The Connecticut Supreme Court,formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors,is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford,across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol. The court generally holds eight sessions of two to three weeks per year,with one session each September through November and January through May. Justices are appointed by the governor and then approved by the Connecticut General Assembly.
Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut since 2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011 and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999.
Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017. In July 2019,he began his tenure as the Chancellor of the University of Maine System.
Joette Katz is an American attorney who is a partner at the law firm,Shipman &Goodwin LLP. She was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system,and later was the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In various roles during her career she has had an impact on issues of state and national importance,such as:criminal law,capital punishment,civil rights and the right to education,eminent domain,same-sex marriage,LGBTQ rights,sexual assault,sex trafficking,and helping children in state care move from institutions to families.
Andrew J. McDonald is an American judge and former politician from Connecticut. He serves as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Chase T. Rogers was the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,the second woman to serve in this capacity. She announced on November 2,2017,that she would retire in February 2018. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Boston University School of Law. Rogers is a Connecticut native. She was nominated by Governor M. Jodi Rell and sworn on April 25,2007,by the first female Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,Ellen Ash Peters. Prior to her nomination,Rogers served in the appellate court of Connecticut from April 2006 to April 2007. Prior to serving on the appellate court,she served as a superior court judge beginning in 1998. Her assignments included serving as the presiding judge for juvenile matters in Bridgeport and being assigned to the regional Child Protection Session in Middletown. Between 2001 and 2005,she was assigned to the Complex Litigation Docket in Stamford,and from 2005 to 2006 she served as the presiding judge for civil matters in the Stamford-Norwalk district. Before becoming a judge,she practiced law for 14 years at Cummings &Lockwood in Stamford,Connecticut. She has two children,a son and a daughter. She was married to Edward Vincent O'Hanlan,a lawyer,on December 21,1985.
The 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Lubbie Harper Jr. is an American lawyer and judge who was the third African American to become a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,serving from 2011 through 2012. While seconded to the court in 2008,he cast the deciding vote in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health,a ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut. Harper also served as a justice on the Connecticut Superior Court (1997–2005) and on the Connecticut Appellate Court (2005–2011).
Luke Aaron Bronin is an American politician and lawyer who was the 67th mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,serving from January 1,2016,to January 1,2024.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
Gregory Thomas D'Auria is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017. He previously was Solicitor General of Connecticut.
Raheem L. Mullins is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.
Maria Araújo Kahn is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She previously served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 2017 to 2023.
Christine Elyse Keller is an American lawyer and judge from Connecticut. She is a Senior Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
William H. Bright Jr. is the chief judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.
Minnie Gonzalez is an American politician who has been a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 1997,serving the 3rd district in Hartford. She is the Deputy Majority Leader since 2017.
Robert Vincent Stefanowski is an American businessman and politician.
Steven D. Ecker is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2018.
The 2018 Connecticut Senate election was held on November 6,2018,concurrently with the elections for the Connecticut House of Representatives,to elect members to the Connecticut General Assembly. All 36 seats in the Connecticut Senate were up for election. The election resulted in Democrats expanding control in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly,ending the split control in the Senate,that had been in place since the 2016 elections. Primary elections were held on August 14,2018.
