Janet Bond Arterton | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2014 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut | |
| In office March 24, 1995 – July 1, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | José A. Cabranes |
| Succeeded by | Victor Allen Bolden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet MacArthur Bond
[1] February 8, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education |
Mount Holyoke College (
BA) Northeastern University School of Law ( JD) |
 | This
biography of a living person includes a
list of references,
related reading, or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (March 2018) |
Janet MacArthur Bond Arterton (born February 8, 1944) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Education and career
Arterton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1966, and then received a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1977. She was a law clerk for Judge Herbert Jay Stern of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1977 to 1978, and then was in private practice of law in New Haven, Connecticut from 1978 to 1995.
Federal judicial service
On January 23, 1995, Arterton was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to a seat vacated by Judge José A. Cabranes. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received her commission the same day. She assumed senior status on July 1, 2014. [2] She assumed inactive senior status on October 15, 2023. [3]
During her service on the court, she presided over the case of Ricci v. DeStefano. [4]
References
- ^ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session
- ^ Janet Bond Arterton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Press Release Announcing Judge Arterton's Retirement" (PDF). ctd.uscourts.gov (Press release). April 5, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ Ricci v. DeStefano, 554 F.Supp.2d 142 (US District Court for Connecticut; September 28, 2006). This decision can also be found as Appendix B to the later "Order Denying Rehearing En Banc".
External links
- Janet Bond Arterton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- Mount Holyoke College alumni
- Northeastern University School of Law alumni
- Lawyers from Philadelphia
- Lawyers from New Haven, Connecticut
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American judges
- 20th-century American women judges
- 20th-century American women lawyers
- 21st-century American women judges