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Alvin W. Thompson (born 1953) is a
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United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.


Education and career

Born in 1953 in
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, Maryland, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1975 and a
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from Yale Law School in 1978. He was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1978 to 1994.


Federal judicial service

Thompson was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat vacated by
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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. He served as Chief Judge from September 2009 to September 2013. He assumed senior status on August 31, 2018.


See also

* List of African-American federal judges * List of African-American jurists


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Alvin W. 1953 births Living people 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American judges African-American judges African-American lawyers Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton People from Baltimore Princeton University alumni Yale Law School alumni