor Committees Public Hearing on LCO No. 11202

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Joint Informational Hearing on Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse

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January 19, 2010 - Oversight Hearing on 2008 Criminal Justice Reforms

january 19, 2010.

2008-09 Criminal Justice Legislation
Connecticut Prison Population Statistics
Crime Bill Funding Update
Memo - Judicial Department Budget Issues
Office of Fiscal Analysis Budgetary Status Update of 2008 Criminal Justice Bills
Office of Fiscal Analysis Letter to Jud Chairs Re Jud Dept Budget Issues-Topics
Office of Legislative Research Report CT Prison Population Statistics
Office of Legislative Research Research Report 2008-09 Criminal Justice Legislation
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Capital Felony Appellate Process Reform

may 8, 2009.

Kevin Kane, Chief State's Attorney AAC Post Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases
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Risk Reduction Credits & Reentry Furloughs

DOC Reports Re Earned Credit Risk Reduction and Reentry Furloughs
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October 16, 2008 - Oversight Hearing on 2008 Criminal Justice Reforms

october 16, 2008.

Testimony - Board of Pardons & Paroles, Robert Farr, Chairman
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Joint Committee On Judiciary Criminal Justice Reform Proposals

november 27, 2007.

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Informational Forum Death Penalty

january 31, 2005.

Informational ForumTranscript
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Task Forces

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MONDAY, NOV. 16 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Beach and Bishop, Js. AC36418 FST STATE OF CONNECTICUT Ronald G. Weller, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. DANIEL B. Philip Dale Russell Spinella & Associates AC37983 N05 WITHDRAWN IN RE: IMMANUEL R. Michael J. Besso, Assistant Attorney General Inez Maria Diaz, Assistant Attorney General Christopher Thomas DeMatteo James R. Hardy Benjamin Zivyon, Assistant Attorney General Counsel for Minor Child: David B. Rozwaski THE FOLLOWING CASE IS SUBMITTED TO THE COURT FOR DISPOSITION WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT. COUNSEL NEED NOT APPEAR. AC37237 TSR MIGUEL OLMO Bansley Law Offices LLC, Assigned Counsel v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Toni M. Smith-Rosario, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney 2:00 P.M. Gruendel, Prescott and Schaller, Js. AC35501 TSR CURTIS BURNEY Daniel Crispin Ford, Assigned Counsel v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Sarah Hanna, Assistant State’s Attorney AC37321 CRB PAMELA BARBEE Mark S. Loman v. SYSCO FOOD SERVICES ET AL. Strunk Dodge Aiken & Zovas, LLC AC36532 H15N STATE OF CONNECTICUT Lisa A. Riggione, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. JAMES MICHAEL FASANELLI Richard E. Condon, Jr., Assistant Public Defender Top

TUESDAY, NOV. 17 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Gruendel, Alvord and West, Js. AC36612 FST STATE OF CONNECTICUT Jacob L. McChesney, Special Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney v. JORGE CARILLO-PALENCIA Richard H. G. Cunningham AC36454 / AC36874 FBT LYNDA PRYOR Law Offices of Gary I. Cohen, PC v. EDMUND PRYOR Jeanmarie A. Riccio-Ryan Edmund Pryor For Minor Child and Attorney for the Minor Child: Barbara A. Schellenberg Cohen & Wolf, PC AC37424 / AC37425 FBT LYNDA PRYOR Law Offices of Gary I. Cohen v. EDMOND PRYOR Jeanmarie A. Riccio-Ryan Edmond J. Pryor For Minor Child and for Guardian Ad Litem: Barbara A. Schellenberg Cohen & Wolf PC 2:00 P.M. Lavine, Sheldon and Flynn, Js. AC36742 / AC37544 HHD / H14H STATE OF CONNECTICUT Lisa Herskowitz, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. ROBERT L.H. Glenn W. Falk, Assigned Counsel AC36978 KNO JEAN H. CEDDIA Law Offices of Lloyd L. Langhammer Suisman Shapiro Wool Brennan Gray & Greenberg v. THOMAS M. CEDDIA Mariani & Reck, LLC Cotter Greenfield Manfredi & Lenes, P.C. AC37174 HDSP ELLIOT ENTERPRISES, LLC Murtha Cullina LLP v. GEORGETTE D. GOODALE ET AL. Boscarino Grasso & Twachtman LLP

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Keller, Mullins and Lavery, Js. AC37123 NNH STATE OF CONNECTICUT Nancy L. Walker, Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney v. AARON BRANTLEY Hugh F. Keefe AC37173 HHD NEWALLIANCE BANK Joseph Sensale v. ERNEST SCHAEPPI ET AL. Kirk D. Tavtigian Mark Sank & Associates LLC Tobin Melien & Marohn Rosenberg & Rosenberg PC Ernest Schaeppi, self-represented party Ellen A. Gassman Schaeppi, self-represented party For Committee: Paul Matthew Melocowsky AC37286 MMX NORA VALENTINE Cantin Lawyers P.C. v. JOEL VALENTINE Joel Valentine, self-represented party 2:00 P.M. Lavine, Beach and Mihalakos, Js. AC36680 LLI STATE OF CONNECTICUT James M. Ralls, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. ROBERT CUSHARD Daniel J. Krisch, Assigned Counsel AC37262 FST MAREA DUMBAULD Effron Wayne D. PC v. THEODORE DUMBAULD Charles Busek AC36886 / AC36887 KNO LETICIA CLOUGHERTY Gould Larson Bennet Wells McDonnell v. KEVIN CLOUGHERTY William H. Cashman & Associates Gould & Gillin PC Counsel for Minor Child: Murphy & Nugent LLC Guardian Ad Litem: Maureen M. Murphy Susan Perrin Geenty Counsel for Guardian Ad Litem: Paige Stevens Quilliam

THURSDAY, NOV. 19 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Alvord, Keller and Flynn, Js. AC36402 FST STATE OF CONNECTICUT Sarah Hanna, Assistant State’s Attorney v. GILBERTO ORLANDO Alan J. Black, Assigned Counsel AC37667 HHD SUMMERHILL, LLC Dominic Aprile v. CITY OF MERIDEN ET AL. Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg Meriden Corporation Counsel AC37206 KNL HOLLY ARPINO Holly Arpino, self-represented party v. ADMINISTRATOR, UNEMPLOMENT COMPENSATION ACT Krista D. O’Brien, Assistant Attorney General Employment Security Appeals Division Employment Security Appeals Division 2:00 P.M. Lavine, Sheldon and Mullins, Js. AC36815 DBD STATE OF CONNECTICUT Brett Ryan Aiello, Assistant State’s Attorney v. CARLOS C. Aaron Josef Romano Naomi T. Fetterman AC37799 TTD JAY M. TYLER ET AL. Jay M. Tyler, self-represented party Bruce D. Tyler v. RICHARD TATOIAN Beck & Eldergill AC36844 HHD VILLAGES, LLC Smith & Bishop, LLC v. LORI LONGHI Howd & Ludorf, LLC Top

