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Gilroy Daly
T.F. Gilroy Daly (1931-1996) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He joined the court in 1977 after an appointment from Jimmy Carter. From 1983-1988, he served as the chief judge. He served the District of Connecticut until his death on July 11, 1996.[1]
Early life and education
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1952
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957[1]
Military career
- U.S. Army Rangers Lieutenant, 1952-1954[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1957-1961
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1961-1964
- Private practice, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1964-1977
- Deputy state attorney general, Connecticut, 1967-1971
- Special assistant to the state attorney general, Connecticut, 1971-1975
- Deputy state treasurer, Connecticut, 1975-1976
- State insurance commissioner, Connecticut, 1976-1977[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Connecticut
Daly was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 29, 1977, to a seat vacated by Robert Zampano; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 1977, and received commission that same day. From 1983-1988, he served as the chief judge. He served the District of Connecticut until his death on July 11, 1996.[1] Daly was succeeded in this position by Janet Hall.
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- News: Out-of-State Judges to Help in Connecticut Federal Courts, September 29, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gilroy Daly's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Zampano |
District of Connecticut 1977–1996 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Janet Hall
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
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
