Janet C. Hall (born September 15, 1948) is a
Senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
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. She sits in
New Haven
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.
Education and career
Born in
Lowell,
, Hall received an
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree from
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.
...
in 1970. She went on to earn 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
New York University School of Law
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three years later. After obtaining her J.D., Hall entered
private practice Private practice may refer to:
*Private sector practice
**Practice of law
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until 1975. Then, she landed a position as a
trial attorney
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in the
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
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, which she held until 1979. She was then a Special
Assistant United States Attorney
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of the
Eastern District of Virginia
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in 1979. From 1980 to 1997, she was in private practice in
Hartford
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,
Connecticut
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.
Federal judicial service
Hall was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
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on June 5, 1997, to a seat vacated by
T. F. Gilroy Daly
Thomas Francis Gilroy Daly (February 25, 1931 – July 11, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He was the younger brother of Michael J. Daly, who received the Medal of Hon ...
. She was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
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
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from September 2013 to September 2018. She assumed
senior status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the Federal judiciary of the United States, federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of servi ...
on January 21, 2021.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Assistant United States Attorneys
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Mount Holyoke College alumni
New York University School of Law alumni
People from Lowell, Massachusetts
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges
20th-century American women judges
21st-century American women judges