MONDAY, NOV. 30 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Prescott and Bishop, Js. AC36502 DBD STATE OF CONNECTICUT Emily Graner Sexton, Special Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney v. SHILOH POLANCO Billings & Barrett, LLC AC37372 TSR NICKETA WRIGHT Justine F. Miller v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Matthew R. Kalthoff, Assistant State’s Attorney Office of the Chief State’s Attorney AC37504 DBD MARK HEINONEN Mark Heinonen, self-represented party v. GEORGE JEPSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL ET AL. Robert Fiske III, Assistant Attorney General 2:00 P.M. Lavine, Keller and Pellegrino, Js. AC35703 FBT STATE OF CONNECTICUT Fairfield Post Conviction Remedy Unit v. JACQUES LOUIS Alan J. Black, Assigned Counsel AC36912 LLI WALTER WHITNEY Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP v. J.M. SCOTT ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. Goldman Gruder & Woods LLC Horton Shilelds & Knox P.C. For Defendant Joseph Secola: Non-Appearing AC37290 NNH MARKED OVER BRENNER, SALTZMAN & WALLMAN LLP, ET AL. Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP Irving H. Perlmutter v. TONY’S LONG WHARF, ET AL. Votre & Associates PC SANFORD LEVINE Halloran & Sage LLP ANTHONY JULIANO Anthony Juliano, self-represented party Top

TUESDAY, DEC. 1 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Gruendel, Alvord and Prescott, Js. AC36877 NNH STATE OF CONNECTICUT Nancy L. Chupak, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. MICHAEL D’AMATO Mark Rademacher, Assistant Public Defender AC37717 FBT AS PELEUS, LLC Murtha Cullina LLP v. SUCCESS, INC., ET AL. John R. Bryk Knott Knott & Dunn Jonathan J. Klein Edwin L. Baum Thomas W. Bucci AC36526 HHB JOSE ESTELA Rome McGuigan P.C. Mary A. Leonhardt v. BRISTOL HOSPITAL, INC. O’Brien Tanski & Young LLP 2:00 P.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Sheldon and Bear, Js. AC36371 HHB STATE OF CONNECTICUT Bruce R. Lockwood, Assistant State’s Attorney v. JACK SEVERO BARDALES David K. Jaffe Cody N. Guarnieri AC37457 TSR PAUL FINE Robert T. Rimmer, Assigned Counsel v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Lawrence Tytla, Jr., Assistant State’s Attorney THE FOLLOWING CASE IS SUBMITTED TO THE COURT FOR DISPOSITION WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT. COUNSEL NEED NOT APPEAR. AC37442 NNH STAYED Connecticut Light and Power COMPANY Nair & Levin Law Offices v. JEFFREY NAVIN ET AL. Kenneth R. Davis op

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 , 2015 10:00 A.M. IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THE PETITIONER’S APPEAL SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS MOOT IN LIGHT OF HIS DEPORTATION. SEE STATE V. AQUINO, 279 CONN. 293 (2006); ST. JUSTE V. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, 155 CONN. APP. 164, CERT. GRANTED, 316 CONN. 901 (2015). (1) AC37481 FABIAN RICHARDS Formica Williams, PC v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Jacob L. McChesney, Special Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THIS APPEAL SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS MOOT DUE TO THE DEATH OF RICHARD M. RYNIK. SEE STATE V. TRANTOLO, 209 CONN. 169 (1988); SEE ALSO STATE V. BOSTWICK, 251 CONN. 117 (1999). (2) AC37797 STATE OF CONNECTICUT Office of the Chief Public Defender v. RICHARD M. RYNIK Office of the Chief State’s Attorney IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THE DEFENDANT’S APPEAL FROM THE DECISION RENDERING SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFF AS TO LIABILITY ALONE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF A FINAL JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE DEBT AND WHETHER FORECLOSURE SHALL BE STRICT OR BY SALE. SEE ESSEX SAVINGS BANK V. FRIMBERGER, 26 CONN. APP. 80 (1991). (3) AC38218 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK Halloran & Sage, LLP Hunt Leibert Jacobson, PC v. ELYSE L. CLARK ET AL. Barak P. Cardenas IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL AND THE SELF-REPRESENTED PARTY ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THIS WRIT OF ERROR SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED BECAUSE THE JUDGMENT IN QUESTION IS FROM A SMALL CLAIMS ACTION FROM WHICH THERE IS NO RIGHT OF APPEAL, AND THE PLAINTIFF IN ERROR DID NOT FILE A MOTION TO TRANSFER THE SMALL CLAIMS ACTION TO THE REGULAR DOCKET. SEE ESPOSITO V. TONY’S LONG WHARF SERVICES, LLC, 96 CONN. APP. 571 (2006); PRACTICE BOOK § 72-1 (B) (2). (4) AC38396 HARRY CHOI ET AL. Edward Kanowitz v. JANET TRACY Janet Tracy, self-represented party IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, THE SELF-REPRESENTED PARTY AND COUNSEL ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THE PLAINTIFF’S APPEAL AS AMENDED FROM THE TRIAL COURT’S JUNE 22, 2015 RULING GRANTING THE DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO DISCOVERY REQUESTS SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF A FINAL JUDGMENT AS THE UNDERLYING ACTION REMAINS PENDING. SEE CHERYL TERRY ENTERPRISES, INC. V. HARTFORD, 262 CONN. 240, 246-47 (2002); GREEN ROCK RIDGE, INC. V. KOBERNAT, 250 CONN. 488, 498 (1999). (5) AC38196 ALLAN CHRISTOPHER Allan Christopher, self-represented party v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST Halloran & Sage, LLP IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL AND SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THIS APPEAL FROM THE TRIAL COURT’S DENIAL OF THE MAY 11, 2015 MOTION TO OPEN SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS MOOT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE TRIAL COURT, ON OCTOBER 6, 2015, RECONSIDERED AND GRANTED THE MOTION TO OPEN AND VACATED THE JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE BY SALE. SEE UPJOHN CO. V. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, 224 CONN. 106, 110 (1992). (6) AC38064 GREATER NEW HAVEN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY Gerald M. Still v. JOHN ST. LOUIS ET AL. John St. Louis, self-represented party Jean St. Louis, self-represented party For the Committee Nicholas M. Troiano IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER, COUNSEL ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR AND GIVE REASONS, IF ANY, WHY THIS APPEAL FROM THE TRIAL COURT’S FEBRUARY 3, 2015, JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF A PROPER PARTY PLAINTIFF, BECAUSE THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY THE ESTATE OF SKYLER ANDERSON-COUGHLIN, AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE WERE NEVER MADE PARTIES TO THE ACTION. SEE ESTATE OF OWENS V. CTRE, LLC, 123 CONN. APP. 61 (2010); ISAAC V. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, 3 CONN. APP. 598, 600, CERT. DENIED, 196 CONN. 807 (1985). (7) AC37696 TODD ANDERSON CO-FIDUCIARY OF THE ESTATE OF SKYLER ANDERSON-COUGHLIN ET AL. Mills Law Firm, LLC v. PLYMOUTH ROCK ASSURANCE COMPANY A/K/A PLYMOUTH ROCK ASSURANCE CORPORATION Howard Kohn Sprague & Fitzgerald, LLP

