Leo Parskey (June 22, 1915 – February 5, 1994)
Connecticut Reports
' (1994), volume 228, p. 936. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1980 to 1985.

Early life and military service

Parskey was born in

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, on June 22, 1915. Parskey received an A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1937, and a J.D. degree from

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in 1940. He became a member of the

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in 1940. After graduation, Parskey immediately joined the United States Army Air Corps, serving throughout World War II, and achieving the rank of captain by his discharge in 1946. He later became a member of the

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Career

Parskey ran for and served on the Hartford City Council in the 1950s; during this time, he was also deputy mayor. Parskey also served as the president of the Hartford chapter of the American Jewish Congress. In 1965, Parskey became a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court. On April 22, 1980, Governor Ella Grasso nominated him to become an associate justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court;
Connecticut Reports
' (1980), volume 181, p. iii. he served until the constitutional limit on the age of justices in Connecticut of 70 years old, in 1985.Robert S. Capers,
Leo Parskey dies, was state jurist
, ''Hartford Courant'' (February 6, 1994), p. B1.

Later life and death

Parskey died on February 5, 1994, at the age of 78.

References

1915 births 1994 deaths People from Hartford, Connecticut Harvard College alumni Harvard Law School alumni United States Army personnel of World War II Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court Jews from Connecticut Jewish American government officials {{US-state-judge-stub