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Alvin W. Thompson
Alvin W. Thompson
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 31, 2018
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
	In office; September 2009 – September 2013
Preceded by	Robert Chatigny
Succeeded by	Janet C. Hall
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
	In office; October 11, 1994 – August 31, 2018
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ellen Bree Burns
Succeeded by	Omar A. Williams
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1953 (age 71); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Princeton University ( BA); Yale University ( JD)

Alvin Wesley Thompson Jr. (born March 2, 1953)^[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Education and career

Born in 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1978. He was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1978 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

Thompson was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat vacated by Ellen Bree Burns. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. He served as Chief Judge from September 2009 to September 2013. He assumed senior status on August 31, 2018.

References

^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, September 28; October 4 and 6, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 364.

External links

Alvin W. Thompson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Ellen Bree Burns	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1994–2018	Succeeded by Omar A. Williams
Preceded by Robert Chatigny	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 2009–2013	Succeeded by Janet C. Hall

[1] Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, September 28; October 4 and 6, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 364.

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v t e Senior district judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Connecticut	Covello Chatigny Thompson Arterton Hall Underhill Bryant
E. New York	Glasser Korman Dearie Amon Hurley Seybert Block Ross Gershon Garaufis Irizarry Vitaliano Cogan Matsumoto Kuntz
N. New York	McAvoy Scullin Kahn
S. New York	Haight Keenan Stanton Wood Preska Cote Kaplan Stein Rakoff Berman Hellerstein McMahon Buchwald Marrero Daniels Castel Crotty Gardephe Briccetti
W. New York	Larimer Arcara Skretny Siragusa Geraci
Vermont	Murtha Sessions

Alvin W. Thompson

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Incumbent
Assumed office August 31, 2018
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office September 2009 – September 2013
Preceded by	Robert Chatigny
Succeeded by	Janet C. Hall
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office October 11, 1994 – August 31, 2018
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Ellen Bree Burns
Succeeded by	Omar A. Williams

Personal details
Born	(1953-03-02) March 2, 1953 (age 71) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Princeton University ( BA) Yale University ( JD)

Education and career

Federal judicial service

See also

References

External links