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 2:00 P.M. Gruendel, Mullins and Mihalakos, Js. AC38002 NNH STATE OF CONNECTICUT Melissa L. Streeto, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. CRAIG N. HINES Katherine C. Essington AC37325 CRB ANTHONY LAZZARI Anthony Lazzari, self-represented party v. STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET ET AL. Halloran & Sage LLP AC37301 MMX BERNARDINE BROOKS, ADMINISTRATRIX Daniel Paul Scholfield Lynch Traub Keefe & Errante PC v. ROBERT POWERS Karsten & Tallberg, LLC Howd & Ludorf, LLC

THURSDAY, DEC. 3 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Lavine, Alvord and Sullivan, Js. AC38003 DBD STATE OF CONNECTICUT Brett Ryan Aiello, Assistant State’s Attorney v. ROBERTO ACOSTA Daniel Joseph Foster AC37108 FBT LIUDMIL PETROV Liudmil Petrov, self-represented party Ervin & Ervin Aldrich & Aldrich v. NATALIYA GUEORGUIEVA Nataliya Gueorguieva, self-represented party Donaldson Kershaw & Norris LLC Law Offices of Norman Roberts LLC AC37354 HHD DONALD HOPE Donald Hope, self-represented party v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT Timothy J. Sugrue, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney 2:00 P.M. Beach, Mullins and Pellegrino, Js. AC37031 T19R STATE OF CONNECTICUT Timothy F. Costello, Assistant State’s Attorney v. ERYN GILLIGAN Pamela Jean Favreau AC36505 HHD WITHDRAWN PAUL H. DEUTSCH, M.D. Horton Shields & Knox P.C. Madsen Prestley & Parenteau LLC Mary A. Leonhardt v. BACKUS CORPORATION D/B/A WILLIAM H. BACKUS HOSPITAL ET AL. Jane E. Willis Anne Palmer McCarter & English LLP AC37666 HHB MARKED OVER EDWIN KARDOCH Edwin Kardoch, self-represented party v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Rosemarie Talio Weber, Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Zivyon, Assistant Attorney General Top

MONDAY, DEC. 7 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Mullins and Norcott, Js. AC36931 MMX CHARLES PRENDERVILLE, ADMINISTRATOR Hardman Law Offices LLC v. CHRISTOPHER SINCLAIR ET AL. Rosenblum Newfield LLC AC37816 DBD ANTHONY CRUZ Walter C. Bansley IV Jennifer B. Smith v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, SUPERIOR COURT – JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF DANBURY James A. Killen, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney AC37266 FBT HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Bendett & McHugh PC v. CAMILLE LAHR A/K/A CAMILLE M. RUSSO-LAHR Shepro & Hawkins LLC Camille Lahr a/k/a Camille Russo-Lahr, self-represented party 2:00 P.M. Beach, Sheldon and Harper, Js. AC36701 D03D STATE OF CONNECTICUT Nancy L. Walker, Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney v. LORENZO ADAMS Daren Manasevit, Assigned Counsel AC37328 HHB BRIDGEPORT DENTAL, LLC Jonathan J. Klein For Amici Curiae Connecticut State Dental Association, Connecticut Society of Pediatric Dentists, Connecticut Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Walgreen Company, and ATG, Connecticut, Inc., D/B/A Numotion: Wiggin and Dana LLP v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES Robert B. Teitelman, Assistant Attorney General AC37175 NNH GINA MICHAELS Gina Michaels, self-represented party v. THOMAS MICHAELS Todd R. Bainer Thomas Michaels, self-represented party Counsel for Minor Child: Not Appointed Guardian Ad Litem: Kolb & DiSilvestro, P.C. Counsel for Guardian Ad Litem: Not Appointed

TUESDAY, DEC. 8 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Gruendel, Lavine and Prescott, Js. AC38029 TTD STATE OF CONNECTICUT Bruce Raymond Lockwood, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. JOSE JUSINO Pamela Susan Nagy AC37265 FBT CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY Cicchetti, Tansley & McGrath, LLP v. ASDRUBAL ALFARO Richard M. Breen AC37495 HHD VERNON DAVIS, JR. Nitor Egbarin v. TONETTE DAVIS-HENRIQUES ET AL. Law Offices of Nair & Levin, P.C. 2:00 P.M. Alvord, Keller and Schaller, Js. AC37537 FBT GREGG FISK Gordon & DeNicola v. TOWN OF REDDING ET AL. Howd & Ludorf Coyne, Von Kuhn, Brady & Fries Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP AC37528 MMX PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK Attorney William J. Nulsen v. RIDGEVIEW, LLC. Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP AC37083 UWY ALEX RODRIGUEZ ET AL. Secor Cassidy & McPartland PC v. DOUGLAS CLARK Williams Walsh & O’Connor LLC

