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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1997 / Served to 1999

William Sullivan

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

William Sullivan was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, who joined the court in 1997. They previously served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1997–1999 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals	–	–
1997	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Education

Providence College
College of William and Mary

Judicial Record

In our data, Sullivan authored 64 published opinions for the court (1937–2012), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: In re Tabitha T. (65 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. 51 of these were attributed to Sullivan 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
1999	In re Tabitha T.†	51 Conn. App. 595	65
1998	Wright v. Hutt†	50 Conn. App. 439	37
1999	Rumbin v. Baez†	52 Conn. App. 487	35
1976	Sharpe v. State	340 So. 2d 885	32
1999	Harvey v. Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.†	52 Conn. App. 1	31
1998	In re Lauren R.†	49 Conn. App. 763	24
1999	State v. Hoa Van Nguyen†	52 Conn. App. 85	22
1999	Tillman v. Commissioner of Correction†	54 Conn. App. 749	21
1998	State v. Baker†	50 Conn. App. 268	20
1999	Weyel v. Catania†	52 Conn. App. 292	19
1998	Reader v. Cassarino†	51 Conn. App. 292	19
1998	State v. Otto†	50 Conn. App. 1	18
1998	State v. Henton†	50 Conn. App. 521	17
1999	Ferrara v. Hospital of St. Raphael†	54 Conn. App. 345	16
1998	State v. Jones†	51 Conn. App. 126	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 65 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 William Sullivan on?: William Sullivan was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

Sources

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2 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).