Raheem L. Mullins | |
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Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court | |
Assumed office November 1, 2017 | |
Appointed by | Dannel Malloy |
Preceded by | Dennis G. Eveleigh |
Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court | |
In office May 6,2014 –October 31,2017 | |
Appointed by | Dannel Malloy |
Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court | |
In office February 2012 –May 5,2014 | |
Appointed by | Dannel Malloy |
Personal details | |
Born | March 10,1978 |
Education | Clark University (BA) Northeastern University (JD) |
Raheem L. Mullins (born March 10,1978) is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.
Mullins graduated from the Watkinson School in Hartford [1] in 1996[ citation needed ] then went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Clark University in Worcester,Massachusetts,in 2001 [1] and his Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 2004.
After completing law school,he worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Frederick L. Brown of the Massachusetts Appeals Court from 2004 to 2005. Prior to his appointment,Mullins was a prosecutor for the Appellate Bureau,Division of Criminal Justice,in Rocky Hill,Connecticut and an assistant attorney general in the Child Protection Division in Hartford. [2]
He was nominated by Governor Dannel Malloy in 2012 to serve as a judge of the Middlesex County Superior Court. He was then appointed to be a judge on the state Court of Appeals in 2014. [3]
On January 19,2012 Mullins was nominated to the Superior Court. [4] Upon his appointment to the Superior Court,his nomination faced criticism because at the time,at 33,he was the second-youngest person ever to be nominated for a state judgeship. [5] He was confirmed in February 2012. [6]
On March 14,2014 Mullins nominated to the Connecticut Appellate Court to seat vacated by Stuart D. Bear who faced mandatory retirement. [7] [8] He was confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly on April 25,2014. He assumed office on May 6,2014. [9]
On October 4,2017 Mullins was one of two nominations made to the Connecticut Supreme Court. [10] He was confirmed and sworn into office on November 1,2017. [11]
On May 26,2022,it was reported that Raheem L. Mullins and two Yale Law School professors,Cristina M. Rodríguez and Justin Driver were possibly being vetting for a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [12] [13]
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