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. Alvord, Sheldon and Mullins, Js. AC36601 TSR COREY TURNER Corey Turner, self-represented party v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Melissa L. Streeto, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Michael A. Martone, Assistant Attorney General AC37437 FST PAUL IPPOLITO ET AL. DePanfilis & Vallerie v. OLYMPIC CONSTRUCTION, LLC Meister Seelig & Fein, LLP THE FOLLOWING CASE IS SUBMITTED TO THE COURT FOR DISPOSITION WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT. COUNSEL AND SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES NEED NOT APPEAR. AC37834 FBT EDIZIONE S.P.A. Daniel G. Sergiacomi v. Emanuel Dragone et al. No Appearance 2:00 P.M. Keller, Prescott and Bear, Js. AC35590 TSR PAUL GRAZIANI Laljeebhai R. Patel, Assigned Counsel v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Emily Graner Sexton, Special Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney AC37729 FST PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. Bendett & McHugh PC v. CARMELA LAZARTE ET AL. Law Office of Peter V. Lathouris AC35317 MMX CONTINUED TO DEC 15, 2015 at 2 P.M GLORIA SADLOWSKI Gloria Sadlowski, self-represented party v. KIM MICHALSKY Sandra L. Kelsey Top

THURSDAY, DEC. 10 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Gruendel and Harper, Js. AC37518 F02B STATE OF CONNECTICUT James M. Ralls, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. PASQUALE RAFFONE Pasquale Raffone, self-represented party AC36913 CRD ELIZABETH HADDEN Richard Stabnick v. CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL ET AL. Letizia Ambrose & Falls, PC The Quinn Law Firm LLC AC37242 FBT CHARLES D. GIANETTI, M.D. Charles D. Gianetti, self-represented party v. NATIONAL GRANGE INSURANCE COMPANY Laurence V. Parnoff Daly Weihing & Bodell William M. Burke 2:00 P.M. Beach, Keller and Prescott, Js. AC36185 TSR CARVAUGHN JOHNSON Damon A. Kirschbaum, Assigned Counsel Kirschbaum Law Firm LLC v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION James A. Killen, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney AC37785 LLI KAYLA M. Kayla M., self-represented party v. EDWARD GREENE William John Ward AC37786 LLI KAYLA M. Kayla M., self-represented party v. SUSAN GREENE William John Ward

MONDAY, DEC. 14 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE ASSIGNED FOR “FULL HEARING” 10:00 A.M. DiPentima, C.J., and Beach and Sheldon, Js. AC36383 T19R STATE OF CONNECTICUT Lisa A. Riggione, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney v. JASON M. DAY Jason M. Day, self-represented party AC36472 FBT DEAN FARMASSONY David V. DeRosa v. VIVIAN FARMASSONY Sandra M. McDonough AC36622 / AC37203 FST CHARLOTTE MALPESO Law Offices of Kevin F. Collins v. PASQUALE MALPESO Cohen & Wolf PC Mark R. Soboslai Counsel for Minor Child: Elizabeth Sharpe Guardian Ad Litem: Not Appointed Counsel for Guardian Ad Litem: Not Appointed Top

TUESDAY, DEC. 15 , 2015 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE SUBMITTED TO THE COURT FOR DISPOSITION WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT. COUNSEL AND SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES NEED NOT APPEAR. DiPentima, C.J., and Keller and Prescott, Js. AC36888 TSR MARKED OVER NORMAN LEWIS Drapp & Jaumann LLC v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Ronald G. Weller, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Gruendel, Mullins and Dupont, Js. AC36648 TSR NATHANIEL BOYKIN Edward G. McAnaney, Assigned Counsel v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION Fairfield Post Conviction Remedy Unit AC37302 KNL BRIAN DAWSON Brian Dawson, self-represented party v. JESSICA BRITAGNA James C. Mulholland Lavine, Beach and Sheldon, Js. AC36966 SNSP GREENWICH HOUSING AUTHORITY Louis P. Pittocco v. JULIANA WEITZ Richard H.G. Cunningham AC37176 FST ELEFTERIOS TSIROPOULOS Peter V. Lathouris Law Office v. MARGARET M. RADIGAN Ross & Pasquini

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Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94

Chief Justice Ellen Ash Peters smiles as she conducts a news conference at the Connecticut Supreme Court, Nov. 13, 1984, in Hartford, Conn. Peters, the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, died Tuesday, April 16, 2024. She was 94. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, has died. She was 94.

Peters, who also was the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, passed away Tuesday, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch. The cause and location of her death were not immediately disclosed.

“What a trailblazer she was!” the current chief justice, Richard Robinson , said in a statement. “While small in stature, she was a fearless legal giant who was dedicated to upholding the rule of law. She also recognized the importance of fairness, openness, transparency and providing true equal access to justice for all.”

Peters was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 1978 by then-Gov. Ella Grasso, a Democrat and the first woman who was not a spouse or widow of a former governor to be elected the governor of a U.S. state. Peters was also the first woman to serve on the state’s highest court. She became chief justice in 1984, served on the court until 1996 and later took part-time senior status.

In her last year as chief justice, Peters wrote the majority opinion in a 4-3 ruling in the Sheff v. O’Neill case, declaring the segregation of Hartford-area schools to be unconstitutional. In particular, the majority said the extreme racial isolation of minorities in Hartford schools deprived them of a state constitutional right to equal education.

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“In staying our hand, we do not wish to be misunderstood about the urgency of finding an appropriate remedy for the plight of Hartford’s schoolchildren,” Peters wrote. ”Every passing day shortchanges these children in their ability to contribute to their own well-being and to that of this state and nation.”

In response, the state legislature created a network of magnet schools and school choice options to attract a mix of city and suburban children. But the legal case that prompted the ruling continued to be litigated because of what advocates said were continuing inequalities until 2022, when a settlement was reached .

During her time on the Supreme Court, Peters presided over cases ranging from ones involving the death penalty to property disputes. She also led an effort to prevent gender and racial bias in the court system.

In 1995, she wrote the majority opinion in a ruling that upheld the state’s ban on assault weapons.

On her last day as chief justice, she spoke of the importance of preserving justice for all people.

“The court embodies the pluralist spirit of America,” Peters said. “If the court is to be a leader in the development of the law, it must be prepared to respond″ to all of the population.

Peters was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1930. Her family fled eight years later in fear of Nazi party rule and emigrated to New York City, according to a biography by Yale Law School.

She went on to graduate from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1951 and from Yale Law School in 1954. After law school, she was a clerk for a federal appeals court judge in New York City and then taught at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1956, when she was 26, she became Yale Law School’s first female faculty member, according to the university.

Peters also became the first woman to earn tenure at Yale Law School, in 1964. After being appointed to the Supreme Court, she continued to teach law at Yale as an adjunct professor until she became chief justice.

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at a 1994 event, said Peters “gave generations of women law students cause for hope (and) a reason to believe that they, too, could aspire and achieve.”

