Alvin W. Thompson

Alvin W. Thompson

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

Personal details
Born	Alvin W. Thompson 1953 (age 63–64) Baltimore, Maryland
Education	Princeton University (B.A.) Yale Law School (J.D.)

Alvin W. Thompson (born 1953) is a 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.

External links

FJC Bio

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

District judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Connecticut	Hall Thompson Underhill Bryant Shea Meyer Bolden 1 seat vacant
E. New York	Irizarry Bianco Cogan Mauskopf Matsumoto Kuntz Brodie Chen Azrack Donnelly Hall 4 seats vacant
N. New York	Suddaby Hurd D'Agostino Sannes 1 seat vacant
S. New York	McMahon Koeltl Pauley Daniels Swain Karas Sullivan Seibel Gardephe Briccetti Oetken Engelmayer Forrest Nathan Ramos Carter Furman Abrams Schofield Failla Torres Roman Broderick Woods Caproni 3 seats vacant
W. New York	Geraci Wolford Vilardo 1 seat vacant
Vermont	Reiss Crawford

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