Governor Ned Lamont announced on March 10 a series of nominations to fill vacancies in the Connecticut Superior Court Bench. Of the fourteen nominees, five are current members of the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA).
The announcement is significant for the legal community as it highlights several experienced attorneys and public servants being considered for judicial roles. The inclusion of multiple CBA members among the nominees underscores the association’s influence within Connecticut’s legal system.
Campbell D. Barrett, one of the nominees, is a partner at Pullman and Comley and co-chairs both its Family Law and Appellate practice groups. He is also involved with several professional committees, including serving on the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee and participating in various sections of the CBA.
Another nominee, Theodore M. Doolittle, most recently served as a U.S. immigration judge in Hartford from 2023 to 2025. His background includes roles such as healthcare advocate for Connecticut and senior anti-fraud official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Patrick M. Fahey has practiced complex litigation for nearly three decades at Shipman and Goodwin LLP and chaired its business litigation practice. Leah Pollard currently works with Connecticut Legal Services after previously serving as probate judge for seventeen years in Northeast Probate Court.
Patrick T. Ring serves as an assistant attorney general in Connecticut’s Office of Attorney General focusing on financial services law.
Other attorneys nominated by Governor Lamont include Jeffrey R. Beckham, Sean Kehoe, Felice N. Gray-Kemp, Nisa Khan, Seán McGuinness, Philip Miller, John Shaban, Rosemarie Weber, and Justine Whalen.