Top political leaders and legal experts were praising Peters on Tuesday.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, also called Peters a trailblazer and noted the importance of the school desegregation ruling.

“Throughout her tenure, she dedicated her work to ensuring that Connecticut’s courts are operated fairly and are equally accessible to all of this state’s residents,” Lamont said in a statement. “Her service is to be emulated and she will be remembered for her intelligence, her tenacity, and her remarkable fortitude.”

Former Connecticut Chief Justice Chase Rogers, the state’s second female chief justice who retired in 2018, said Peters was a brilliant jurist dedicated to ensuring justice was achieved.

“Chief Justice Peters not only smashed the glass ceiling for other women who wanted to become judges but also served as a role model for all judges,” Rogers said.

Peters’ husband, Phillip Blumberg, who was a professor and dean at the University of Connecticut School of Law, died in 2021. They lived in West Hartford.

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Following the December 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, a modern legal and judicial system was created. A new constitution was introduced in 1993, followed by modernized legal codes and procedural law as well as the re-introduction of jury trials. This profile focuses on Russia’s contemporary institutions. However the country’s justice system has experienced other significant periods of change. One of the most significant was the sweeping reforms introduced by Tsar Alexander II in 1864 resulting in Russia’s first constitution, the unification of the empire’s court struture, the opening of court proceedings to the public, and the introduction of jury trials.

The Soviet Era

When the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917, they abolished Tsarist-era legal institutions including the legislature, laws, courts, and prosecuting authorities. In the early Soviet era, courts were staffed with party officials and disputes were adjudicated by a judge and two citizens voted into office by local councils. Citizens “of moral integrity” were authorized to serve as prosecutors and defense counsel.

Once the Soviet Union was formed, Soviet leadership developed a judicial system with trial, appellate, and supreme courts in each of the republics, a separate military court system, and the Soviet Supreme Court.

Although the Soviet Supreme Court formally exercised supervision of lower courts across the USSR, it did not review decisions by the supreme courts of the republics. Its authority was limited to issuing binding judicial decisions on Soviet and constitutional law and exercised legislative initiative, the power to make laws. Supreme court justices were assisted by the Court’s Scholarly Consultative Council, a body of law professors and legal experts.

As was the case for all of the republics, Soviet Russia had its own national justice system of Socialist law, a civil law model influenced by Marxist-Leninist ideology.

“[Socialist] Law is the totality of rules of conduct which express the will of the ruling class and are laid down in a legislative manner, along with the rules and practices of communal life which are sanctioned by the power of the state. The application of these rules is backed by the coercive power of the state in order to secure, reinforce, and develop the social relationships and conditions which are agreeable to the interests of the ruling class.”

The Law of the Soviet State , by Andrei Y. Vyshinsky

As was the case for all of the republics, Soviet Russia had its own national justice system based upon the European civil law model, with legal and procedural codes. There was a procuracy to prosecute crime, supervise the implementation of government policy, and maintain social order. The bar included advocates and counsel that handled civil cases; legally trained notaries drafted contracts, wills, and other documents. Judges were selected by the communist party. For criminal matters, an investigating magistrate questioned suspects and witnesses and presented the indictment. Trials were conducted by a single professional judge and two lay judges -- people’s assessors -- chosen from the community to serve ten days a year. The accused had a right to defense counsel and an appeal heard by three professional judges. The courts applied a formalist socialist jurisprudence, applying code provisions without setting forth their reasoning. Comrades Courts, nonprofessional tribunals throughout Russia, resolved petty offenses for residents and works in collective houses, farms, universities, and factories.

Despite this rule of law veneer, through most of Soviet Russia’s history, the state security apparatus operated in parallel to the court system, both carrying out political prosecutions and imprisoning enemies of the state without trial.

The Russian Federation

Sources of law.

The modern legal system of the Russian Federation is a code-based, civil law system. In descending order of authority, its main sources of law are the constitution, federal constitutional laws (laws decreed by the parliament as constitutional law), federal laws, presidential decrees, government resolutions and orders, legal acts of authorized state bodies, and regional laws and regulations.

Court System

The court system in Russia has two administrative levels: federal and regional. There are eighty-five ‘subjects’ on the federal level (cities, regions, and other territorial entities), each with their own charter (constitution) and legislation. Twenty-one of these subjects are federal republics, which are administrative divisions that include areas with a non-Russian ethnic majorities; they were created as future nation-states during the early Soviet period.

Russia’s federal courts include the constitutional court, supreme court, courts of general jurisdiction, commercial courts, specialized courts, and military courts. Regional authorities have jurisdiction over magistrate courts (also called Justice of the Peace Courts). There is also a separate system of military courts.

Magistrate Courts

The first instance magistrate courts are local courts administered regionally. They hear criminal cases with a maximum penalty of three years in prison and civil cases involving not more than 50,000 rubles. Most family law matters, property disputes, and administrative law issues are heard by the magistrate courts.

District Courts

Federal regions and city boroughs have their own district courts, sometimes called city courts (as is the case with Moscow City Court). These are courts of first instance for civil and criminal matters not heard by the magistrate court. District courts also hear appeals from the magistrates court.

Regional Courts

Regional courts serve the 85 regions of Russia, federal subjects, and the autonomous oblasts (administrative regions) and okrugs (oblasts for ethnic minorities). Regional courts have first instance jurisdiction over more complex criminal and civil cases, litigation involving state secrets, and cases where the accused has special status, such as being a government figure. They also hear cases on appeal and cassation. These courts have three chambers -- civil, administrative, criminal -- and a presidium which hears cassation cases and undertakes compilation and analysis of court practice.

The Supreme Court ( Verkhovny Sud )

The Supreme Court hears cases on appeal and cassation, has administrative authority over the court system, and issues clarifications on matters of judicial practice. The court has first instance jurisdiction over cases involving international treaties, economic disputes between the subjects of the Russian Federation, some administrative matters, electoral questions, political parties and NGOs, and allegations of serious judicial misconduct. The court has 115 members and nine chambers: plenum, presidium, appeals, administrative, civil, criminal, economic, military, discipline. The Plenum insures harmonization of court practice by issuing clarifications on the interpretation and application of law. The Presidium serves a supervisory role over the Russian judiciary, analyzes judicial statistics, and advises the lower courts on legislative interpretation. It also hears cases involving newly discovered evidence. The Scientific Council of the Supreme Court advises the court on issues of judicial practice, drawing upon court data.

The Constitutional Court

Commercial courts.

