Janet Hall
2021 - Present
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Janet C. Hall is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She joined the court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Hall served as chief judge of the court from 2013 to 2018. Hall assumed senior status on January 21, 2021.
Early life and education
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Hall graduated from Mount Holyoke College with her bachelor's degree in 1970 and from New York University School of Law with her J.D. in 1973.[1]
Professional career
- 1997 - Present: Judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- 2021-Present: Senior judge
- 2013-2018: Chief judge
- 1980-1997: Private practice, Hartford, Conn.
- 1979: Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia
- 1975-1979: Attorney, antitrust division, U.S. Department of Justice
- 1973-1975: Private practice[1]
Judicial career
District of Connecticut
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Janet C. Hall |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 98 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 5, 1997
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 22, 1997
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 31, 1997
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| Confirmed: September 11, 1997
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| Vote: 98-1
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Hall was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Bill Clinton on June 5, 1997, to a seat vacated by Gilroy Daly. The American Bar Association rated Hall Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Hall's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 22, 1997, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on July 31, 1997. Hall was confirmed on a recorded 98-1 vote of the U.S. Senate on September 11, 1997, and she received her commission on September 18, 1997. Hall served as chief judge of the district court from 2013 to 2018.[1][2][3]
Hall assumed senior status on January 21, 2021.
Noteworthy cases
Graduations cannot be held at church (2010)
On May 31, 2010, Judge Hall ruled that school districts in the state of Connecticut could not hold their high school graduation ceremonies in a church. The judge said that having graduation held at a church with identifiable religious symbols constitutes endorsing an official religion, in violation of the First Amendment. The ruling prevented the Enfield School District from having two ceremonies at the church on June 23 and 24, 2010.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Janet C. Hall," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 363 — Janet C. Hall — The Judiciary," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed May 19, 2017
- ↑ The Washington Post, "School graduations in church ruled unconstitutional," June 1, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Gilroy Daly |
District of Connecticut 1997–2021 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Sarah A.L. Merriam
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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
