Robert A. Richardson (Connecticut)

Robert A. Richardson

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2032

Years in position

8

Elections and appointments

Appointed

2016

Education

Bachelor's

Pennsylvania State University, 1999

Law

The Ohio State University, 1991

Contact

Official website

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Robert A. Richardson is a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He was appointed to this position in 2016.

Education

Judge Robinson received his bachelor's from Pennsylvania State University in 1988 and his J.D. from Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law in 2001. Robinson was managing editor of the Ohio State Law Journal from 1990 to 1991.

Professional career

According to his court biography, after law school "Judge Richardson joined the New Haven, Connecticut law firm formerly known as Garrison, Silbert & Arterton, P.C., which later became Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Richardson, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C. His practice focused on representing individuals and employees in employment matters and civil rights matters, in both state and federal courts."

Judicial career

District of Connecticut

Garfinkel is a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He was appointed to this position in 2016.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, "Judges' Information"
• United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, "Online chambers for Robert Richardson"

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: '	District of Connecticut 2016 - present	Succeeded by: NA

Connecticut courts

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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