Dominic Squatrito

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Years in office: 2004 - 2021

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Years in office: 1994 - 2004

Education

Bachelor's

Wesleyan University, 1961

Law

Yale Law School, 1965

Personal

Birthplace

Hartford, CT

Contact

Official website

Dominic J. Squatrito was afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. He left office on January 20, 2021, when he died.

Early life and education

A native ofHartford, Connecticut, Squatrito earned his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 1961 and hisLL.B. from Yale Law School in 1965. Squatrito attended the University of Florence, Italy, on a Fulbright scholarship in 1962.^[1]

Professional career

• 1994 - 2021:United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

• 2004 - 2021: Senior judge
• 1994-2004: Judge

• 1976-1980: Chief counsel,Connecticut State Senate
• 1974-1978: Clerk, Committee on executive nominations
• 1974-1975: Counsel, Judiciary Committee,Connecticut State Legislature
• 1972-1979: Counsel, Manchester, Conn. Housing Authority
• 1966-1994: Private practice, Manchester, Conn.^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Connecticut

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Dominic J. Squatrito
Court:United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Progress
Confirmed 71 days after nomination.
ANominated: July 28, 1994
AABA Rating:Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: September 14, 1994
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: September 22, 1994
AConfirmed: October 7, 1994
AVote: Voice vote

Squatrito was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton onJuly 28, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. TheAmerican Bar Association rated SquatritoSubstantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Squatrito's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on September 14, 1994, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on September 22, 1994. Squatrito was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on October 7, 1994, and he received his commission the same day. Squatrito elected to takesenior status beginning on November 1, 2004. He was succeeded in this position by JudgeVanessa Bryant.^[1][2][3] Squatrito's term as senor judge ended with his death on January 20, 2021.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

External links

• Judge Squatrito's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Active judges	Chief Judge: Michael Shea  •  Kari A. Dooley  •  Vernon D. Oliver  •  Victor Allen Bolden  •  Omar A. Williams  •  Sarala Nagala  •  Sarah Russell
Senior judges	Robert Chatigny  •  Vanessa Bryant  •  Alfred Covello  •  Janet Hall  •  Alvin Thompson  •  Stefan Underhill  •
Magistrate judges	Holly Fitzsimmons  •  Robert A. Richardson (Connecticut)  •  Robert Spector  •  Thomas Farrish  •  S. Dave Vatti  •
Former Article III judges	Janet Arterton  •  Ellen Burns (Connecticut)  •  Peter Dorsey  •  Christopher Droney  •  Warren Eginton  •  Mark Kravitz  •  Alan Nevas  •  Dominic Squatrito  •  Richard Law  •  Pierpont Edwards  •  William Bristol  •  Andrew Thompson Judson  •  Charles Anthony Ingersoll  •  William Davis Shipman  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  Jon Newman  •  Jose Cabranes  •  William Timbers  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  James Perry Platt  •  Edwin Stark Thomas  •  Warren Booth Burrows  •  Carroll Hincks  •  John Joseph Smith (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  Robert Zampano  •  Gilroy Daly  •  Mosher Blumenfeld  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  T. Emmet Clarie  •  Jeffrey Meyer  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Chatigny  •  Ellen Burns (Connecticut)  •  Alfred Covello  •  Alvin Thompson  •  Stefan Underhill  •  William Timbers  •  Carroll Hincks  •  John Joseph Smith (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  Gilroy Daly  •  Mosher Blumenfeld  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  T. Emmet Clarie  •

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