Gov. M. Jodi Rell nominated Superior Court Judge Dennis Eveleigh of Hamden for the Connecticut Supreme Court to replace the retiring Justice Christine Vertefeuille.
Rell also nominated 10 people as superior court judges, including her budget director Robert Genuario of Norwalk who was the lone nominee from Fairfield County.
The nominations must be ratified by the Connecticut General Assembly.
Eveleigh, 62, has served on the superior court in Waterbury since 1998. A 1969 graduate of Wittenberg University, he obtained his law degree from the University of Connecticut in 1972 and worked as an attorney in private practice prior to being nominated to the bench.
“I have every confidence in Judge Eveleigh and I am grateful he is willing to take on the task of serving on our state”™s highest court,” Rell said, in a prepared statement. “Service on the court requires experience, a depth of knowledge and an understanding of the impact that the law can have on everyday life. It also requires a commitment to making the actions and operations of our courts open and transparent to average Connecticut residents.”
The elevation of Eveleigh would leave 20 judicial openings in the state superior court. Besides Genuario, Rell”™s 10 nominees include:
Ӣ attorney Laura Flynn Baldini, 39, of West Hartford;
Ӣ attorney John Carbonneau, 54, of East Lyme;
Ӣ Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Susan Cobb, 49, of West Hartford;
Ӣ attorney Susan Connors, 44, of Old Lyme;
Ӣ Connecticut Commissioner of Public Safety John Danaher III, 59, of West Hartford;
Ӣ Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Jane Emons, 59, of Woodbridge;
Ӣ Senior Assistant StateӪs Attorney Kathleen McNamara, 56, of East Hartford;
Ӣ attorney David Sheridan, 54, of Manchester; and
Ӣ Assistant StateӪs Attorney Brian Leslie, 42, of Wallingford.
Genuario, 57, has been secretary of the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management
