Janet C. Hall (born September 15, 1948) is a

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United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She sits in New Haven.

Education and career

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Hall received an

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degree from

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in 1970. She went on to earn a

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from New York University School of Law three years later. After obtaining her J.D., Hall entered private practice until 1975. Then, she landed a position as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, which she held until 1979. She was then a Special

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of the

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in 1979. From 1980 to 1997, she was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut.

Federal judicial service

Hall was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 5, 1997, to a seat vacated by

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. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 11, 1997, and received her commission on September 18, 1997. She served as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut from September 2013 to September 2018. She assumed senior status on January 21, 2021.

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