Janet MacArthur Bond Arterton (born February 8, 1944) is a
senior United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
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.
Education and career
Arterton was born in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. She received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from
Mount Holyoke College in 1966, and then received a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
Northeastern University School of Law
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in 1977. She was a
law clerk for Judge
Herbert Jay Stern
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of the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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from 1977 to 1978, and then was in private practice of law in
New Haven
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,
Connecticut
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from 1978 to 1995.
Federal judicial service
Arterton is a United States District Judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appeals ...
. She was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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on January 23, 1995, to a seat vacated by
José A. Cabranes. She was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on March 24, 1995, and received her commission the same day. She assumed
senior status
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on July 1, 2014. It was announced that she will assume inactive senior status on October 15, 2023.
During her service on the court, she presided over the case of
Ricci v. DeStefano.
References
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1944 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
Mount Holyoke College alumni
Northeastern University School of Law alumni
People from Philadelphia
Lawyers from New Haven, Connecticut
20th-century American judges
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
20th-century American women judges
20th-century American women lawyers
21st-century American women judges