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4 October 2022

Leander Dolphin Appointed To Judicial Selection Commission By Governor Lamont

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Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has appointed Leander A. Dolphin of Hartford to serve as a member of the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission.
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Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has appointed Leander A. Dolphin of Hartford to serve as a member of the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission.

The commission is the state body responsible for seeking and recommending to the governor qualified candidates for nomination as judges for the Superior Court, Appellate Court, and Supreme Court. It also evaluates incumbent judges who seek reappointment and forwards to the governor the names of those judges recommended for reappointment. When selecting nominees to serve as judges, state laws require the governor to select only those individuals whose names are on the list of qualified candidates approved by the Judicial Selection Commission.

The group's 12 members are comprised of six attorneys and six non-attorneys who each serve three-year terms. They are uncompensated volunteers and are appointed by the governor and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the General Assembly.

Dolphin will fill the seat previously held by Charles E. Tiernan, III, who until recently served as the commission's chairperson.

At its most recent meeting on September 29, the commission's members voted on the selection of a new chairperson as required by state law and chose Dolphin to serve in that leadership role.

"The Judicial Selection Commission serves an incredibly influential role in state government because it is responsible for seeking and interviewing candidates who want to become judges, and governors must select judicial nominees solely based on the list of candidates the commission has approved," Governor Lamont said. "Leander's background in private practice, including her years of counsel to educational institutions and organizations that foster the development of children, make her more than qualified to serve on this commission. I appreciate her willingness to take on this important responsibility on behalf of the state."

"I am honored to serve on Connecticut's Judicial Selection Commission," said Dolphin. "That my fellow members have entrusted me to lead this mission-critical commission is one of the greatest professional commendations of my career. I pledge to oversee the commission's important work of evaluating and recommending judicial candidates based on merit while also consciously considering diversity in our organizational decisions and recommendations."

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