Rell Nominates 10 New Judges to Fill Vacancies.

A tap of the gavel to retiring Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Christine Vertefeuille.  She will be retiring after a decade on the high bench effective June 1.  With her vacancy, Governor Jodi Rell has nominated Superior Judge Dennis G. Eveleigh to the post.  For those readers practicing law in Connecticut, you may remember that Judge Eveleigh hung his robe at Waterbury Superior Court since 1998.  Rell also followed with the nomination of 10 new judges to fill vacancies on the Superior Court Bench.

According to the Hartford Courant they are:

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Laura Flynn Baldini
Age: 39
Residence: West Hartford
Party: Republican

Background: Attorney in private practice. Yale University graduate, 1992; Seton Hall University, law degree, 1996. Attorney at Updike, Kelly & Spellacy from 1998 to 2003, and at Ohrenstein & Brown from 1996 to 1998.

John L. Carbonneau
Age: 54
Residence: East Lyme
Party: Unaffiliated
Background: Attorney in private practice. University of Connecticut, undergraduate degree, 1977; Catholic University of America, law degree, 1980. Attorney at Kaplan & Brennan from 1996 to 2000, at Connecticut Laborers' Legal Services Fund from 1984 to 1996.

Susan Q. Cobb
Age: 49
Residence: West Hartford
Party: Democrat
Background: Assistant attorney general since 1994. Catholic University of America, undergraduate degree, 1983; University of Connecticut, law degree, 1988. Worked at Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn from 1989 to 1994.

Susan A. Connors
Age: 44
Residence: Old Lyme
Party: Republican
Background: Attorney with Krevolin, Roth & Connors since 1995. University of Connecticut, undergraduate and law degrees.

John A. Danaher III
Age: 59
Residence: West Hartford
Party: Democrat
Background: Commissioner of Department of Public Safety. Fairfield University, undergraduate degree, 1972. University of Hartford, master's degree, 1977; University of Connecticut, law degree, 1980. Former assistant U.S. attorney and interim U.S. attorney. Worked for Day, Berry & Howard, 1981 to 1986.


Jane B. Emons
Age: 59
Residence: Woodbridge
Party: Democrat
Background: Assistant attorney general since 1996. Worked in New Haven state's attorney's office, 1978 to 1988. Kirkland College, undergraduate degree, 1971; University of North Carolina, master's degree, 1972; Suffolk University, law degree, 1977.

Robert L. Genuario
Age: 57
Residence: Norwalk
Party: Republican
Background: Head of governor's budget office, the Office of Policy and Management, since 2005. Villanova University, undergraduate and law degrees. State senator, 1991 to 2005. Attorney in private practice, 1978 to 2005.

Brian J. Leslie
Age: 42
Residence: Wallingford
Party: Republican
Background: Assistant state's attorney since 2000. Fairfield University, undergraduate degree, 1990; Boston College, law degree, 1994. Attorney for Farrell, Leslie & Grochowski, 1994 to 2000.

Kathleen McNamara
Age: 56
Residence: East Hartford
Party: Democrat
Background: Senior assistant state's attorney. Worked at state's attorney's office since 1990. Northeastern University, undergraduate degree, 1978; Western New England School of Law, law degree. Worked in East Hartford Police Department, 1979 to 1990.  (Editors Pick:  With a background in law enforcement and two decades as a prosecutor, this is an exceptional choice for the position.) 


David M. Sheridan
Age: 54
Residence: Manchester
Party: Democrat

Background: Attorney with Levy & Droney since 1990. University of Arizona, undergraduate degree, 1981; University of Connecticut, law degree, 1985. Worked for Cohen & Channin, 1985 to 1990.