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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1991 / Served to 1999

Robert Berdon

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

Robert Berdon was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, who joined the court in 1991. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1991–1999 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Berdon authored 15 published opinions for the court (2006–2009). Most cited: State v. Felix (20 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	State v. Felix	961 A.2d 458	20
2007	Johnnycake Mountain Associates v. Ochs	932 A.2d 472	15
2007	State v. MARTIN V.	926 A.2d 49	15
2006	Intercity Development, LLC v. Andrade	901 A.2d 731	10
2006	Tornaquindici v. Keggi	894 A.2d 1019	10
2008	Vazquez v. Commissioner of Correction	944 A.2d 429	9
2007	Trugreen Landcare, LLC v. Elm City Development & Construction Services, LLC	919 A.2d 1077	9
2008	Wysocki v. Town of Ellington	951 A.2d 598	7
2008	State v. Cyrta	946 A.2d 288	6
2009	State v. Joseph	976 A.2d 772	5
2009	Grey v. Connecticut Indemnity Services, Inc.	964 A.2d 591	5
2008	Gillon v. Bysiewicz	939 A.2d 605	5
2007	State v. Browne	933 A.2d 735	3
2009	Benedetto v. Zaku	963 A.2d 94	2
2009	State v. Pettigrew	978 A.2d 159	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 Robert Berdon on?: Robert Berdon was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

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8 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).