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) in 1933, gaining admission to the Connecticut Bar in 1934. He was in private practice from 1934 to 1939, when he became a borough court judge. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1941 to 1953, chairing the judiciary committee from 1947 to 1950 and serving as majority leader from 1950 to 1953, when Governor

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named Shapiro to the Superior Court. from 1966 to 1970, he was chief judge of that court. Governor

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then appointed Shapiro to the state supreme court, where he remained until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 1975.Karen Tensa, "Louis Shapiro; was legislator, justice on state Supreme Court", ''

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'' (February 10, 1991), p. C11. Shapiro was succeeded by Justice

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."Longo Nominated For Justice Post", ''The Bridgeport Post'' (January 29, 1975), p. 33. Shapiro died at

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at the age of 86.

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