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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 2018 / Active

Steven D. Ecker

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Steven D. Ecker is a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, serving since 2018. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2018 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2018	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Ecker authored 6 published opinions for the court (2019), plus 2 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: State v. Fernando V. (38 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. 9 of these were attributed to Ecker 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
2019	State v. Fernando V.†	202 A.3d 350	38
2019	Reclaimant Corp. v. Deutsch†	211 A.3d 976	28
2019	Boisvert v. Gavis†	210 A.3d 1	28
2019	Northrup v. Witkowski· Dissent†	210 A.3d 29	21
2019	State v. Weatherspoon†	212 A.3d 208	20
2019	Demond v. Project Service, LLC†	208 A.3d 626	20
2019	Snell v. Norwalk Yellow Cab, Inc.· Concurrence†	212 A.3d 646	17
2019	Mangiafico v. Town of Farmington†	204 A.3d 1138	13
2019	State v. Daniel B.· Dissent†	201 A.3d 989	11

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Steven D. Ecker on?: Steven D. Ecker is a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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8 years on the Connecticut Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).