A state trial court

Connecticut Superior Court

A general-jurisdiction trial court in Connecticut.

The Connecticut Superior Court is a general-jurisdiction trial court in Connecticut, where most civil and criminal cases are first heard. Its judges are chosen by gubernatorial appointment, the method Connecticut uses for its judges. This page lists the court's sitting judges, from Connecticut's official judicial directory.

175

Judges in history

175

Currently serving

Appointment

Selection

8-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Barbara D. Aaron	–
Alyce L. Alfano	–
Linda Allard	–
Mark T. Altermatt	–
Nicole Anker	–
Barry F. Armata	–
Claudia A. Baio	–
Laura F. Baldini	–
Campbell D. Barrett	–
Barbara N. Bellis	–
Tejas Bhatt	–
Tamar R. Birckhead	–
John F. Blawie	–
Corrine A. Boni-Vendola	–
David G. Bothwell	–
Peter L. Brown	–
Tracie C. Brown	–
Moira L. Buckley	–
Matthew J. Budzik	–
Eugene R. Calistro Jr.	–
Karyl L. Carrasquilla	–
Patrick F. Caruso	–
Scott R. Chadwick	–
Courtney M. Chaplin	–
Victoria Woodin Chavey	–
John A. Cirello	–
William F. Clark	–
Kristin Connors	–
Susan A. Connors	–
Vikki Cooper	–
John L. Cordani	–
Michael C. D'Agostino	–
Stephanie A. Damiani	–
Eric D. Daniels	–
Gregory C. Davis	–
Lynn Alvey Dawson	–
Tracy Lee Dayton	–
Jennifer J. DeCastro-Tunnard	–
Steven R. Dembo	–
Karen L. DeMeola	–
Leo V. Diana	–
Theodore M. Doolittle	–
Kevin C. Doyle	–
Paul R. Doyle	–
Nuala E. Droney	–
Lisa Grasso Egan	–
Thamar Esperance-Smith	–
Patrick M. Fahey	–
John B. Farley	–
Anna M. Ficeto	–
Daniel J. Fox	–
Matthew E. Frechette	–
Tammy D. Geathers	–
Jesse Giddings	–
Robert G. Golger	–
Josephine S. Graff	–
Felice N. Gray-Kemp	–
Ernest Green Jr.	–
Donald R. Green	–
Christopher A.H. Griffin	–
Wendy A. Grispin	–
Auden C. Grogins	–
Jane K. Grossman	–
Cody N. Guarnieri	–
Michael J. Gustafson	–
Kaitlin A. Halloran	–
Gerald L. Harmon	–
Jassette A. Henry	–
Alex V. Hernandez	–
Barbara A. Hoffman	–
Angeline N. Ioannou	–
Steven D. Jacobs	–
Christine Jean-Louis	–
Robyn Stewart Johnson	–
Scott M. Jones	–
Barbara Bailey Jongbloed	–
Maureen M. Keegan	–
Sean O. Kehoe	–
Kevin C. Kelly	–
Nisa J. Khan	–
Corinne L. Klatt	–
Daniel J. Klau	–
Tara Knight	–
Kimberly A. Knox	–
Ronald E. Kowalski II	–
Hunchu Kwak	–
Matthew Larock	–
Jeanet Figueroa Laskos	–
Ann F. Lawlor	–
Elizabeth C. Leaming	–
Jason M. Lobo	–
Erik T. Lohr	–
Cristina M. Lopez	–
Ann E. Lynch	–
Jennifer Macierowski	–
Kimberly P. Massicotte	–
Seán P. McGuinness	–
Stephanie A. McLaughlin	–
Peter A. McShane	–
Maximino Medina Jr.	–
Walter A. Menjivar	–
Yamini Menon	–
Philip Miller	–
Margarita Hartley Moore	–
Lisa K. Morgan	–
Ndidi Moses	–
Margaret M. Murphy	–
Shari A. Murphy	–
Sara Nadim	–
Carla I. Nascimento	–
Matthew Necci	–
John M. Newson	–
Tammy T. Nguyen-O’Dowd	–
Gladys Idelis Nieves	–
Susan E. Nugent	–
Thomas J. O'Neill	–
Sheila A. Ozalis	–
Angelica N. Papastavros	–
Carletha Parkinson	–
Robin Pavia	–
Chris Pelosi	–
Cherie G. Phoenix-Sharpe	–
W. Glen Pierson	–
Maria del Pilar Gonzalez	–
Leah M. Pollard	–
Brian W. Preleski	–
Maureen Price-Boreland	–
Christine Perra Rapillo	–
Charles P. Reed	–
John P. Regan	–
Mary Elizabeth Reid	–
Earl B. Richards III	–
John F. Riley Jr.	–
Patrick T. Ring	–
Maria C. Rodriguez	–
Andrew W. Roraback	–
Stuart D. Rosen	–
Richard J. Rubino	–
Kevin S. Russo	–
Thomas J. Saadi	–
Norma I. Sanchez-Figueroa	–
Adam R. Schibley	–
Joseph B. Schwartz	–
Pedro E. Segarra	–
Rupal Shah	–
Amir Shaikh	–
Daniel R. Shapiro	–
Kevin M. Shay	–
Kevin C. Shea	–
Sharon A. Skyers	–
Eric P. Smith	–
Walter M. Spader Jr.	–
James Field Spallone	–
Charles M. Stango	–
Elizabeth J. Stewart	–
Alayna M. Stone	–
Melissa L. Streeto	–
Cecil J. Thomas	–
Erika M. Tindill	–
Jessica Torres	–
Nicole J. Tung	–
Neeta M. Vatti	–
Joseph Vizcarrondo	–
Emily H. Wagner	–
Matthew T. Wax-Krell	–
Rosemarie T. Weber	–
Matthew A. Weiner	–
Jason C. Welch	–
Thomas J. Welch	–
Justine L. Whalen	–
Donna M. Wilkerson Brillant	–
Latonia C. Williams	–
David L. Zagaja	–
Yonatan Zamir	–
Colleen Zingaro	–

Former judges

No former judges on record.

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the Connecticut Superior Court are appointed by the governor to 8-year terms. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Superior Court Judges; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-07-01. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).