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Eliot D. Prescott

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Eliot D. Prescott
Prior offices:
Connecticut Appellate Court
Years in office: 2014 - 2023
Successor: Dawne G. Westbrook (Nonpartisan)
Education
Bachelor's
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1988
Law
University of Connecticut School of Law, 1992
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Eliot D. Prescott was a judge on the Connecticut Appellate Court. On March 14, 2014, Governor Dan Malloy nominated Prescott to fill the vacancy created by Richard A. Robinson's appointment to the Connecticut Supreme Court in late 2013.[1] Prescott's nomination was approved by the Connecticut General Assembly on April 25, 2014. [2] He moved to senior status on October 10, 2023.[3]

Prescott served as a judge in Connecticut starting in 2004, when he was appointed to the Waterbury District Superior Court by former Governor Mary Jodi Rell.[4]

Education

Prescott earned an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1988. He received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1992, graduating with high honors.[4]

Career

  • 2014-2023: Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court
  • 2004-2014: Judge, Waterbury District Superior Court
  • 2001-2004: Deputy attorney general, Head of Special Litigation Department, State Attorney General's Office, Connecticut
  • 1998-Present: Adjunct professor, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • 1997-2001: Deputy attorney general, Special Litigation Department, State Attorney General's Office
  • 1994-1997: Deputy attorney general, Environmental Department, State Attorney General's Office
  • 1993-1994: Attorney, Fulbright and Jawoonski, Washington, D.C.
  • 1992-1993: Clerk, Honorable Justice David M. Borden, Connecticut Supreme Court[4]

Publications

  • Co-author, Tait's Handbook of Connecticut Evidence[4]


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See also

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