Gregory D'Auria | |
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| Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office April 10, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Dannel Malloy |
| Preceded by | Peter T. Zarella |
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| Born | June 24,1963 Hartford,Connecticut,U.S. |
| Education | University of Connecticut (BA,JD) |
Gregory Thomas D'Auria (born June 24,1963) [1] is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017. [2] He previously was Solicitor General of Connecticut.
Born and raised in Connecticut,D'Auria completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Connecticut in 1985,with a major in political science. [2] He completed a J.D. degree in 1988 at the University of Connecticut School of Law,where he was editor-in-chief of the Connecticut Journal of International Law . [3] D'Auria clerked for Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Ellen Ash Peters in 1988–1989,and then worked for four years as an associate attorney at the law firm Shipman &Goodwin. [3]
D'Auria was hired by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in 1993,and worked in the Attorney General's Office until 2011. [4] He was an Assistant Attorney General in 1993–2000,served as Associate Attorney General for Litigation until 2009,and then headed the Special Litigation and Charities Unit. [2]
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen appointed D'Auria as Solicitor General of Connecticut in 2011. [4] In this job,D'Auria argued more than 90 cases on behalf of the state before the state supreme court and Connecticut Appellate Court. [5]
On February 1,2017,D'Auria was nominated by Governor Dan Malloy to a seat on the Connecticut Supreme Court,to replace retired associate justice Peter T. Zarella. [4] D'Auria was unanimously approved by the judiciary committee of the Connecticut General Assembly on February 17,and was unanimously confirmed by the Assembly as a whole on March 8,2017. [5] [6]
D'Auria was sworn in by Governor Malloy as an associate justice on April 10,2017,to an eight-year term which expires in 2025. [7]
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