Ian McLachlan

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Ian McLachlan

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
Connecticut Supreme Court

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University, 1964

Law

Fordham University School of Law, 1967 

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C. Ian McLachlan was an associate justice of the seven member Connecticut Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection by Governor Mary Jodi Rell in February of 2009. He retired on June 2, 2012, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. He was replaced by Carmen E. Espinosa.[1][2]

Education

MacLachlan received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1964 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1967.[1]

Professional career

Awards and associations

Associations

  • Member, Connecticut Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Member, American Bar Foundation
  • Member, Hartford County Bar Association
  • Member, American Law Institute
  • Member, Governor's Commission on Children, Custody & Divorce
  • Member, Chief Justice's Task Force on Pro Se Litigants
  • Member, Judicial Task Force on Pro Se Dissolutions
  • Member, Connecticut Bar Examining Committee
  • Member, Superior Court, Rules Committee, 2007-2009
  • Member, Health Care Cost Containment Committee, 1998-2009
  • Chair, Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation's Domestic Relations Tax Committee
  • Chair, American Bar Association, Family Law Section's Tax Committee
  • President, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter
  • Adjunct Faculty, University of Connecticut Law School
  • Adjunct Faculty, Trinity College
  • Life Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation[1]

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

McLachlan received a campaign finance score of 0.13, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.05 that justices received in Connecticut.

The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[3]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McLachlan biography
  2. ↑ The Courant, "Malloy's Chance To Shape Supreme Court," June 19, 2012
  3. ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012


Connecticut courts

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

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