During the Soviet era, a system of informal, quasi-arbitration tribunals was created to adjudicate commercial cases. These tribunals evolved into the contemporary commercial courts, retaining the name arbitration courts (arbitrazhniye sudi), despite their role being adjudicatory. The commercial courts hear first instance and appeals for commercial disputes. The Supreme Commercial (Arbitrazh) Court was abolished by a constitutional amendment in 2014. Its jurisdiction was transferred to the Supreme Court.

In 2013, Russia introduced a new specialized intellectual property court with first instance and cassation jurisdiction for disputes involving intellectual property, trademark, and patents. This IP court is administratively part of the commercial courts.

Judicial Selection

Judges of the constitutional and supreme courts are nominated by the President of the Russian Federation, usually upon the recommendation of the chief justice, and appointed by the Council of the Federation (the upper chamber of parliament). Each level of court has slightly different eligibility requirements as to age and years of professional experience ranging from twenty-five years of age with a law degree and at least five years experience for lower court judges, to forty years of age with fifteen years of legal practice for constitutional court judges.

Judicial candidates for the lower courts must pass an exam administered by the Qualification Collegium of Judges and submit a formal application. The Collegium forwards approved applications to the president of the court where there is a vacancy. The court president has discretion to reject the recommendation but a rejection may be overturned by a vote of two-thirds of collegium members. Final nominees are sent to the office of Russia’s president for approval. Although practicing lawyers are eligible to become judges, most judicial appointees to the lower courts first served as court clerks or legal researchers within a judge’s chambers.

There is no formal system of judicial promotions. Judges must apply for higher court positions. Judges in Russia serve until the mandatory retirement age of seventy except for justices of the peace, who serve five-year terms.

Court Proceedings

Civil and criminal trials are semi-adversarial: the parties are represented by advocates and judges remain actively involved in investigating the facts of the case. Civil trials are usually open to the public, unless the case implicates state secrets or private family matters. Parties may petition to close court proceedings if it is necessary to maintain the confidentiality of a commercial or legally sensitive matter. Criminal cases must be open to the public unless classified information will be introduced as evidence. Cases involving treason, espionage, political opponents, or prominent public figures are consistently held behind closed doors.

Judicial Administration

The judicial department.

The Judicial Department is the judiciary’s administrative agency and operates under the authority of the Supreme Court. It is responsible for human resources, court finances, and general court administration. Judicial Department staff monitors court performance and makes recommendations for improvements. The Director General of the Department is appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with the consent of the Council of Judges.

The Council of Judges

The Council of Judges of the Russian Federation is an elective body of judges representing all levels of the Russian judiciary. The Council has varied responsibilities including appointing judiciary leadership, developing recommendations on court practice, consulting on the budget process, developing and enforcing the code of judicial ethics, and executing disciplinary sanctions. The Council meets at least twice a year and Council members represent the Russian judiciary in international exchanges.

The All-Russia Congress of Judges

The All-Russia Congress of Judges is the rule-making authority for the Russian judiciary. Its membership includes delegate judges from every court across the country. The delegates are elected by the members of their courts. The Congress meets every four years to consider proposed policy changes. It also elects members of the Qualification Collegium of Judges and the Council of Judges.

Threats to Judicial Independence

Although the Russian constitution provides for an independent judiciary, in recent years the executive branch has exercised growing control over the courts, including pressure on the trial process, judges, and other justice sector institutions. The 2020 amendments to the constitution significantly diminished the independence of the courts. They broadened the president’s authority over the judiciary, including the right to propose the removal of judges, nominate leadership throughout the courts, appoint the prosecutor general and his deputies, and request constitutional review of draft legislation. The amendments also reduced the number of judges on the Constitutional Court from 19 to 11 and removed language in the Court’s charter mandating that cases be decided “self-sufficiently and independently.”

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Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu) (Release Date: 04/19/2024)

For immediate release: April 19, 2024

The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy in the State of Hawaiʻi:

Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu)

The Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi requires that the persons selected by the Commission be residents and citizens of the State of Hawaiʻi and of the United States, and have been licensed to practice law by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. A circuit judge shall have been licensed for a period of not less than ten years preceding nomination. No judge shall, during the term of office, engage in the practice of law, or run for or hold any other office or position of profit under the United States, the State or its political subdivisions.

The term of office of a circuit judge shall be ten years. The annual salary in Hawaiʻi of a circuit judge is $215,100 [1]

Every judge of a circuit court shall reside in the circuit for which the judge is appointed under Section 603-6 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes.

The Chief Justice has the discretion to make assignments of calendars among the circuit judges as provided under Section 601-2 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statute.

Full-time judges also receive employer contributions to premiums for enrollment in the state-sponsored medical, drug, vision and dental plans, a free life insurance policy, state retirement benefits, a deferred compensation supplemental retirement savings plan, 13 paid holidays annually (14 days during election years), 21 vacation and 21 sick leave days per year. Benefits are subject to modification or termination due to changes in statutes, pertinent rules and regulations. Judges shall be retired upon attaining the age of seventy years.

The Commission invites anyone from all islands who meets the constitutional requirements and is interested in the position to apply directly to the Commission.

The Commission also invites persons to nominate qualified individuals for the position. Nominators: Mail your nomination to the address below with the nominee’s full name and mailing address as soon as possible and not later than the nomination deadline of June 3, 2024.

TO APPLY: Please visit the Commission’s website and fill out form JS-P-084, Application for Judicial Office Form . The application must be postmarked to the address below on or before the application deadline of July 18, 2024.

Commission Chair Kamani B. Kualaʻau Judicial Selection Commission State of Hawaiʻi 417 South King Street Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813

[1] The salary is current as of the press release date and is subject to change. The salary is determined by the Commission on Salaries pursuant to Article XVI, Section 3.5, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi and Section 26-56, of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and any subsequent action taken by the Legislature.

For more information, visit the Judicial Selection Commission webpage or contact the Commission via email at [email protected] .

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Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court Celebrates Graduation

the Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court Program celebrated the graduation of four participants at the Nemaha County Courthouse in Auburn. Judge Richard R. Smith and Judge Julie D. Smith presided over the ceremony. We are proud to honor the achievements of graduates Ashley Williams, Justin Williams, Jaiden Waggoner, and Donald Richbourg.

On April 9, 2024, the Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court Program celebrated the graduation of four participants at the Nemaha County Courthouse in Auburn. Judge Richard R. Smith and Judge Julie D. Smith presided over the ceremony. We are proud to honor the achievements of graduates Ashley Williams, Justin Williams, Jaiden Waggoner, and Donald Richbourg.

