Introduction
Janet C. Hall (born September 15, 1948) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She sits in New Haven.
Education and career
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Hall received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1970. She went on to earn a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law three years later. After obtaining her J.D., Hall entered private practice until 1975. Then, she landed a position as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, which she held until 1979. She was then a Special Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia in 1979. From 1980 to 1997, she was in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut.
Federal judicial service
Hall was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 5, 1997, to a seat vacated by T. F. Gilroy Daly. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 11, 1997, and received her commission on September 18, 1997. She served as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut from September 2013 to September 2018.
Sources
- Janet C. Hall at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by T. F. Gilroy Daly |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 1997–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Alvin W. Thompson |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut 2013–2018 |
Succeeded by Stefan R. Underhill |