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Dawne G. Westbrook
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2023 - Present
2030
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Dawne G. Westbrook is a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court. She assumed office on October 27, 2023. Her current term ends on April 25, 2030.
Westbrook was a judge for the Hartford District Superior Court in Connecticut.[1] She was appointed to the bench in 2009 by Governor Mary Jodi Rell.[2] She was reappointed in 2017 to another eight-year term.[3]
Education
Westbrook received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University in 1992. She was awarded a J.D. in 1995 from Vanderbilt University.[4]
Career
- 2009-2023: Judge, Hartford District Superior Court, Connecticut
- 2003-2009: Attorney in private practice
- 2000-2003: Attorney, Williams & Pattis
- 1997-2000: Assistant Commission Counsel, Connecticut Commission on Human Right and Opportunities[4]
Awards and associations
- Member, Glastonbury Town Democratic Committee
- Former Commissioner, Middletown Inland Wetlands Commission
- Former Member, Middletown Democratic Town Council
- Former Member, Middletown School Readiness Council
- Former Volunteer, State Conference of NAACP Legal Redress Counsel[5]
See also
External links
- State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
- The Courant, "Westbrook's Wife Files For Divorce," November 16, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ Connecticut Judicial Branch, "Superior Court Judges," accessed June 3, 2014
- ↑ State of Connecticut, Office of the Secretary of State, "Judicial Department, State Courts," accessed June 13, 2013
- ↑ State of Connecticut, "House Joint Resolution No. 30," January 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Register Citizen, "Gov. Rell nominates nine for Superior Court bench," January 31, 2009
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly "Judiciary Committee, Hearing Transcript" February 23, 2009, accessed July 9, 2013
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut
State courts:
Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Connecticut • Connecticut judicial elections • Judicial selection in Connecticut
