John F. Shea Jr. (September 11, 1928 – May 10, 2013) was an American businessman, jurist, and politician. Born in

Manchester, Connecticut Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 59,713. The urban center of the town is the Manchester (CDP), Connecticut, Manchester census- ...

, Shea graduated from Providence College. He then received his law degree from

University of Connecticut School of Law The University of Connecticut School of Law (UConn Law) is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In ...

and practiced law in Manchester, Connecticut. He served in the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...

1961-1962 as a

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. In 1973, Shea was appointed Connecticut Superior Court judge serving until 1980 when he resigned to work for Aetna Life and Casualty.Former Connecticut Judge John Shea Jr. Dies at 84
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