The ceremony marks the completion of an intensive program of comprehensive drug treatment, close supervision, and full accountability for Drug Court graduates. Drug Court is a minimum 20-month program where participants learn the skills to live a successful life free from drugs and alcohol.

Adult Drug Courts are an alternate route through the criminal justice system for nonviolent drug-related offenders, utilizing a specialized team process that functions within the existing court structure. The courts are designed to reduce recidivism and substance use among individuals with substance use disorders. In addition, the court aims to protect public safety and increase the participant's likelihood of successful rehabilitation by utilizing validated risk and need assessments, early and individualized behavioral health treatment, frequent and random chemical testing, incentives, sanctions, and other rehabilitative and ancillary services.

For additional information, please contact:

Chris Reece, Drug Court Coordinator

Phone: 402-821-7114 Email: [email protected]

Pictured: (front row) Judge Julie D. Smith and graduates Ashley Williams and Justin Williams.

(back row): Graduates Jaiden Waggoner and Donald Richbourg, and Judge Richard R. Smith.

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S ome new and familiar faces will take the bench in Upstate courtrooms as the South Carolina General Assembly elected new judges this week.

Two judge positions each in the judicial circuits covering Greenville and Spartanburg counties, as well as one in Anderson, were filled Wednesday, April 17.

South Carolina is one of two states, along with Virginia, that uses its legislature to choose judges. That process is done through the Judicial Merit Selection Commission , which could see changes if a Senate bill pending in the House passes this legislative session. The last day of session is May 9.

Circuit and appellate judges appointed by the commission serve six-year terms, while Supreme Court appointees serve 10-year terms before re-appearing before the commission. After being screened by the commission, currently up to three judicial candidates for one position are sent to be voted on by the House and Senate.

However, the bill aims to slash the length of time members sit on the commission. If passed, it would establish non-successive terms for commission members, many of whom are both legislators and lawyers.

In theory, this would limit judges from repeatedly appearing before the same lawyer-legislators on the commission, the Greenville News previously reported. However, some Upstate attorneys said the bill would be only a minor change to an acceptable system.

Exhaustive lists of judges across the state can be found on the South Carolina Judicial Branch’s website .

More: SC Senate passes judicial reform bill, Upstate lawyers say it’s a 'tweak' to fine system

Upstate Circuit Court judges

The 13th Judicial Circuit added two newcomers as circuit court judges. Jessica Ann Salvini arrives by way of Family Court and Vernon F. Dunbar currently practices at the firm of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, according to information on the South Carolina Bar website.

The 7th judicial circuit, which covers Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties, filled two seats with one familiar face, and one familiar name. Judge Grace Gilchrist Knie was re-elected to fill the seat previously occupied by Roger Couch, which she has held since 2017. Meanwhile J. Derham Cole, Jr. , will fill the seat occupied by his father, longtime 7 th circuit judge J. Derham Cole, Sr.

Cole Jr. told the Greenville News Thursday afternoon that the exact date of his father’s retirement is up in the air but will occur before the end of the calendar year.

The 10th Judicial Circuit, which covers Anderson and Oconee Counties, re-elected R. Scott Sprouse, who resides in Walhalla and has served since 2014 after succeeding Alexander Mcaulay. William C. McMaster, III, of Greenville, was elected to an at-large seat. McMaster is a deputy solicitor with 13th judicial circuit solicitor Walt Wilkins’ office.

Court of Appeals

Of the two appellate judges elected this time around, one, Matthew Price Turner, of Laurens, was from the Upstate.

Family Court

Pete G. Diamaduros, of Spartanburg, was elected as a Family Court judge for the 7th judicial circuit. David J. Brousseau, of Anderson, was elected to the same position in the 10th judicial circuit.

Chalmers Rogland covers public safety for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal and USA Today Network. Reach him via email at [email protected] .

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Lustrating Judges Is the Key to Post-Putin Transitional Justice

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Russian opposition political leader Alexey Navalny recently came to a clear conclusion: without a successful judicial reform following the collapse of the USSR, all other reforms were doomed to failure. “If an independent judiciary had been established, then a new usurpation would have been impossible or greatly hindered,” he said.

One cannot deny that the current dismal state of the Russian judicial system is partly due to mistakes made during the transitional justice period following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since no lustrations were carried out after its fall, judicial positions in Russia were occupied by those who had made blatantly unfounded and politically motivated decisions during the Soviet era. Such judges perpetuated old approaches in their work, imparted them to younger judges, and also actively opposed attempts to establish democratic approaches within the judiciary.

A striking example of getting rid of new and liberal figures was the dismissal of Judge Sergey Pashin from the Moscow City Court. A prominent and outspoken figure who promoted the rule of law in theory and practice, Pashin was fired from his position in the early 2000s. He was then reinstated by the Supreme Court, but after his second firing and reinstatement, he did not wait for a third occurrence and resigned.

The judges who have entered the judicial system over the past 30 years have absorbed the worst aspects brought by judges from the Soviet era, primarily prioritizing the state’s interests over an individual’s and tending to defer to the executive branch of government instead of upholding the constitution. Considering that about half of appointed judges have a career trajectory of secretary-assistant-judge and lack any other work experience, young Russian judges have no place to study the law. When there are only bad traditions and behavior within the judicial community, rookie judges will absorb all the negativity like sponges.

The system does not tolerate judges who hold liberal views on the law and believe that the judiciary should be independent of the executive branch. The situation is quite the opposite for judges willing to be friendly with the executive branch. One of the reasons for this state of affairs is the personality of the leader of Russia's judicial system. Vyacheslav Lebedev, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Russia, has been leading the Russian judiciary since 1991. Before his appointment to this position, Lebedev incarcerated individuals for “anti-Soviet activities” and “knowingly false fabrications that defamed the Soviet regime.” After 30 years, history is repeating itself, but now, instead of being imprisoned for “anti-Soviet activities,” individuals are imprisoned for discrediting the Ministry of Defense.

This leads to a situation where court decisions have nothing to do with the law, and motivation behind them is highly questionable. In the Russian judicial system, the primary criterion for evaluating a judge's work has become not the protection of the law but the support of the executive branch.

For example, in July 2022, Moscow municipal politician Alexey Gorinov was sentenced to seven years at a penal colony, partly for expressing the fact that children were dying in Ukraine. Although the defense presented UN reports as evidence of Ukrainian children’s deaths following the Russian invasion, the courts did not even evaluate this information in their opinions.

