How do judges of the Connecticut Appellate Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1993 / Served to 2010

Dennis F. Harrigan

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

Dennis F. Harrigan was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, who joined the court in 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1930–2010
Tenure: 1993–2010 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1993	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Harrigan authored 1 published opinion for the court (1997). Most cited: Gardner v. Falvey (2 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 1 of these was attributed to Harrigan by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1997	Gardner v. Falvey†	45 Conn. App. 699	2

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Connecticut Appellate Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Dennis F. Harrigan on?: Dennis F. Harrigan was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

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17 years on the Connecticut Appellate Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).