Lamont to nominate diverse first class of trial judges
He is to pick Robert Clark for Appellate, 15 others for Superior Court
mark Pazniokas :: ctmirror.org
Robert W. Clark, center, with the governor’s chief of staff, Paul Mounds, left, and Doug Dalena, during a debate in March about the governor’s emergency pandemic powers. Clark is to be nominated for the Appellate Court.
Gov. Ned Lamont is expected Wednesday to nominate his general counsel, Robert W. Clark, to the Appellate Court and name a racially diverse class of eight women and seven men as his first picks for the trial court.
Governor Lamont Nominates 15 Connecticut Residents To Fill Vacancies on the Superior Court Written by Office of the Governor.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating 15 jurists to fill vacancies as judges on the Connecticut Superior Court.
This is the first class of Superior Court nominations made by Governor Lamont, who took office in January 2019. The most recent class was approved in 2018 under the prior administration. State statutes authorize 185 judges on that court, and 50 of those positions are currently vacant.
“I am proud today to announce one of the most diverse classes of judicial nominations in our state’s history,”
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