Another equally absurd case occurred in May 2023, involving U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who was accused of uttering a nonexistent phrase by Russian state media. Despite immediate fact-checking that showed that two phrases had been artificially combined, and that the senator never said it, the Investigative Committee of Russia started a criminal inquiry against Graham and a Russian court issued an arrest warrant for the senator. All these actions would be impossible without corrupted judges who try to help the executive branch. It is not clear if the judges will be brought to responsibility in the future.

Will lustration by itself be able to rectify the situation with justice in the post-Putin period? Probably not. However, lustration will help achieve two important goals.

First, it will establish a minimum level of accountability for judges’ human rights violations. All judges who made unlawful decisions should face criminal responsibility. However, since there are hundreds of thousands of such decisions and thousands of judges, it is not guaranteed that criminal accountability will catch up with all of them. Lustrations, which do not require proof of guilt in each case, appear to be a more effective mechanism, although lustrations may not have the same impact and severity as criminal charges.

Secondly, lustration will help combat the negative legacy of the Soviet and post-Soviet legal systems, much like a tumor removal operation helps fight cancer.

The experience of other countries shows that lustrations are a successful tool of transitional justice. In the 1990s, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia (the Czech Republic, in particular), and other former Soviet bloc countries actively used lustrations to rid themselves of the influence of the USSR and local intelligence agencies. Interestingly, Hungary, now the strongest ally of Russia in Europe, pursued the mildest lustration policy in the 1990s. Ukraine’s experience also deserves mention, as it conducted judges’ lustrations following the 2014 Euromaidan.

However, lustrations are often criticized as undemocratic, and international judicial bodies do not always agree with the practice. For instance, the European Court of Human Rights made its first decision on lustrations in 2004 in the case of Sidabras and Others v. Lithuania, partially finding a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to one of the applicants (although the court did not find such violations with others). The actions of the Russian regime that withdrew Russia from the European Convention have provided an opportunity for those working on implementing lustrations in the future, since the European Court of Human Rights' restrictions on lustration measures would only apply to post-Putin Russia once the latter potentially rejoins the Convention. This temporal gap creates an opportunity to disregard specific provisions of the Convention and could make lustration measures more severe and strict.

In any case, there is still some time until the regime in Russia changes, which provides an opportunity to consider which path to choose to make lustrations as rigorous as possible without violating the Convention. However, there is no doubt that the judicial community should be purged in post-Putin Russia in order to prevent the justice system from once again returning to the trajectory of justice in the USSR.

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Connecticut Probate Courts. Method: Partisan elections. Term: 4 years. Judicial selection refers to the process used to select judges for courts. At the state level, methods of judicial selection vary substantially in the United States, and in some cases between different court types within a state. There are six primary types of judicial ...
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Joint Committee on Judiciary. The Joint Committee on Judiciary has cognizance of all matters relating to (A) the Judicial Department, the Department of Correction and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, (B) courts, judicial procedures, criminal law, probate matters, probation, parole, wills, estates, adoption, divorce, bankruptcy, escheat, law libraries, deeds, mortgages ...
Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission
Judicial Selection Commission 165 Capitol Ave Suite 1080 Hartford CT 06106 Phone Number: 860-256-2957 Fax: 860-622-2947
CT Appellate Court Assignment
The mission of the Connecticut Judicial Branch is to serve the interests of justice and the public by resolving matters brought before it in a fair, timely, efficient and open manner. Home Americans with Disabilities (ADA)
Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme
She was 94. Peters, who also was the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, passed away Tuesday, according to the Connecticut Judicial Branch. The cause and location of her death were not immediately disclosed. "What a trailblazer she was!" the current chief justice, Richard Robinson, said in a statement.
CT Judicial Branch's Assignment of Judges
The Connecticut Judicial Branch has announced the assignment of judges, which are effective September 4, 2017 - September 2, 2018. If you would like to view the assignment of judges in its entirety, click here. Family Division Part J (Juvenile) at Following Courthouses for Juvenile Matters. Bridgeport (60 Housatonic Ave) Ginocchio (P.J.) Maronich.
District Court Judge Terri S. Harder to Retire May 31, 2024
April 9, 2024. District Court Judge for the 10th Judicial District, Terri S. Harder, is retiring May 31, 2024. In her retirement announcement to Governor Pillen, Harder wrote, "It has been the biggest honor and privilege of my life to have served the citizens of the State of Nebraska in this position for almost 25 years.". Harder served the ...
Russia
Following the December 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, a modern legal and judicial system was created. A new constitution was introduced in 1993, followed by modernized legal codes and procedural law as well as the re-introduction of jury trials. This profile focuses on Russia's contemporary institutions. However the country's justice system has experienced other significant periods of ...
Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy
Every judge of a circuit court shall reside in the circuit for which the judge is appointed under Section 603-6 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. The Chief Justice has the discretion to make assignments of calendars among the circuit judges as provided under Section 601-2 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statute.
Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court Celebrates Graduation
On April 9, 2024, the Southeast Nebraska Adult Drug Court Program celebrated the graduation of four participants at the Nemaha County Courthouse in Auburn. Judge Richard R. Smith and Judge Julie D. Smith presided over the ceremony. We are proud to honor the achievements of graduates Ashley Williams, Justin Williams, Jaiden Waggoner, and Donald Richbourg.
Law on Courts of General Jurisdiction
1. Justice in the Russian Federation is administered only by the courts. 2. No one may be deprived of the right to consideration of one's case by the court of general jurisdiction and by the judge, within whose jurisdiction that case is referred to by this Federal Constitutional Law and federal laws. 3.
Upstate judges were elected by the South Carolina legislature ...
Pete G. Diamaduros, of Spartanburg, was elected as a Family Court judge for the 7th judicial circuit. David J. Brousseau, of Anderson, was elected to the same position in the 10th judicial circuit.
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Lustrating Judges Is the Key to Post-Putin Transitional Justice
The judges who have entered the judicial system over the past 30 years have absorbed the worst aspects brought by judges from the Soviet era, primarily prioritizing the state's interests over an individual's and tending to defer to the executive branch of government instead of upholding the constitution. ... All these actions would be ...
PDF Family Law Judicial Assignment Change at The Torrance Courthouse
FAMILY LAW JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT CHANGE . AT THE TORRANCE COURTHOUSE . Effective April 9, 2024, the Family Law Division has implemented the following change to courtroom operations at the Torrance Courthouse located at 825 Maple Ave., Torrance : • Judge Gary C. Eto has been assigned to Department H at the Torrance Courthouse. All matters